Canadian Ebooks

in Canadian

Libraries

Background

In 2012 eBOUND Canada identified a need to

work with Canadian libraries to increase both

their holdings and user access of Canadian

titles. Two projects were initiated with focus on:

• Public Libraries

• Academic Libraries

Pilot Timeline

• two years of talks

• joint publisher-library task force

• RFI in June 2012

• RFP in March 2013

• vendor selection in June 2013

• negotiations through November 2013

• diminish the role of the vendor

• seamless access via ILS / discovery layer

• control content + terms

• relationship with libraries

• increase discoverability

• a made-in-Canada solution

Moving Ahead

• build collections of Canadian ebooks

• frontlist, backlist, regional

• offer a limited time sale

• partner with vendor/s to facilitate sale

• build library-publisher relations

The Vendor Challenge

• For libraries, introducing a new vendor

means introducing a new lending platform

• Only 1 Vendor, OverDrive, currently works

with all CULC libraries

The Vendor Challenge

Some new players coming on board:

• 3M

• Bibliocommons

• One-Click

• De Marque

• Axis 360

How do we ensure Canadian titles are represented?

Academic

Library Project

• ACUP / eBOUND Partnership

• eBOUND brokered a meeting with

University Library Consortia to meet

with ACUP

OCUL Deal

• Objectives

– Libraries wanted comprehensive collections

– An agreement that would be sustainable for

both sides

• Key Terms

– Collections grouped into Backlist, Frontlist &

Current collections with different discounts for

each collection

– Publishers set DRM per title from range of 4

options, reviewed annually

OCUL Outcome

• After 18 months of negotiations arrived

at a deal with OCUL

• Initial deal worth over $1.75 million to

date for participating publishers

• Libraries gained perpetual licences to

over 4,000 Canadian scholarly titles

• Negotiated DRM & Usage Rights

acceptable to both presses and

libraries

OCUL Year 3

• Now working with OCUL to expand the

Canadian titles in their collections

beyond ACUP presses

• Currently working with OCUL to

determine criteria for building

collections

• Targeting September 2014 to complete

this aquisition

CRKN

• Negotiated use of Scholar’s Portal Platform

• Pitched the ACUP collection to other university

library consortia in December 2013

• Consortia opted to work through CRKN

• After 3 months, many meetings and

presentations, CRKN has decided it wants a

different deal, with broader reach

• Discussions are ongoing