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Silvia Gstrein, University of Innsbruck2nd LIBER-EBLIDA Digitisation Workshop, The Hague, 19 October 2009
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eBooks & more:New services from the eBooks on
Demand (EOD) networkSilvia Gstrein, University of Innsbruck/A, Library
Background #1
?Library‘s own
fundsLibrary‘s own
fundsPublic funds
EC/national fundsPublic funds
EC/national funds
PPPs / the Google approach
PPPs / the Google approach
Any other model possible?
Not project basedNot timely limitedBottom up = reader
driven
Any other model possible?
Not project basedNot timely limitedBottom up = reader
driven
Background #2
What are the criteria for current selection? Who will take care of those materials slipping through the fingers of all those projects?Who will digitize books of minor languages or those from special or smaller collections?From the user´s point-of view: how can someone who needs a book in digital form receive this book, here and now, if it has not yet been digitized?
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EOD – the service
EOD button: digitising this
book on request
Incorporation into Digital
Library
Library: scans & transfers images
EOD: The Libraries‘ point of view
Order Data Manager– Central database with web-interface
Each library has access to its own orders onlyAccording to its needs each library is able to customise the website texts, automatically generated email texts, etc. Central management of credit card payments
Digital Object Generator– Central service for generating eBooks
OCR recognition (antiqua and gothic)Automated cover generationPDF & RTF deliveryAbbyy XML for libraryStreaming link for download generation
Who is currently offering the service?
Co-ordinator: University of Innsbruck, Library
More than 20 libraries from 10 countries
EOD members
AustriaUniversity Libraries of Innsbruck, Graz and Vienna (2x),Vienna City Library
GermanyBavarian State Library (Munich), University Libraries of Regensburg, Greifswald, Berlin (Humboldt University), Saxon State Library (Dresden)
Czech Republic
Moravian Library (Brno), Research Library in Olomouc, National Technical Library, Library of the Czech Academy of Science
Denmark Royal LibraryEstonia National Library, University Library of TartuFrance Medical and Dental Academic Library of Paris Portugal National Library Slovakia University Library of BratislavaSlovenia National and University Library
Hungary National Széchényi Library of Hungary, Library of the Hungarian Academy of Science
Facts & Figures
Delivery time– average 1 week
Quantities:– Approx. 3200 books = approx. 840.000 pages– Top 3 libraries: 1 order / working day– Quite big differences between libraries
1900 customersAverage price of order: about 50 EUR / order
Experiences
User reactions
Good quality!
Fast!Access to
books otherwise
inaccessible
How can I get books from 20th
century?
B. Price Evaluation30 % of respondents perceived the price as high or very high, but the price-value relation was evaluated positively by the majority. The perceived price-value relation does not depend on the price actually paid for the eBook.
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Price comparedto competitors
Price-valuerelation
very low/good (1) low/good (2) high/poor (3)very high/poor (4) don't know
(in % of respondents; n = 106; source: EOD user survey 2008)
1,4
Mean
2,8
Perspectives
Quantity of digitisationThe priceThe catalogue situationEOD as brand
⇒EOD in Culture programme
EOD in Culture Programme 2009-2013
Disseminate the EOD serviceEnlarge the EOD network
Explore EOD as best practise model for European wide cooperation for other institutions (e.g. archives, museums,…)Support the cultural dialogue among readers and users of historical books by supplying Web 2.0 social platforms with details about selected historical books
Objectives:
Perspectives
Quantity of digitisationThe priceThe catalogue situation
⇒Shared and union catalogues, EOD central search engineEOD as brand
⇒EOD in Culture programme
EOD in „The European Library“
PerspectivesQuantity of digitisationThe price
⇒Need of taking into account institutional and regional conditionsThe catalogue situation
⇒Shared and union catalogues, EOD central search engineEOD as brand
⇒EOD in Culture programme
PerspectivesQuantity of digitisation
⇒ARROW projectThe price
⇒Need of taking into account institutional and regional conditionsThe catalogue situation
⇒Shared and union catalogues, EOD central search engineEOD as brand
⇒EOD in Culture programme
EOD & ARROW
Duration: September 2008 – March 2011ARROW = “Accessible Registries of Rights Information and Orphan Works towards Europeana”Goal: finding ways to identify rightholders, rights and clarify the rights status of a work including whether it is orphan or out of printWP 7 “Validation” - EOD libraries as use cases
www.arrow.net
More „on demand“ products
What we would like to realise:− Digitisation on demand for blind
and visually impaired− Creation of „real“ eBooks with
corrected full text approximating100% accuracy
What we have already realised:– Reprint on demand
Used functions of EOD files (in % of respondents; n = 181, source: EOD user survey 2008)
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
Browse & Zoom
Print single pages
Print whole book
Full text search
Copy & Paste
unused
other
Reprints IFrom the user’s point of view: one more click
Reprints IIFrom a member library‘s point of view: just some more metadata – BISAC Subject– Number of colored pages
From the co-ordinator‘s point of view – Image enhancement– Creation of pre-press PDF, ONIX file and
cover file– Delivery to print service provider– Overall management
Reprints: Business Model
How does it pay off?– First customer pays only printing costs (EUR
6 + EUR 0,02 p.p)– Re-selling via Amazon– First revenues from re-selling => co-ordinator– Subsequent revenue => library
EOD & EuropeanaConnect
Task 5.7: – Delivery of EOD eBooks to Europeana– Prototype of Print on Demand in Europeana
Goal:– First books will be delivered before May 2010
www.europeana-connect.eu
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