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Hot Topic: Are E-Books the Future :

Marshall Breeding Independent Consult, Author, Founder and Publisher, Library Technology Guides http://www.librarytechnology.org/ http://twitter.com/mbreeding. Hot Topic: Are E-Books the Future : . July 23, 2012. American Association of Law Libraries 2012. Topic.

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Hot Topic: Are E-Books the Future :

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  1. Marshall Breeding Independent Consult, Author, Founder and Publisher, Library Technology Guides http://www.librarytechnology.org/ http://twitter.com/mbreeding Hot Topic: Are E-Books the Future: July 23, 2012 American Association of Law Libraries 2012

  2. Topic • Join this discussion about the impact of e-books in libraries. How will this trend affect collection development, budgets, and staffing? Will the introduction and use of e-books lead to greater patron satisfaction? What will libraries need to do to prepare for this new format?

  3. Device Agnostic

  4. Impact of E-Books

  5. E-books in Libraries

  6. The rise of e-books • Academic libraries: e-books included in aggregated content packages • E-books used primarily for research and consultation, not long reading • Public Libraries: Subscriptions to e-book services that provide an outsourced collection of loanable e-books • K-12 Schools, Colleges, Universities: interest in electronic textbooks

  7. Overdrive

  8. Overdrive

  9. 3M Cloud Library

  10. Bibliotheca E-Book Initiative • Global RFID company • Recent entry into e-book lending model • Follows Douglas County Model • Ownership of e-book titles • Discounts through volume purchases • Focus on local and special titles rather than mass market / big 5 publishers http://www.bibliotheca.com/1/index.php/ebooks

  11. Library Renewal

  12. LibraryIdeas – Freading

  13. Open Library

  14. Glue Jar – Books Unglued

  15. Integrating e-Books into Library Automation Infrastructure • Current approach involves mostly outsourced arrangements • Collections licensed wholesale from single provider • Hand-off to DRM and delivery systems of providers • Loading of MARC records into local catalog with linking mechanisms • No ability to see availability status of e-books from the library’s online catalog or discovery interface

  16. Legal / Business issues • E-book products generally involve licenses that provide access to titles but may not constitute full ownership of materials. • Will libraries need to re-purchase titles if they switch e-book providers • Lending models mostly adhere to restrictions consistent with print: • Only one reader can access each copy licensed • Digital copies may need to be repurchased after designated number of uses (Example HarperCollins) • No “doctrine of first sale:” Rights of the library limited by the publishers

  17. Technology Issues • Access to materials controlled through Digital Rights Management • Closed ecosystems that control content through identity management and rights policies • Imposes significant overhead on the user experience: • Download an install DRM components • Establish user credentials in site trusted by DRM • Works only with devices that comply with DRM restrictions

  18. E-Book Challenges for Libraries • Work toward legal framework that preserves the role and value of libraries to provide access to materials without cost • Work toward business model where libraries can acquire materials at reasonable costs • Deliver materials with through a user-friendly experience • It should be easier to borrow an e-book from a library than purchase one from an online store

  19. Challenges for library automation • Provide the same types of management control for e-books as other collection component • Acquisitions: select and acquire materials from multiple providers • Cataloging: High-quality descriptive metadata • Electronic copies appropriately aligned with those in print or other media • Circulation: Integrated with other media. • Option to lend e-reader devices • Discovery • Integrated with all other formats • Unified environment for content delivery

  20. Questions and discussion

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