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Product Overview. www.worldebooklibrary.org June 2011. Agenda. What every student does: Research! Research Materials Supply Gap Product Overview Re-Mastered Edition Mobile Reading Live Demo. What every student does…Research!.

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  1. Product Overview www.worldebooklibrary.org June 2011

  2. Agenda • What every student does: Research! • Research Materials Supply Gap • Product Overview • Re-Mastered Edition • Mobile Reading • Live Demo

  3. What every student does…Research!

  4. Over half of course-related research requires interpretation of a text with research from multiple sources and historical analysis of an event Source: Project information literacy report – Washington USA 2009

  5. Sources of Information Primary Sources

  6. Sources of Information Secondary Sources

  7. Sources of Information Tertiary Sources

  8. Google and E-Books are the most important “Research Resource”… • More important than… • Print Books • Print Textbooks • E-Journals • Electronic Databases Source: Global Student eBook Survey 2008 - eBrary

  9. But libraries are not the main source of eBooks for research work… Source: University College London 2009

  10. But libraries are not the main source of eBooks for research work… Source: The Survey of American College Students: Student Use of Library eBooks Collection 2009

  11. Research Materials in LibrariesA Supply Gap…

  12. Academic Research Iceberg Tertiary Sources Secondary Sources Primary Sources

  13. Relevance to Academic Research Less Tertiary Sources Secondary Sources Primary Sources More

  14. Good supply of…Tertiary sources (Textbooks) eBooks Tertiary Sources Secondary Sources Contemporary Textbook e-BooksAcademic Journal e-Collections

  15. But insufficient supply of…“Original Research Material” in e-format Tertiary Sources Secondary Sources Primary Sources

  16. Research Time…Mostly Outside! Source: Project Information Literacy Report – Washington, USA, 2009

  17. 70% Research Time Outside Library Where should I begin?

  18. Very Unproductive Research Website 1 Search 1 Format 1 Access 1 Website 4 Search 4 Format 4 Access 4 Website 2 Search 2 Format 2 Access 2 Website 3 Search 3 Format 3 Access 3 More Time Searching…Less Time Analyzing , Synthesizing Content…

  19. What is it? 2,100,000 eBooks & eDocuments 23,000 Audio Books MP3

  20. History 100,000+ Literature 100,000+ Military Sciences 22,000 Women Writers 103 Information Technology 4,488 Environmental Awareness 15,000 Economy 60,000 Oceanography 1,160 Teachers Resources 6,000 Physics 3,000 Mathematics 11,500 Medical E-Documents 59,000 Convenience Chemistry 16,000 2,100,000 eBooks One-Search One-Small-Price User-Ownership! Accessibility PC Kindle Smart-Phone iPad iPhone/iPod Blackberry Laptop Sony Reader

  21. The World Largest Collection of“Research eBooks & eDocuments” Tertiary Sources Secondary Sources Primary Sources

  22. Content Overview Number of eBooks World eBook Library Offers Same price…more eBooks! US$ 2 per user yearly

  23. What type of Content?

  24. Where does the content come from? 219,000 Publishers!

  25. Harvard University • Massachusetts Institute of Technology • Oxford University • Stanford University • Michigan University • University of Toronto • Wellesley College • University of California • University of New York

  26. 235,000 Government Publications Department of Education 6,252 eBooks Department of Commerce 2,238 eBooks Government Printing Office 18,000 eBooks Small Business Administration 121 eBooks G.A.I.R. Office 7,325 eBooks Federal Trade Commission 7,498 eBooks Transportation Safety 713 eBooks Environmental Protection 30,900 eBooks Department of Defense 26,000 eBooks White House Publications 953 eBooks N.A.S.A. 1,270 eBooks Technology Administration 2,634 eBooks Dep. Of Treasure 4,821 eBooks Dep. Of Health & Human Services 11,384 eBooks Department of Justice 3,106 eBooks Department of Energy 145 eBooks

  27. 235,000 Government Publications General Services Amin. 599 eBooks Internal Revenue Service 3,473 eBooks National Oceanic Admin. 1,100 eBooks Census Bureau Dep. 29,000 eBooks W.H.O. 45,800 eBooks US Access Board 148 eBooks U.N. Food and Agriculture 13,600 eBooks U.N. International Aid and Funding 5,448 eBooks Export and Trade 810 eBooks U.N. Office for Disarmament Affairs 5,500 eBooks World Bank Economics Pub. 5,000 eBooks CIA 154 eBooks Transp. Security Administration 132 eBooks

  28. Only Re-Mastered Editions Worldwide!

  29. Issue #1: Unfinished eBooks Eyes-straining Yellowish pages Wrongly sized File Without OCR “Text-Search” Disoriented Text

  30. Only re-Mastered Edition of “Digitized Books” Worldwide…

  31. Only re-Mastered Edition of “Digitized Books” Worldwide…

  32. Only re-Mastered Edition of “Digitized Books” Worldwide…

  33. Only re-Mastered Edition of “Digitized Books” Worldwide…

  34. Only re-Mastered Edition of “Digitized Books” Worldwide…

  35. Only re-Mastered Edition of “Digitized Books” Worldwide…

  36. Mobile Devices Reading

  37. …62% of eBook consumers interested in using eReaders and/or Mobile Phone to read an eBook… Source: PriceGrabber eBook and eReader Survey 2010

  38. Issue #2: Unreadable on Mobile Devices iBook on iPhone Digitized Book

  39. Issue #3: Unreadable on Mobile Devices

  40. Issue #3: Unreadable on Mobile Devices

  41. Issue #3: Unreadable on Mobile Devices

  42. Quality eBook Anywhere… World eBook Library Digitally Re-Mastered

  43. World eBook Library Digitally Re-Mastered eBook

  44. Highlighted Text from Text-Search Results

  45. Library Content Management • MARC Records • Direct title download from library platform • Usage statistics • Unlimited simultaneous users • Unlimited content download full-text • Free cataloging, publishing and hosting service

  46. Reduces Research Time… Much faster search and not need to hop from site to site in internet!!! 2 Million titles from the Library portal! …And keeps patrons inside the library website

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