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AASL 2011 National Conference

AASL 2011 National Conference . Books, E-Ink, and Databases, Oh My! Collection Development in the 21 st Century Digital Reference and Beyond Angela Carstensen. Background. Convent of the Sacred Heart, New York, NY 690 students, PK3-12, all girls ~50 students per grade Two libraries

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AASL 2011 National Conference

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  1. AASL 2011 National Conference Books, E-Ink, and Databases, Oh My! Collection Development in the 21st Century Digital Reference and Beyond Angela Carstensen

  2. Background Convent of the Sacred Heart, New York, NY 690 students, PK3-12, all girls ~50 students per grade Two libraries Lower/Middle School (grades PK3-8) Upper School (grades 9-12)

  3. Reference Ebooks

  4. School website, Library Electronic Resources page

  5. Moodle Library Online page

  6. Moodle 11th Research project page

  7. Ebook Link in Destiny (library catalog)

  8. GVRL on Gale IPad/IPhone app Ebook

  9. Invest in a Research Ebook Collection • Ebrary • Questia • Ebooks from EBSCO (was Netlibrary)

  10. Individual Publishers Rosen Marshall Cavendish Jobbers Baker & Taylor Axis 360 / Blio FollettShelf (includes Pebblego) Ingram MyiLibrary

  11. How much teaching time required? Is using the product intuitive for students? • With which print publishers does the Ebook vendor partner? (Can we add the books we want?) • Is there a set-up fee? An annual fee? • Do we own the Ebooks we purchase? • Can users download to a digital device? Which? • Does the Ebook vendor provide MARC records? • How intuitive are the ordering management pages? • Does the vendor provide usage reports? • Does it work on your platform? (Mac and PC)

  12. Choices • When to buy print? When to buy Ebook? • If Ebook: • How many simultaneous copies? • Allow patron-driven acquisitions? • Buy books one by one, or invest in a collection? • Short-term lease option for project research?

  13. Freading • Pay for usage, not content • 20K ebooks for no cost. No platform fee. • Pay as your patrons read. • Unlimited simultaneous access to all titles. • Mobile apps for iPad, iPhone, android devices

  14. Angela Carstensen Head Librarian, Convent of the Sacred Heart New York, NY Twitter: AngeReads Blog: Adult Books 4 Teens (SLJ)

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