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Managing the eBook Revolution

Managing the eBook Revolution. Wendy Walker Assistant Librarian – University of Glasgow Vice Chair – SCOPNet Ebooks. Overview. Ebook current provision Ebooks – successes & challenges Ebook procurement Models. Ebook Usage – University of Glasgow. Ebook challenges. DRM

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Managing the eBook Revolution

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  1. Managing the eBook Revolution Wendy WalkerAssistant Librarian – University of GlasgowVice Chair – SCOPNet Ebooks

  2. Overview • Ebook current provision • Ebooks – successes & challenges • Ebook procurement • Models

  3. Ebook Usage – University of Glasgow

  4. Ebook challenges • DRM • Aggregator platforms (users want downloading, mobile use) • Business models – users don’t care about models! • Withdrawal of content • Publishers – exclusions • Textbooks

  5. Ebook provision up to 2013 • Individual purchases via aggregators (2009-13) • Ebook collections direct with publishers/JISC • SHEDL

  6. Investigations • DRM restrictions meant that end user expectations could not always be met • 60% of expenditure was on titles published by ten publishers

  7. Scottish Ebooks 2013- • Provide institutions with an easy to use, EU compliant agreement to meet their needs • Aggregate the eBook requirements of all the Scottish HE and FE Institutions • Increase the availability of content with unconstrained Digital Rights Management • Increase level of access of high quality, relevant and recently published or front list eBooks to students and academics

  8. Scottish ebook tender • eBook Collections with Unconstrained DRM – 10 publishers • Individual Title Offerings with Constrained DRM – 3 suppliers • Price 40% • Quality 60% • DRM, mobile, quality, platform functionality, metadata

  9. Models • Aggregators • Annual full list purchase • Full list lease access • Textbooks • PDA • Evidence Base

  10. Patron Driven Acquisition

  11. Evidence Based Acquisition

  12. Finally • Demand • Manage expectations • Prepare to be flexible with models

  13. Finally • Ask your audience!

  14. Questions? Questions? Contact: Wendy.Walker@glasgow.ac.uk

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