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The Evolution of E-Books: From Useless to Ubiquitous

Explore the journey of electronic books from obscurity to widespread availability through various platforms and collections over the years. Delve into the shifts in the ebook landscape, from bulk purchases to individual options, weighing pros and cons like DRM concerns and accessibility advantages. Witness the transformation of libraries into virtual spaces with enhanced value and accessibility for online learners. Embrace the electronic future with emerging trends like patron-driven acquisitions and direct purchasing from publishers. Join us on this electronic odyssey!

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The Evolution of E-Books: From Useless to Ubiquitous

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  1. Electronic Books From useless to ubiquitous

  2. In a land before everyone's PCs had LCD monitors... • Freebooks4doctors • Other free ebooks (e.g.WHO, official docs) • Didn’t have netlibrary

  3. The amazing expanding ebook collectionfrom Naff to 518,000 in 8 years

  4. Bulk buys from major collections • 2005 ACLS, EEBO/ECCO (not on catalogue), Safari (cancelled 2008), IEEE • 2006 Ebrary • 2007 T+F, Morgan and Claypool, Knovel, Springer, Oxford Scholarship • 2008 MEMSO, CREDO reference • 2009 Martinus Nijhoff, ACS, RSC, ICE, CCO, SPIE, Adam Matthew Empire collection, de Gruyter • 2010 Cambridge books online, Palgrave • 2011 Sciencedirect evidence driven purchasing • 2012 Sage? More T+F?

  5. Individual purchase options • Ebrary 2007 • M rary 2008 • Dawsonera 2009 • Wiley Backwe 2010 (publisher specific) • not in 2011 – unformed, inadequate • 2012, more publisher specific – • PDA 2012?

  6. Stats

  7. Single user ebook cost per use –better value all the time Cost per title viewed on Aggregator (Dawsonera) since purchases began in 2009 – difficult to evaluate further, but encouraging

  8. Bulk purchase even better bargains – at the right price Lower cost translates to cheaper cost/download. After 3 years 75% of books used – with sufficient discount, better value than selected books

  9. Pros and Cons

  10. Cons • DRM • Accessibility issues • Unreliability/impermanence • Reliance on external organizations • Publishers still stingy with textbooks

  11. Pros • Outsourced virtual library • Value • Distance access (11,000 online students by 2015) • Growing popularity (Kno student survey: 71% want to go digital, 73% would rather give up dating or sex rather than have to carry another textbook).

  12. Our electronic futures

  13. New policy tending towards e-resource as primary purchase option • More purchasing direct from publishers • Patron driven acquisitions • New Electronic Resource Management system

  14. That’s us....what about you?

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