Presentation at AALL Annual Conference June 2015

1. F5: Strategic Integration of E-books
and Digital Content in Law Libraries
AALL Annual Conference
20 June 2015
Bess Reynolds
Electronic Resources Manager
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

2. eBooks and Digital Content in the OPAC
One-stop shopping
•eBooks
– Collection from the Lexis Digital Library
– New York Law Institute provides
70,000+ titles
•Web subscriptions
•RSS Feeds
•Electronic journals
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3. Rate of eBook Adoption by Law Firms
•Percentage of law firms who have purchased eBooks
– 2012: 14% (12 of 84 firms)
– 2013: 27% (35 of 129 firms)
– 2015: 54% (40 of 74 firms)
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46%
54%
Firms that Have Purchased eBooks by 2015
No Yes
*Surveys conducted in June 2012 and June 2015

4. Slow Progress for eBooks
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Percentage of law firms who plan to purchase eBooks within
the next year:
In 2012: 21%
In 2015: 44%
9%
47%
44%
Do You Plan to Purchase eBooks in
the Coming Year?
Maybe
No
Yes

5. Which Vendors are Selling eBooks to Law Firms?
5
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35
Aggregators
Law Journal Press
Lexis Nexis
Other Non-legal Vendors
Thomson Reuters
West Academic
Wolters Kluwer

6. Major Barriers to Adoption of eBooks*
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• Lack of attorney demand
• Cost
o Paying for platforms
o Paying for duplicate content
• Difficulty/Inability to manage eBooks
• DRM – Digital Rights Management
• Multiple proprietary platforms
• One user – one device model does not work at
law firms
*Answers from survey conducted in June 2015

7. Access to eBooks
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All eBooks accessible through the OPAC: 2 clicks to read
MARC records for each title allow easy discovery

8. eBook Usage for the Lexis Digital Library
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0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
11/1/2013
12/1/2013
1/1/2014
2/1/2014
3/1/2014
4/1/2014
5/1/2014
6/1/2014
7/1/2014
8/1/2014
9/1/2014
10/1/2014
11/1/2014
12/1/2014
1/1/2015
2/1/2015
3/1/2015
4/1/2015
Active visits
Checkouts

9. eBook Usage for NYLI
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0
5
10
15
20
25
30
eBook Loans
eBook Loans

10. ILS System Vendors
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EOS International
34%
Lucidea / Sydney
Plus / Inmagic /
Cuadra family
28%
None
27%
SIRSI Dynix
4% Softlink
7%
EOS International
Lucidea / Sydney Plus /
Inmagic / Cuadra family
None
SIRSI Dynix
Softlink

11. Additional Digital Content
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Web Subscriptions = Firm-wide electronic resources organized by practice area
Visited 1,200+ times per month on average in 2015

12. RSS Feeds - Current Awareness Alerts
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Managed via ILS & embedded in OPAC so attorneys can self-subscribe
Over 2,000 feeds
525 attorneys & staff receive a cumulative 12,380 feeds in daily emails

13. Electronic Newsletters via the OPAC
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Automatic delivery of emailed newsletters via the OPAC
Displays latest issue if license allows

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Contact me:
breynolds@debevoise.com
Follow me on Twitter: @bibliobess
(personal Tweets, my opinions only)
Thank You