JISC eBooks Working Group Achievements and challenges Sally Rumsey JISC eBooks Working Group University of Oxford

Challenges with print Access Collection management and administration Theft and vandalism Space Quality of stock Out of print material

Access

Collection management and administration

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Quality of stock

Out of print material

What is an ebook? Images of a print version Colin Clouts come home againe. By Edmund Spencer & Sir Walter Raleigh . EEBO

Deborah Brunton, ‘Rumsey, Henry Wyldbore (1809–1876)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/40992, accessed 13 Feb 2008] Reference work

The JISC E-books WG http://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/ebooks The core aims of the e-books working group as defined in the JISC Collections strategy: Provide leadership in establishing a strategy for the development of e-books for the benefit of the academic community Secure access to a critical mass of electronic general reference books across the spectrum of FE and HE disciplines Negotiate and facilitate the provision of other e-books in a range of subject areas Explore issues for supporting UK academics in authoring electronic books Develop national activities that complement current book procurement Build positive and inclusive relationships with all major stakeholders involved in the development and adoption of e-books – publishers, suppliers, librarians and the academic community

The core aims of the e-books working group as defined in the JISC Collections strategy:

Provide leadership in establishing a strategy for the development of e-books for the benefit of the academic community

Secure access to a critical mass of electronic general reference books across the spectrum of FE and HE disciplines

Negotiate and facilitate the provision of other e-books in a range of subject areas

Explore issues for supporting UK academics in authoring electronic books

Develop national activities that complement current book procurement

Build positive and inclusive relationships with all major stakeholders involved in the development and adoption of e-books – publishers, suppliers, librarians and the academic community

WG Reports In 2003 the E-books WG commissioned 4 e-book studies to inform their activities “ The e-book mapping exercise” “ Promoting the uptake of e-books..” “ A strategy & vision for the future of e-”textbooks…. “ An investigation into free e-books…”

In 2003 the E-books WG commissioned 4 e-book studies to inform their activities

“ The e-book mapping exercise”

“ Promoting the uptake of e-books..”

“ A strategy & vision for the future of e-”textbooks….

“ An investigation into free e-books…”

JISC eBooks WG: The Vision The UK education community will have access to quality e-book content that is of high relevance to teaching, learning and research across the broadest range of subject areas. Flexible business and licensing models will support a diversity of needs, allowing users to do what they want when they want and how they want for education purposes. All e-books will be easily discoverable and consistent standards will allow all content to be fully integrated into library, learning and research environments. E-Books Working Group 2007

The UK education community will have access to quality e-book content that is of high relevance to teaching, learning and research across the broadest range of subject areas.

Flexible business and licensing models will support a diversity of needs, allowing users to do what they want when they want and how they want for education purposes.

All e-books will be easily discoverable and consistent standards will allow all content to be fully integrated into library, learning and research environments.

E-Books Working Group 2007

Testbed for Interoperability of eBook Metadata (TIME) Final report 24 April 2006 The Higher Education Consultancy Group A Feasibility Study on the Acquisition of e-Books by HE Libraries and the Role of JISC Final Report October 2006

Finding e-titles What’s available? Academic Web based Reference Text books Practical Problems 1

What’s available?

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E-books: What do librarians want? Current titles Wider choice of titles relevant to the UK academic community Flexibility in choosing between subscribing or outright purchase Sensible charging bands or prices regime Multiple and concurrent access for users Authenticated access A systematic way of discovering what e-books are available A ‘one stop shop’ for MARC records ‘ Reading list’ materials, principally textbooks

Current titles

Wider choice of titles relevant to the UK academic community

Flexibility in choosing between subscribing or outright purchase

Sensible charging bands or prices regime

Multiple and concurrent access for users

Authenticated access

A systematic way of discovering what e-books are available

A ‘one stop shop’ for MARC records

‘ Reading list’ materials, principally textbooks

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Catch 22 “ There is a demand for core reading list e-books in my institution but these are not being made available, and when I ask publishers why, they say that there is no evidence of the demand, and thus they are reluctant to make these e-books available. But if they don’t make the core titles available online, then users are not as interested and therefore the level of demand seems low.” Taken from Observatory project

“ There is a demand for core reading list e-books in my institution but these are not being made available, and when I ask publishers why, they say that there is no evidence of the demand, and thus they are reluctant to make these e-books available. But if they don’t make the core titles available online, then users are not as interested and therefore the level of demand seems low.”

FinELib User Research A majority of the respondents would be happy to give up printed dictionaries and reference books . The majority of respondents at universities and research institutes would also be happy to give up printed journals . The desire to give up printed materials has increased not only in universities and polytechnics, but also in research institutes over the last few years. On the other hand, there is little use of electronic books . At universities, polytechnics and research institutes, about 20-30% do not use e-books at all, and at public libraries, the figure is over 60%. The printed book is considered almost irreplaceable as a proper user interface and no sector would be willing to give it up.

A majority of the respondents would be happy to give up printed dictionaries and reference books . The majority of respondents at universities and research institutes would also be happy to give up printed journals . The desire to give up printed materials has increased not only in universities and polytechnics, but also in research institutes over the last few years.

On the other hand, there is little use of electronic books . At universities, polytechnics and research institutes, about 20-30% do not use e-books at all, and at public libraries, the figure is over 60%. The printed book is considered almost irreplaceable as a proper user interface and no sector would be willing to give it up.

Why UK higher education has not bought more e-books E-book pricing models are not satisfactory (64%) There is too little choice of e-book titles (62%) E-book access models are not satisfactory (53%) We are waiting for the market to settle down (33%) We are waiting for JISC Collections to offer better e-book deals (30%) E-books are too expensive (28%) I do not know what is available (18%) There is no demand for e-books here (13%) Affiliated/ external users are not allowed access (11%) The technology is too complicated (8%) Taken from the Feasibility Study on the Acquisition of E-books in HE and the role of the JISC

E-book pricing models are not satisfactory (64%)

There is too little choice of e-book titles (62%)

E-book access models are not satisfactory (53%)

We are waiting for the market to settle down (33%)

We are waiting for JISC Collections to offer better e-book deals (30%)

E-books are too expensive (28%)

I do not know what is available (18%)

There is no demand for e-books here (13%)

Affiliated/ external users are not allowed access (11%)

The technology is too complicated (8%)

What are users doing with e-books? Understanding how students and staff use e-books Know your users Business models and licensing models that will work for e-textbooks 20,000 responses to the first user survey. Results are being analysed by CIBER Where are the print sales? Full results of the first user survey will be available at www.jiscebooksproject.org

What are users doing with e-books?

Understanding how students and staff use e-books

Know your users

Business models and licensing models that will work for e-textbooks

20,000 responses to the first user survey.

Results are being analysed by CIBER

Where are the print sales?

Full results of the first user survey will be available at www.jiscebooksproject.org

Requirements for the project: a core collection of e-books good terms and conditions of use the e-books on the platforms that are already being used

Requirements for the project:

a core collection of e-books

good terms and conditions of use

the e-books on the platforms that are already being used

Challenges Licensing MARC records Selecting the titles within the budget available

Licensing

MARC records

Selecting the titles within the budget available

Platform A number to choose from Content Pick & Mix v. Bundles Same as print version? Check hotlists Cost How many? Practical Problems 2

Confusing ‘ 80% of the respondents [ to the Ebrary Survey ] found e-book acquisitions models confusing, ‘ Publishers and aggregators will increase their viability in the e-content marketplace if they can distinctly articulate the services and options that they can provide to libraries.’ Connaway. L., Wicht. H., 2007. What Happened to the E-book Revolution? : The Gradual Integration of E-books into the Academic Libraries. Journal of Electronic Publishing. [online] 10 (3) Available from http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.3336451.0010.302

‘ 80% of the respondents [ to the Ebrary Survey ] found e-book acquisitions models confusing,

‘ Publishers and aggregators will increase their viability in the e-content marketplace if they can distinctly articulate the services and options that they can provide to libraries.’

Connaway. L., Wicht. H., 2007. What Happened to the E-book Revolution? : The Gradual Integration of E-books into the Academic Libraries. Journal of Electronic Publishing. [online] 10 (3) Available from http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.3336451.0010.302

Models Subscription / Purchase Lease Consortia User driven One person viewing time Multiple concurrent users Check in and check out Lease / Subscribe to own Pay per view Chapter level subscription / purchase Subject collections / Bundles / Big deal Publisher / Aggregator Print plus E FTE / Banding / Consortia Concerns as identified in the Ebrary survey Preservation Control of access Budgets Pricing Relevance Single user Currency Overlap Remote Access Integration Technology Institutional Repositories Interlibrary loans Mobile technologies

Models

Subscription / Purchase

Lease

Consortia

User driven

One person viewing time

Multiple concurrent users

Check in and check out

Lease / Subscribe to own

Pay per view

Chapter level subscription / purchase

Subject collections / Bundles / Big deal

Publisher / Aggregator

Print plus E

FTE / Banding / Consortia

Concerns as identified in the Ebrary survey

Preservation

Control of access

Budgets

Pricing

Relevance

Single user

Currency

Overlap

Remote Access

Integration

Technology

Institutional Repositories

Interlibrary loans

Mobile technologies

Licensing: Role for JISC MARC records Discovery: Three things you should know Catalogue Catalogue Catalogue Practical Problems 3

Licensing: Role for JISC

Practical Problems 4 Use one supplier or more? Librarians Costs Coverage Workflow Users Different interfaces Varying functionalities Personalisation

Selection criteria What’s important to you? What are the showstoppers? Who has responsibility for different checks? Academic Database Assessment Tool (ADAT) http://www.jisc-adat.com/adat/home.pl

Roles for JISC Collections as a consortia in e-books acquisition Seeking to get the best buys for the sector – national VFM role Investigating innovative formats or purchasing models that are being offered Buying resources that are essential in niche areas for research and teaching where the users would not be able to afford it without help

Seeking to get the best buys for the sector – national VFM role

Investigating innovative formats or purchasing models that are being offered

Buying resources that are essential in niche areas for research and teaching where the users would not be able to afford it without help

Crystal ball time: Predictions Improved finding aids More core titles Better metadata