1. Benefits
• Real-time access to content not owned by the library
• Free MARC records
• Deliver the content end users want, when they need it
• Only pay for titles that your end-users actually use
• Fill gaps in your current library collection
Managed User Access
Purchase Model Overview
2. • Alternative purchasing model to the default Multiple Concurrent Access
• Previously restricted content at lower price points will become available
• Publisher stipulated number of simultaneous users which can vary from 1-99
depending on title (key text)
• One off purchase price with perpetual ownership
• dawsonenter / dawsonera will clearly indicate the model available
• Queuing system for “checked out” eBooks – preview available
• Reader can add themselves to the queue with email notification
• Queue size will be visible
• Inactive users (15 mins) will be “checked out”
• Auto-purchase available on queue size threshold & price qualifier
• MUA reports
Managed User Access (MUA)
3. User A – reads the MUA title online and the eBook is “checked out” and can’t be read
by any other users until:
• User A has been inactive (no page turns) for more than 15 minutes
• User A “releases” the copy by clicking the “finished reading” button
• The reservation (set by admin in hrs/mins) period ends
User B
User A
User B – can preview the title, after their 5minute preview has ended , they will have the
option to add themselves to the queue.
Read Online Queuing Scenario for Managed
User Access with Single User Stipulation
4. User B – after their 5 minute preview User B will receive the popup below. They will be
able to enter their email address and add themselves to the queue. When the title
becomes available, the user will be notified via email (via the previously specified
address), that the title is now available for them to read.
User C – will also be given a 5 minute preview of the book and after the preview has
expired, will be given the option to join the queue.
As there are “0” people in the queue,
User B will be the next in line to
read the eBook when it becomes
available.
User C
Read Online Queuing Scenario for Managed
User Access with Single User Stipulation
5. User C – will receive the join the queue popup. After their 5 minute preview has
ended & they will be able to add themselves to the queue.
As there is already “1” person in the
queue, User C will be the second in
line to read the eBook when it
becomes available from Users A &
B.
User A
User A – has finished their online reading and click the “finished reading” button or
has been inactive in the book for 15 minutes or their reservation period has ended.
The title now becomes available to User B in the queue.
Read Online Queuing Scenario for Managed
User Access with Single User Stipulation
6. From: system@dawsonera.com On Behalf Of system@dawsonera.com
Sent: 12 February 2013 15:19
To: john@test.com
Subject: You can now read The American credit repair
Click on the link to start reading :
http://www.dawsonera.com/readonline/9780199724307/startPage/4
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This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of
the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error
please notify the system manager.
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Rowan House, Cherry Orchard North, Kembrey Park,
Swindon, Wiltshire, SN2 8UH
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User B
User B will receive an email notification that the title has become available for them to
access and if they click the link contained in the email, they will be taken directly into the
eBook in the online reader.
Email notification
Read Online Queuing Scenario for Managed
User Access with Single User Stipulation
7. When an administrator performs a search for an eBook in the Admin Portal and clicks on a
title, they will notice that a new field has been added to the title information section.
• Purchase Model: This will either denote whether the title is available for purchase under
the Credit Model or MUA model.
If it is a Managed User Access title, then there will be an additional field:
• Max Concurrent: this indicates the number of concurrent users that may view the title at
any given time. In the example above, 3 users may view the title at the same time, should
a 4th user try to access the content, they will be allowed to have a preview/rental and/or
be able to queue for the title to become available.
Managed User Access – Admin Portal
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We have added an additional setting in the PDA Acquisition Setup screen in the Admin
Portal, to allow the auto-purchase (second copy) of a MUA eBooks based on the size of
the queue for a particular title.
By ticking this box, you are enabling an additional PDA trigger, that will allow the auto-
purchase of MUA titles, based on the queue size threshold.
This feature works in conjunction with the MUA PDA trigger as described above.
The user can enter a number in this field, which will then drive the auto-purchase of a
title, depending on the size of the queue for a title. For example, if this is set to 3, then
the 4th user to join the queue, will trigger the auto-purchase of the title.
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Managed User Access – Admin Portal (PDA)
9. It is important to note that the MUA Queue size trigger, can’t be used as part of the
AND/OR PDA rules (please see below) and operates independently to this.
For example:
The above PDA rules, still drive the auto-purchase of both credit and MUA titles.
The new MUA PDA trigger however, looks at the demand of an existing title and when
the queue threshold is met, it will auto-purchase another copy.
Managed User Access – Admin Portal (PDA)
