Mobile Access to E-Books at Yale

Mobile Access to E-Books at Yale
Lisa Carlucci Thomas
Digital Collections Librarian
Yale University
2009 LITA National Forum
Salt Lake City, UT

In 4 years,
Yale’s e-books
increased more
than 110%
E-Books at Yale: 2005-2009
2005: ~475,000 titles
2009: ~1,000,000+ titles

E-Books Everywhere: Now

What percentage of e-book collections can be accessed using mobile devices?
Four devices tested:
Amazon Kindle 2.0
Sony Reader PRS-500
iRexiLiad 2nd edition
Apple iPod Touch

Amazon Kindle 2.0
Kindle 2.0
Kindle 1.0

Sony Reader PRS-500

iRex iLiad 2nd edition

Apple iPod Touch
iPhone
iPod Touch

Resources Tested
History Reference Online
Digital Library of Classic Protestant Texts
Blackwell Reference Online
Books24x7 ITPro Collection
Cambridge Histories Online
Literature Online
Perseus Project
ebrary
ENGnetBASE: Engineering Handbooks Online
Eighteenth Century Collections Online
Gutenberg-e
ACLS Humanities E-Book
Knovel
Madame Curie Bioscience Database
Medieval Sources Online
NetLibrary (OCLC)
SourceOECD
Oxford Reference Online
PatrologiaeGraecae
Past Masters
Safari Books Online
Early English Books Online, 1475-1700
Methods in Enzymology
Springer Protocols
World Bank e-Library

Testing
Could you access e-book using device?
Could you use an additional method to access Yale licensed e-books on the device (for instance: bookmark, email, download, copy, or other)?
What was the format type?
Rate ability to access using following scale:
1. Able to access, but unreadable, unusable
2. Able to access, may be readable, difficult to view or navigate
3. Able to access, fairly readable, content viewable
4. Able to access, overall readable, sized to fit screen and can navigate without difficulty
5. Able to access, very readable, very easy to view content and navigate

Findings

Summary
Apple iPod Touch
Could access 84% of Yale’s e-book collections
Amazon Kindle 2.0, Sony Reader PRS-500, and iRexiLiad 2nd edition
Could access 24% of Yale’s e-book collections

Conclusion
This is just the beginning…

Thank You
Lisa Carlucci Thomas
Digital Collections Librarian
Yale University
twitter.com/lisacarlucci

References
Slide 2: image ‘stack’ @ www.flickr.com/photos/27462949@N00/468725354
Slide 3: Chronicle of Higher Education http://chronicle.com/article/This-Could-Be-the-Year-of/48305/
Slide 5: image ‘side by side’ @ www.flickr.com/photos/78563196@N00/3307428600
Slide 6: image ‘sony reader’ @ www.flickr.com/photos/80994469@N00/2087467696
Slide 6: image 'Librarians are way sexier than DRM'd ebook+readers' @ www.flickr.com/photos/35034347820@N01/1300241735
Slide 7: photo by Lisa Carlucci Thomas
Slide 7: image: 'iRex iLiad tekstiÃ¤‘ www.flickr.com/photos/77136818@N00/3276650497
Slide 8: image ‘IPHONE IPOD TOUCH 2G’http://www.flickr.com/photos/33963534@N07/3312844072/
Slide 15: photo by Lisa Carlucci Thomas

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