Mobile Access to E-Books at YaleLisa Carlucci ThomasDigital Collections LibrarianYale University2009 LITA National ForumSalt Lake City, UT

In 4 years, Yale’s e-books increased more than 110%E-Books at Yale: 2005-20092005: ~475,000 titles2009: ~1,000,000+ titles

E-Books Everywhere: Now

Mobile Access to E-Books at YaleWhat percentage of e-book collections can be accessed using mobile devices?Four devices tested: Amazon Kindle 2.0Sony Reader PRS-500iRexiLiad 2nd editionApple iPod Touch

Amazon Kindle 2.0

Sony Reader PRS-500

iRexiLiad 2nd edition

Apple iPod Touch

Amazon Kindle 2.0Kindle 2.0Kindle 1.0

Sony Reader PRS-500

iRex iLiad 2nd edition

Apple iPod TouchiPhoneiPod Touch

Resources TestedHistory Reference OnlineDigital Library of Classic Protestant TextsBlackwell Reference OnlineBooks24x7 ITPro CollectionCambridge Histories OnlineLiterature OnlinePerseus ProjectebraryENGnetBASE: Engineering Handbooks OnlineEighteenth Century Collections OnlineGutenberg-eACLS Humanities E-BookKnovelMadame Curie Bioscience DatabaseMedieval Sources OnlineNetLibrary (OCLC)SourceOECDOxford Reference OnlinePatrologiaeGraecaePast MastersSafari Books OnlineEarly English Books Online, 1475-1700 Methods in EnzymologySpringer ProtocolsWorld Bank e-Library

TestingCould 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, unusable2. Able to access, may be readable, difficult to view or navigate3. Able to access, fairly readable, content viewable4. Able to access, overall readable, sized to fit screen and can navigate without difficulty5. Able to access, very readable, very easy to view content and navigate

Findings

SummaryApple iPod TouchCould 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

ConclusionThis is just the beginning…

Thank YouMobile Access to E-Books at YaleLisa Carlucci ThomasDigital Collections LibrarianYale Universitytwitter.com/lisacarlucci

ReferencesSlide 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@N00/3307428600Slide 6: image ‘sony reader’ @ www.flickr.com/photos/80994469@N00/2087467696Slide 6: image 'Librarians are way sexier than DRM'd ebook+readers' @ www.flickr.com/photos/35034347820@N01/1300241735Slide 7: photo by Lisa Carlucci ThomasSlide 7: image: 'iRex iLiad tekstiä‘ www.flickr.com/photos/77136818@N00/3276650497Slide 8: image ‘IPHONE IPOD TOUCH 2G’http://www.flickr.com/photos/33963534@N07/3312844072/Slide 15: photo by Lisa Carlucci Thomas