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Swets & eBooks: Latest developments Hotel Carrefour de l’Europe: September 21st, 2010

Your users

Current eKnowledge vs age Age

Natives, their world …

The Power of Convenience…
Simple
Easy
Fast

eBooks Sourcing - Key Findings Source: CIBER, University College London UK - 2007

The Power of Convenience… Source: SerialsSolutions 2010 The superior source for quality, credible content Preferred for academic research and course assignments

The Power of Convenience… The easiest place to start the research process … But actual user-behavior says otherwise! Source: SerialsSolutions 2010

“ I want it all , now , here and the way I want !”
The User is in Control!
Natives, Their vision …

Visits increases….

eBooks…. La plateforme de gestion: SwetsWise e-readers computer tablets And in the future … The Book 1 st writing Full Content search

Why would you invest in eBook?
24/7 access
Access from everywhere
Saves space
Allows searching in full text (in codes, in formulas, in tables, …)
Manipulate (share, copy, add notes, your own shelf…) the information
Rich content
Ecological attitude
Accessibility to all (visually impaired,…)
customization  web2.0
Connect with the younger (Google, Flickr, facebook, MP3, JPEG, MPEG, PDF, … on their smartphones, netbooks, tablets, …) = the Natives
eReference = eSuccess

A Library consists of: Library Users Access Content
Multiple resources
Search, Filter
Manipulate
…
Staff Manage
Subs
Buy eBooks
User Stats
…

UW Digital Library some figures …

the jargon…
« Users » = number of concurrent users
« License » = permanent Access or subscription
« Business Model » = cost related to the access of content
« Pick & Choose » = buy title per title
« Collections » = buy by collections
« Patron select » = buying based on the end-users consultations
Aggregator vs Publisher
DRM = Digital Rights Management
Authentication: IP address, shibboleth, Athens, login + password or …
« Personal Shelf »
COUNTER = usage stats
MARC records = for feeding the ILS
eReference = eSuccess

The jungle of business models…
eBooks are more than ever a hot topic: the e-readers become commonplace and supply diversifies and grows exponentially.
But who says diversity , thinks complexity .
The diversity of economic models of eBooks can be summarized as follows:
BUSINESS MODELS TYPE OF LICENCE One Of Subscription Collection Pick & Chose NUMBER OF USERS Unique User Multiple Users

The future of eBooks looks bright…
Based on Swets market research, eBooks represent 9% of the total book expenditure in libraries
Libraries indicated this percentage would double in the next three years
More and more libraries are developing an e-only collection development policy
Swets Survey, Feb – Mar 2009, 221 respondents

Librarians are struggling to keep up with all these models
Comparing pricing between vendors & available pricing options
Finding out which eBook titles are available
Comparing license conditions
Negotiating & signing license agreements for eBooks
Obtaining & analyzing usage statistics
Market suffers from a lack of transparency Top-5 headaches for librarians regarding eBooks
Source: Customer Survey Swets, “11 Questions on eBooks”, April 2009

Our answer to the complexity: eBooks in SwetsWise!
Now extended to support the acquisition and management of eBooks
SwetsWise provides a single interface for journals and eBooks, which is unique to the information industry

SwetsWise provides you with a single source for eBooks purchasing

SwetsWise eBooks upload for 2010

SwetsWise : One solution, two perspectives
Admin access to browse the catalog, buy eBooks and manage purchasing
End user access to consult all the eBooks content from a single point
SwetsWise platform enables the acquisition , management and access to eBooks.
These actions are not all for the same audience:

The Admin interface: Library Users Access Content
= eBook Procurement Catalogue
Clarify
Complete
Transparency

The End-User interface: Library Global Solution via: Individual access SEARCHER = search in full-text of all your ressources (eBooks, subs, theses, …) Other owned ressource …

What to Remember:
The SwetsWise eBook catalogue contains today more than 400 000 ebooks and more than 1000 publishers
The Admin interface allows to easily compare the offers of the different eBook vendors ,
The Admin interface allows easy buying of eBooks,
The Admin interface will help to Avoid unnecessary duplication costs by checking if title is already purchased,
Easy invoicing procedure
The end-user interface allows quick access to your eBooks and also to your other sources of information,
Full text search of all your e-ressources
AND MOST IMPORTANT: today already available for SwetsWise customers

Useful links:
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/infostudies/research/ciber/charleston-survey.pdf
http://uwdcc.library.wisc.edu/
http://www.library.wisc.edu/#books
http://www.arald.org/ressources/pdf/services/edition/lexique_numerique.pdf
http://www.swets.com/upload/8201526_672_1270627633324-eBooksinSW_4page-FINAL-web.pdf
http://highwire.stanford.edu/PR/HighWireEBookSurvey2010.pdf

Thank you!
More info?
Olivier Van Kerkhove
Sales Manager & Relationship Manager
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+32 (0)477 450 043

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