Evaluating E-Book Offerings Ellyssa Kroski
Manager of Information Systems The New York Law Institute http://www.nyli.org

Why e-Books? Amazon now sells
more Kindle titles than print books 29% of Americans own a digital reading device of some kind (eReader or tablet) According to Forrester, 15 million e-readers sold in U.S. in 2011 By 2015, Americans are predicted to spend $3 billion on eBooks Over 40 million iPads sold in 2011

Tablets in Law Firms ILTA’s
2011 Technology Survey

of academic libraries of public
libraries of school libraries …are offering e-Books

BENEFITS

No Shelf Space Required!

Instant Access

Increased Portability

Full-Text Search

Added Features • Bookmarks •
Annotations • Highlighting • Adjustable Text • Built-in Dictionaries • Copy-paste

Enhanced Publisher Content

CHALLENGES

Long Waiting Lists

Different Vendors/Interfaces

E-Book Devices

Popular e-Book Formats & Readers
ios Nook Color Kindle 3 Windows 7 android Nook Sony Kindle Fire Reader

Access & Pricing Models •
Single User vs. Multi-User vs. Unlimited Users • Individual eBook Purchases vs. Subscriptions • Perpetual ownership vs. ongoing access fees • Short-term loans • Patron-driven acquisitions (PDA) or Demand- driven acquisitions (DDA) • “Non-linear lending”

Publisher – Library Tension

Software Installation

Firewall Issues

Mediated Loans

WAYS
TO
PURCHASE

Purchase Options Aggregators Publishers Wholesalers
Consortia

Major e-Book Aggregators • Overdrive
– 1 million digital titles, 1,000 publishers, used by 18,000 libraries, schools, and colleges worldwide – LexisNexis Digital Library of 1,200 primary law, deskbooks, code books, treatises and other titles. • EBL – Ebook Library (Acquired by Proquest on Jan 22, 2013) – 300,000 e-books, 500 publishers8,650 law-related titles • eBooks on EBSCOhost (formerly NetLibrary) – 350,000 e-books, 8,000+ law-related titles • MyiLibrary – 300,000 e-books, 1,000 publishers, 8,000 law-related titles • Proquest ebrary – 70,000 e-books, 6,000 law-related titles

Major Publishers • LexisNexis Digital
Library – 1,200 primary law, deskbooks, code books, treatises and other titles. • Thomson Reuters ProView – 431 law-related titles which link to WestlawNext • PLI Discover Plus – 1,600 treatises, course handbooks, and answer books. Access to transcripts of PLI seminars and downloadable legal forms. • Wolters Kluwer International eBook Store ˉ 100 titles in the areas of law and business. • Fastcase eBook Advance Sheets – Currently 50+ with plans for hundreds. All FREE!

Major Wholesalers • Yankee Book
Peddler – 600,000 eBooks from Proquest ebrary, EBL, eBooks on EBSCOHOST , Gale, and a host of publisher-direct titles. • Baker and Taylor – eBooks from Proquest ebrary, eBooks on EBSCOHOST, and Gale, as well as many individual publishers.

WHAT SHOULD YOU ASK
VENDORS?

Technical Requirements • Browser compatibility
• Plugins or software required? • Device compatibility? • Are you using or plan to use EPUB? • Data metrics available?

Content • Scope • Number
of titles • Number of publishers • MARC records? • Embargo period?

Functionality • Can User copy/paste?
• Can User print? (is there a limit?) • Full-text search of books? • Download for offline reading? • Annotations?

Sales Model • Platform fee?
(Annual, one-time, etc.) • Single or multiple or unlimited use? • Title cost relative to print cost? • Perpetual access? • Subscription available? • Free viewing period? • Short term loans? • Patron-driven acquisitions? • Minimum commitment? • Pricing discounts for consortia?

WHAT ARE LAW LIBRARIES
DOING?

Purchasing Direct from Publishers •
Cleveland Law Library Association - LexisNexis • Cooley LLP – Matthew Bender titles through Lexis contract • Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP - PLI Discover Plus • Con Edison Law Department Library - PLI Discover Plus

Highlighting Existing Collections • The
New England Law Library - HeinOnline Legal Classics Library, LLMC’s digital books, and Oxford Scholarship Online • The University of Oklahoma Law Library - Gale Making of Modern Law Collection, Hein Online’s Legal Classics, LLMC’s digital books, the main University’s subscription to Proquest’s ebrary.

Purchasing eBook Collections Through Aggregators
• The Florida State Law Research Center (FSU) & The Lawton Chiles Legal Information Center at the University of Florida - joint eBooks program powered by MyiLibrary. • Hofstra Law Library - eBooks on EBSCOhost • Ava Maria School of Law - eBooks on EBSCOhost • CUNY Law School Library - Proquest ebrary • The New York Law Institute – EBL – Ebook Library

Accessing eBooks through Membership Libraries
• Debevoise & Plimpton – The New York Law Institute (EBL – Ebook Library) • All NYLI Members - The New York Law Institute (EBL – Ebook Library) • CLLA Members - Cleveland Law Library Association (LexisNexis titles on laptops)

Combining eBook Strategies • Squire
Law Library at the University of Cambridge - eBooks on EBSCOhost & MyiLibrary aggregators and Oxford Scholarship Online, Cambridge Companions Online, and Westlaw Commentary. • Peter Rodino Law Library at Seton Hall - highlighting collections from Gale’s Virtual Reference Library, subscribing to eBooks on EBSCOhost and MyiLibrary. • The University of Chicago D’Angelo Law Library - Yankee Book Peddler for eBooks on EBSCOhost, Proquest ebrary, and Cambridge Books Online.

Combining eBook Strategies • The
Lincoln Memorial University Duncan School of Law - EBL – Ebook Library, eBooks on EBSCOhost, Proquest ebrary, MyiLibrary and key publishers LexisNexis and Cambridge Books Online. • Also Vermont Law School and the Lillian Goldman Law Library at Yale University combining eBook strategies.

Creating Their Own • Massachusetts
Trial Court Lowell Law Library - Massachusetts Court Rules and Documents (downloaded 4,500x in first year) – http://www.lawlib.state.ma.us/source/mass/rules /ebooks.html

Further Resources • The No
Shelf Required Guide to E-book Purchasing. Sue Polanka. Library Technology Reports. http://tinyurl.com/6o6qweg • JISC E-book Platform Comparison Tool: http://tinyurl.com/7ankb7e • Wellesley College e-Book Vendor Evaluation Matrix: http://tinyurl.com/6om7plj

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