EvaluatingE-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 thanprint books29% of Americans own a digital readingdevice of some kind (eReader or tablet)According to Forrester, 15 million e-readerssold in U.S. in 2011By 2015, Americans are predicted to spend $3billion on eBooksOver 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 3Windows 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 TOPURCHASE

Purchase OptionsAggregators PublishersWholesalers 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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