This document discusses eBooks in NUIM libraries. It covers hardware and software for reading eBooks, the development of eBook databases from 1971-2007, the two types of eBook subscriptions NUIM offers, and how individual eBook titles are acquired and cataloged. It also addresses costs associated with eBooks, vendors that supply eBooks, publishers, and aggregators. Finally, it discusses communicating with and training library users and staff about eBooks.

1. eBooks Pauline Murray, NUIM Academic & Special Libraries, Feb. 2010

5. DASH!

6. Hardware Software Reading screens Confusion Costs Access High demand Off campus Speed of delivery Keyword searching Shelf space No… shelving, missing books, rebinding…

7. 1971 2002 CHIU 2006 Databases 2007 ‘Core Text’

8. NUIM eBook databases

9. NUIM eBook Library catalogue

10. NUIM subscriptions Two types Standard subscription ‘ Capital archive’ Price NUIM Consortium Departments Information Services Periodicals

11. NUIM subscriptions, contd . Content Undergraduate/research Irish Free titles Marc records Upload records to OPAC eBooks subset Swap Integrated

12. NUIM Individual titles Acquisitions Dept. Which titles Multiple copies Short Loan Specific requests Where to search OPAC Coutts NetLibrary ebrary How Order online, receive 2 – 3 days Marc record: 245, 500, 856 Acquisitions module

13. NUIM individual titles, issues Pilot project Continuous assessment Titles available Sources Limits Single / multi user Record in system Suppliers Acquisitions Staff training Staff time No ‘parcels’  Speed  Library departments Acquisitions Cataloguing Systems Information Services

14. NUIM Individual titles, costs Pay ‘per title’ NetLibrary “Annual” or Prepaid” Deposit Funds charged Central Bookfund VAT

15. Book vendors Coutts MyiLibrary OASIS Dawsons Dawsonera Range of academic publishers EnterBooks Blackwells ECHO ebrary, EBL & MyiLibrary Collection Manager Swetswise MyiLibrary

16. Publishers Individual titles Subject packages

17. Aggregators Single platform /interface Centralized processes Only one contract / licensing agreement needed Price model negotiated Marc records Usage statistics

18. Library users Inform Direct contact Website Signs, newsletters… Listen Discussion forum Focus Groups Quick surveys Training Issues Find Library eBooks OPAC Database listing Federated searching Single user? Print, download

19. Library staff Inform, Listen, Training Policy : end-user focus Department responsibility Purchasing What to buy Purchase model Funds PR, training Hardware / software Marc records Print copy or not? Single user/ multi user ILL … Review

20. Bibliography, 1 CHIU Librarians eBooks Working Group. July 2007. "Final Project Report.“ Cox, John. 2004. "E-Books: Challenges and Opportunities." D-Lib Magazine 10:1-1. Milloy, Caren. 2008. "ATG Special Report -- Promoting and Embedding E-textbooks: The Library Challenge." Against the Grain 20:48-51. Nicholas, D., I. Rowlands, D. Clark, P. Huntington, H. R. Jamali, and C. Olle. 2008. "UK scholarly e-book usage: a landmark survey." Aslib Proceedings 60:311-334. Renner, Rita A. 2007. "eBooks: cost and benefits to academic and research libraries." Springer White Paper.

21. Bibliography, 2 Sharp, Steve. 2008/9. "Academic eBooks: selection and acquisition." Taking Stock 17:15. Shelburne, Wendy Allen. 2009. "E-book usage in an academic library: User attitudes and behaviors." Library Collections, Acquisitions, & Technical Services 33:59-72. Slater, Robert. 2009. "E-books or print books, “big deals” or local selections—What gets more use?" Library Collections, Acquisitions, & Technical Services 33:31-41. Springer. 2008. "eBooks: the end user perspective.” Springer White Paper van der Velde, Wouter and Olaf Ernst. 2009. "The future of eBooks? Will print disappear? An end-user perspective." Library Hi Tech 27:570-583.

22. Bibliography, 3 Discussion list: LIS-E-Books http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/LIS-E-BOOKS Blogs: "No Shelf Required." http ://www.libraries.wright.edu/noshelfrequired/ "TeleRead: bring the eBooks home.” http://www.teleread.org/ "Ebook Library blog.” http://blog.eblib.com/ This is an EBL blog.