Krystyna Ross, eBOUND Canada's CEO, outlines two initiatives to get Canadian-published digital content accessible in Canadian public and academic libraries. Learn the background of the projects and where the succeeded and failed, and how we're moving forward with new library sales projects for Canadian publishers.

1. Canadian Ebooks
in Canadian
Libraries

2. Background
In 2012 eBOUND Canada identified a need to
work with Canadian libraries to increase both
their holdings and user access of Canadian
titles. Two projects were initiated with focus on:
• Public Libraries
• Academic Libraries

3. Pilot Timeline
• two years of talks
• joint publisher-library task force
• RFI in June 2012
• RFP in March 2013
• vendor selection in June 2013
• negotiations through November 2013

4. • diminish the role of the vendor
• seamless access via ILS / discovery layer
• control content + terms
• relationship with libraries
• increase discoverability
• a made-in-Canada solution

6. Moving Ahead
• build collections of Canadian ebooks
• frontlist, backlist, regional
• offer a limited time sale
• partner with vendor/s to facilitate sale
• build library-publisher relations

7. TheVendor Challenge
• For libraries, introducing a new vendor
means introducing a new lending platform
• Only 1 Vendor, OverDrive, currently works
with all CULC libraries

8. TheVendor Challenge
Some new players coming on board:
• 3M
• Bibliocommons
• One-Click
• De Marque
• Axis 360
How do we ensure Canadian titles are represented?

9. Academic
Library Project
• ACUP / eBOUND Partnership
• eBOUND brokered a meeting with
University Library Consortia to meet
with ACUP

10. OCUL Deal
• Objectives
– Libraries wanted comprehensive collections
– An agreement that would be sustainable for
both sides
• Key Terms
– Collections grouped into Backlist, Frontlist &
Current collections with different discounts for
each collection
– Publishers set DRM per title from range of 4
options, reviewed annually

11. OCUL Outcome
• After 18 months of negotiations arrived
at a deal with OCUL
• Initial deal worth over $1.75 million to
date for participating publishers
• Libraries gained perpetual licences to
over 4,000 Canadian scholarly titles
• Negotiated DRM & Usage Rights
acceptable to both presses and
libraries

12. OCULYear 3
• Now working with OCUL to expand the
Canadian titles in their collections
beyond ACUP presses
• Currently working with OCUL to
determine criteria for building
collections
• Targeting September 2014 to complete
this aquisition

13. CRKN
• Negotiated use of Scholar’s Portal Platform
• Pitched the ACUP collection to other university
library consortia in December 2013
• Consortia opted to work through CRKN
• After 3 months, many meetings and
presentations, CRKN has decided it wants a
different deal, with broader reach
• Discussions are ongoing