Presented at 2009 LITA National Forum, 10/2009 Reports findings from my study on mobile access to licensed e-book collections at the Yale University Library. Four readers were tested: Amazon Kindle 2.0, Apple iPod Touch, Sony Reader PRS-500, iRex iLiad 2nd edition. The Apple iPod Touch (& iPhone) was the only mobile device that could directly access licensed e-books.

1. Mobile Access to E-Books at Yale Lisa Carlucci Thomas Digital Collections Librarian Yale University 2009 LITA National Forum Salt Lake City, UT

2. In 4 years, Yale’s e-books increased more than 110% E-Books at Yale: 2005-2009 2005: ~475,000 titles 2009: ~1,000,000+ titles

3. E-Books Everywhere: Now

5. Sony Reader PRS-500

6. iRexiLiad 2nd edition

8. Sony Reader PRS-500

9. iRex iLiad 2nd edition

10. Apple iPod Touch iPhone iPod Touch

11. Resources Tested History Reference Online Digital Library of Classic Protestant Texts Blackwell Reference Online Books24x7 ITPro Collection Cambridge Histories Online Literature Online Perseus Project ebrary ENGnetBASE: Engineering Handbooks Online Eighteenth Century Collections Online Gutenberg-e ACLS Humanities E-Book Knovel Madame Curie Bioscience Database Medieval Sources Online NetLibrary (OCLC) SourceOECD Oxford Reference Online PatrologiaeGraecae Past Masters Safari Books Online Early English Books Online, 1475-1700 Methods in Enzymology Springer Protocols World Bank e-Library

12. Testing Could you access e-book using device? Could you use an additional method to access Yale licensed e-books on the device (for instance: bookmark, email, download, copy, or other)? What was the format type? Rate ability to access using following scale: 1. Able to access, but unreadable, unusable 2. Able to access, may be readable, difficult to view or navigate 3. Able to access, fairly readable, content viewable 4. Able to access, overall readable, sized to fit screen and can navigate without difficulty 5. Able to access, very readable, very easy to view content and navigate

13. Findings

14. Summary Apple iPod Touch Could access 84% of Yale’s e-book collections Amazon Kindle 2.0, Sony Reader PRS-500, and iRexiLiad 2nd edition Could access 24% of Yale’s e-book collections

15. Conclusion This is just the beginning…

16. Thank You Mobile Access to E-Books at Yale Lisa Carlucci Thomas Digital Collections Librarian Yale University twitter.com/lisacarlucci

17. References Slide 2: image ‘stack’ @ www.flickr.com/photos/27462949@N00/468725354 Slide 3: Chronicle of Higher Education http://chronicle.com/article/This-Could-Be-the-Year-of/48305/ Slide 5: image ‘side by side’ @ www.flickr.com/photos/78563196@N00/3307428600 Slide 6: image ‘sony reader’ @ www.flickr.com/photos/80994469@N00/2087467696 Slide 6: image 'Librarians are way sexier than DRM'd ebook+readers' @ www.flickr.com/photos/35034347820@N01/1300241735 Slide 7: photo by Lisa Carlucci Thomas Slide 7: image: 'iRex iLiad tekstiä‘ www.flickr.com/photos/77136818@N00/3276650497 Slide 8: image ‘IPHONE IPOD TOUCH 2G’http://www.flickr.com/photos/33963534@N07/3312844072/ Slide 15: photo by Lisa Carlucci Thomas