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November 19, 2014 NISO Virtual Conference: Can't We All Work Together?: Interoperability & Systems Integration
The document discusses the ReadersFirst movement aimed at improving e-book access and services for public library users, addressing challenges such as affordability, licensing models, and discoverability. It outlines the efforts taken from 2012 to 2014 to establish a streamlined e-book experience and set technical requirements for library e-book systems. The document emphasizes collaborative advocacy for vendors to enable better integration of e-book functionalities into existing library environments.
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November 19, 2014 NISO Virtual Conference: Can't We All Work Together?: Interoperability & Systems Integration
- 1. A movement toimprove e-book access & services for public library users Presented by Jim Loter, The Seattle Public Library NISO Virtual Conference Can't We All Work Together?: Interoperability & Systems Integration November 19, 2014 ReadersFirst
- 2. 292 Library Systems 199 Million Readers
- 3. eBook Challenges Librariesface challenges with e-book content: affordability and understanding and tracking various licensing models Libraries face a challenge of discoverability and access from eBook platforms that are fragmented and/or hard-to-use
- 4. Present Focus ofReadersFirst discoverability and access
- 5. Libraries have a responsibility to ensure that users have the same open, easy, and free access to e-books as print books. Products currently offered by e-content distributors create a fragmented, disjointed, and cumbersome user experience.
- 6. ReadersFirst Principles Discover content in a single comprehensive catalog Interact with the library within the library’s own context Read e-books that are compatible with all readers Access a variety of e-content from multiple sources
- 7. The Story SoFar Early 2012 BiblioCommons moves to integrate OverDrive; faces challenges and shared with vendors Early 2012 Bibliocommons moves to integrate e- Books; faces challenges June 2012 ReadersFirst launched at BookExpo America September 2012 First General Membership Meeting November 2012 Functional requirements drafted and shared with vendors January 2013 ReadersFirst hosts a vendor roundtable at ALA Midwinter Meeting January 2014 ReadersFirst launches its Guide to Library E-book Vendors
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- 9. What? •Create anobjective rating system for library e-book platforms and distribution systems •Share a vision for a seamless e-book experience for our readers •Identify areas for improvement in library e-book systems
- 10. Why? Libraries: purchasing new e-book systems Libraries: evaluating existing systems Libraries: creating platforms and discovery layers Vendors: designing and prioritizing developments for existing and new e-book platforms and distribution systems. Libraries: presenting a collective voice on shared experiences and shared visions
- 11. How? 1. ReadersFirstWorking Group members set up a list of possible technical requirements for library e-book systems 2. Working Group members voted on prioritizing these technical requirements 3. Created a vendor product survey from the prioritized technical requirements
- 12. How? 4. Distributedthe survey to library e-book vendors. 5. Held follow-up conference calls with vendor representatives. 6. Content subgroup wrote up assessments based on the completed surveys (an other accompanying text). 7. Draft was submitted to both a professional editor and a professional proofreader
- 13. Content Access Requirements General Terms and Conditions Item Metadata E-Content Format Administrative Reporting and Support Patron Account Information Circulation Transactions Patron Notifications
- 14. Item Metadata …rateshow well readers can search for and identify items.
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- 17. Some Next Stepsfor the Guide Expand Sustain 2nd Edition Winter 2015 Listen and adapt
- 18. Some Next Stepsfor ReadersFirst Product Guide resource for libraries to help evaluate RF progress and compliance Dialog continued communication with vendors and libraries – particularly about API standards Create API standards for the public library e-book market Advocacy all of you can play a role in your libraries and in your dealings with vendors
- 19. ReadersFirst is advocating for vendors to unbundle functions and provide methods (API’s) to integrate them into the environments our patrons already know and associate with our libraries.
- 20. APIs Application Programming Interface An application programming interface is a set of rules or protocols that can be used by software components to communicate with each other.
- 21. Open Architecture Provider develops API’s (or other methods) to expose content and lending functionality Consumer uses API’s to integrate and display content and borrowing functionality OverDrive 3M Baker & Taylor LibraryIdeas Recorded Books Ingram SirsiDynix BiblioCommons Innovative Polaris CARL Evergreen Boopsie ANY APP!!! API’s
- 22. Proposed Next Stepsfor API Standards With NISO, form a committee composed of various vendors (e- Book distributors, ILS systems, and discovery layers) and public library representatives to work on and agree to these standards Partner with the National Information Standards Organization (NISO) to create and sustain these standards
- 23. Standards Needed •eBook / eContent objects • Library holdings • Availability of items • Lending terms/rules • Transactions (Reserve, Suspend, Borrow, Return, Renew, Expire, Block)
- 24. Challenges • Highlydistributed volunteer leadership • Communications and logistics • Resources for project management • Sustaining positive vendor relationships
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