E Resource Collections – where to begin? Margaret Allen CEO and State Librarian State Library of Western Australia IFLA Public Libraries Section Satellite Conference, Cape Town 2015
Australia • is a Federation with 6 States and 2 Territories • has 3 levels of government: Federal, State/Territory and Local.
Public Libraries supported by the State Library of Western Australia
Choose a Library and choose a genre that is of interest IFLA 2015
Sign in pages for OverDrive and Zinio ebook platforms IFLA 2015
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Reserving a title in OverDrive
Reserving a title in OverDrive
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Establishing an ebook service • Demand for material in e format? • Do users have technology? or • Does the library need to provide technology to enable use and access? • Appropriate subject matter? • Impact on budget, staff skills, user assistance? IFLA 2015
What are we buying? • Is an ebook software, service or a book? • First sale exhaustion does not apply • Ebooks are usually licensed, not purchased outright IFLA 2015
Publishers and Libraries have different views • Libraries believe access to ebooks is important to provide access to content, new technologies and to meet community expectation • Many publishers believe allowing ebooks in libraries undermines their revenue and opens a path to illegal copying (piracy) IFLA 2015
Availability of content from major international publishers International Model Terms Platforms Notes from library contacts Publishers Hachette Not available in In the US: new titles are 300% Australia; lending trial the print book cover price, after underway in the UK 12 months 150% Wheelers offers Hachette Children’s Books Harper Collins 26 loans Frontlist and backlist OverDrive, Wheelers, new prices are about 130% of Bolinda, Baker and retail Taylor, Barnes and Noble Pan Macmillan 2 years or 52 loans Frontlist and backlist catalogue Bolinda, Wheelers, single titles available, separate (whichever comes available on subscription; release James BennettBaker licence agreement required to first) concurrent with retail; titles priced at and Taylor, Peter Pal purchase; titles up to 600% retail equivalent prices supplied to retailers Lending to libraries in the US Not available in In the US: pricing similar to Penguin Australia consumer pricing, one year licence Random House via OverDrive IFLA 2015
Cost of ebooks No additional costs X Re licensing every 26 loans or 2 years for systems or digital storage X Costs 150% - 600% No costs for physical of consumer price handling of materials X Platform fee No chasing overdue X Bundled content items IFLA 2015
Managing User Expectations • Front list and popular content not available to libraries • Not all devices/readers are supported • Linear lending model – 1 user at a time • Different discovery systems for ebooks and print books • And, possibly- why do I have to come into the library to borrow an ebook? IFLA 2015
Other considerations • Contracts – what are we agreeing to? – override of limitations and exceptions? • Lack of certainty of supply – Withdrawal of content by publisher or ownership change • Change of platform = relicensing • Vendors sometimes don’t like consortia arrangements IFLA 2015
Other considerations • Staff skills and knowledge important for success • Broadband access and cost of data • Privacy – how do we manage? • Who is doing the collection development? • Public Lending Right on ebooks? • Advocacy IFLA 2015
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margaret.allen@slwa.wa.gov.au IFLA Public Libraries Section Satellite Conference, Cape Town 2015
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