where to begin? Margaret Allen CEO and State Librarian State - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Margaret Allen CEO and State Librarian State Library of Western Australia

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E Resource Collections – where to begin?

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

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Choose a Library and choose a genre that is of interest

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Sign in pages for OverDrive and Zinio ebook platforms

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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?

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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

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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

• pens a path to illegal copying (piracy)

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Availability of content from major international publishers

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International Publishers Model Terms Platforms Notes from library contacts Hachette Not available in Australia; lending trial underway in the UK In the US: new titles are 300% the print book cover price, after 12 months 150% Wheelers offers Hachette Children’s Books Harper Collins 26 loans Frontlist and backlist OverDrive, Wheelers, Bolinda, Baker and Taylor, Barnes and Noble new prices are about 130% of retail Pan Macmillan 2 years or 52 loans (whichever comes first) Frontlist and backlist catalogue available on subscription; release concurrent with retail; titles priced at equivalent prices supplied to retailers Bolinda, Wheelers, James BennettBaker and Taylor, Peter Pal single titles available, separate licence agreement required to purchase; titles up to 600% retail Penguin Random House Not available in Australia In the US: pricing similar to consumer pricing, one year licence via OverDrive Lending to libraries in the US

Cost of ebooks

X Re licensing every 26 loans or 2 years X Costs 150% - 600%

• f consumer price

X Platform fee X Bundled content  No additional costs for systems or digital storage  No costs for physical handling of materials  No chasing overdue items

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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?

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Other considerations

• Contracts

– what are we agreeing to? – override of limitations and exceptions?

• Lack of certainty of supply

– Withdrawal of content by publisher or

• wnership change
• Change of platform = relicensing
• Vendors sometimes don’t like consortia

arrangements

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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

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margaret.allen@slwa.wa.gov.au

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