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E-books at academic libraries – experiences from the new publishing ecology
The e-book experience- Introducing, using & evaluating e-book subscription collections at Staffordshire University
David J. ParkesHead of Learning Support
Staffordshire University Information Services
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Staffordshire University
18,000 StudentsP-time: 6,000 or 34 per cent
Stafford campus: 5500Stoke campus: 10,000
More than a third are localStudents from 70+ countries.
40 per cent aged over 21Number of staff: 1,700
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Information Services
Libraries and learning resourcesNetworks and telecommunicationsStudent and staff ITCorporate informationLearning development and e-learning
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Drivers for e-contentOff campus demands for accesspart time, distributed and distance learnersMultiple sitesExpectations -the ‘flawed’ library modelDeclining stock circulation Increased delivery by VLEIncreased overseas delivery
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E-books is it worth it?The book as the perfect machineIf we build it will they come?The ‘Google’ effectLow use of EIS- (JISC – UBMEF)
Promotion and marketing LicensingCopyrightFinding the product-is the market ready?
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The e-book models
EmbryonicChanging and Emerging ModelsSuitable application for academic libraries?Purchase entire collections, individual titles,
subscription V purchase, chapters eg McGraw-Hill
Expectations were not high
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Methodology
Focus on 8 different distance, part-time and distributed awards
Get tutor buy in from the start - top level management and practitioner involvement
Learning and teaching Committee-formalLaunch of Off Campus Service-infoDirectMoney!
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InfoDirect
•Off Campus Service
•Content Management System
•Populated with course resources and guides
•Introduction of key digitised resources
•Provides access to services such as document delivery
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InfoDirect-services to Off Campus users
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The Products
£20,000 (283,540.51 SEK) 1.5% of annual budget
netLibrary- purchase of minimum titles
ebrary- currently 15,000
Safari-100 titles 2 concurrent users
3 completely different models No particularly high expectations But enthusiastic librarians, enthusiastic tutors
and a deadline!
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Launch- October 2002
Marketing -products, postcards, bookmarks, competition
Workshops to staff and studentsInclusion in InfoDirect and VLETargetted awardsCOSE, BlackboardLink to pages, contentProject to allow searching from within VLE
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Usage
Usage figures – since 0ctober 2002
Ebrary - 1000 copy and prints Safari – 500 Average time spent in database 5-15 mins, Browsing activity Usage figures are not refined enough to be
particularly useful at present Full evaluation planned with target group
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Ebrary
Ebrary-first UK customerCoverage- 15,000 books like the curates egg it is good in partsIncludes some eccentric contentBut..provides an instant collectionTechnical support is very goodNew service allows own contentQuestions remain over subscriber support
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Safari
Great content - ideally suited to e-book formatInterface- some concernsContent in bite sized chunksSlow response from customer supportGood user feedback
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Some observations
Longer term view- a library where books can talk to each other
first time ever that we can search across books- a new paradigm for libraries
Books still have a cachet that journals don’t have for undergraduates
Still allows for serendipityChange in teaching styles needed to make
it really work
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Would like to see..
Focus on end userBetter search interfacesBetter content selectionBetter statisticsMultiple format? Hybrid-copies, adaptive, non-linear,
updateableLanguage translation, readback
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Tack så mycketHej då!
David J. Parkes
Head of Learning SupportStaffordshire University Information Services
http://www.staffs.ac.uk/library
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