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Tipping point or whipping post?eBooks in NUI Maynooth,
the story so far...
2013 LAI/CILIP Ireland Joint Conference and Exhibition11th April
Hugh Murphy,Senior Librarian, Collection Management [email protected]
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The space we’re in
• Global tipping points• Growth of usage
• Formats• DRM• Devices
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It’s easy to get carried away..“By the turn of the century, paper will satisfy less than 5 percent of the total commerce in information.
Although education and entertainment have their own migratory paths and rates, the objective will be the same: paper is going to be replaced with electronic media”
(Kounta, J. (1992). Tomorrow’s libraries: More than a modular telephone jack, less than a complete revolution - Perspectives of a provocateur. Library Hi-Tech, 10(4), 39-50.
1992, p. 39)
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…but haven't we reached tipping point?
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Tipping point - supply
• 2013: Amazon and Apple patenting the ‘digital bazaar’
• Greater availability of eBooks• Adoption of eBook model by
publishers (academic)• E-readers
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Tipping point - demand
• Ebook usage leads to more reading
• Seasonal peaks• Consumers not put off by
issues?
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Whipping post - supply
• Multiplicity of providers• Reluctance to adapt?• ‘Big seven’• Prohibitive costs
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Whipping post - formats
• EPUB• HTML• .djvu• .lit• .mobi• PDF• .pdb• .kf8• AZW
• BBeB• iBook
DRM
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The NUI Maynooth experience
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Tipping point
• c390,000 electronic books available
• Full text electronic journals currently number 49,168
• c425,000 print books & journals available
• Mobile devices = game changer
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Whipping post
• Providers• Formats• Licences• Resource limitations
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Licences
“X reserves the right to introduce appropriate technical
protection measure to control access and/or use of the
Intelligence in accordance with this Agreement, provided that
no such measure shall adversely affect the rights of
the Subscriber or its Authorised Users...”
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Unsustainable
“When it comes to eBooks, we cannot give them what they want, not really, we cannot give them books
from Simon and Schuster or Macmillan or new books from Penguin or Hatchet, and not more than
26 times from HarperCollins, and probably not many books from Random House...
...I am no longer convinced that spending ... on the current eBook system is a wise move”
(Bobbi Newman - Librarian by day blog, March 7 2012)
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So, why make it even more complex?
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WHY WE DID IT
• Tipping point • Proof of concept? • Because we could / should?
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Isn’t it what they want?
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HOW WE DID IT (1)
LIBRARY
WIDE
INVOLVEMENT
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HOW WE DID IT (2)[NUTS AND BOLTS]
• 10 kindles for general, 10 for English• Library Staff usage• Free general books• List of titles submitted to Library• Incentivised in pilot – no fees• Catalogue records
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HOW IT WENT
• c100 titles uploaded• Time consuming• Licensing restrictions• Security restrictions• Strong marketing campaign
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DID IT WORK?
• Validated our communication model• 90% ‘satisfied’ or ‘very satisfied’• 94% would borrow again• Repeat and increased business from
academics• Devices always on loan
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So, everyone is happy?
• Rapid pace of change• Changing user needs• Expectations
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Future?
Adapting to different usage methodsSupporting greater interactivity
Paper + digital modelsDeath of the book?
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(Some) References:• http://www.infodocket.com/2012/06/22/pew-internet-releases-new-report-libraries-patrons-
and-e-books/
• http://www.digitalbookworld.com/2013/report-penguin-to-cease-windowing-library-ebook-titles/
• http://www.thedigitalshift.com/research/ebook-usage-reports/• http://www.slideshare.net/lselibrary/ebooks-536653• http://www.digitalbookworld.com/2013/streaming-ebooks-a-new-distribution-model-for-sch
ools/
• http://www.digitalbookworld.com/2012/booksellers-v-libraries-publishers-v-amazon-these-are-the-wrong-battles-to-fight/
• http://www.digitalbookworld.com/2013/ebook-best-seller-price-average-plummets-to-lowest-level-yet/
• http://gizmodo.com/5993800/why-do-we-keep-making-ebooks-like-paper-books• http://libraries.pewinternet.org/2012/06/22/libraries-patrons-and-e-books/• 2012 Survey of Ebook Usage in U.S. Academic Libraries (EBSCO funded)• No shelf required : e-books in libraries , Chicago : American Library Association, ; 2011..