Best Practices for Selection Rachel Wexelbaum, Plamen Miltenoff, Bob Lessinger Saint Cloud State University

110 academic librarians from around the world surveyed ( roughly 75% in US) 36.8% currently use or plan to use EReaders 76.9% have had no demand from students or faculty 60.3% do not know which EReader is suitable for an academic environment Of those who do know… Twice as many prefer Sony EReader to Kindle (Miltenoff & Wexelbaum, 2010)

 Library Use of Ebooks 2011 (Primary Research Group 2010)  87 libraries surveyed: ◦ 54 academic, 23 public, 11 special  Less than 25% of libraries surveyed owned EReaders  Academic libraries least likely to own EReaders (only 17% of academic libraries surveyed owned EReaders) Those with the smallest annual budget ( $8,000,000) most likely to own Ereaders (Library Use of eBooks, Primary Research Group, 2011)

Of the 87 libraries surveyed: 15.56% invested in Amazon Kindles 14.44% invested in Sony EReaders 13.33% invested in Apple iPads 4.44% invested in Barnes & Noble Nook 1.11% invested in Franklin eBookman (Library Use of eBooks, Primary Research Group, 2011)

 Of the 87 libraries surveyed:  11.11% will invest in Kindle next year (most likely to be academic libraries) 11.11% will invest in Sony EReaders next year (most likely to be public libraries) 10.00% will invest in B&N Nook next year (most likely to be public libraries) 7.78% will invest in iPad next year (most likely to be special libraries) (Library Use of eBooks, Primary Research Group, 2011)

 Must increase access to existing EBook collections  Must allow uploading of multiple EBook formats (including free EBooks) from multiple sources  Must include mobile apps to access EBooks from the device any time, anywhere

 Find out what your users want!  Maximum accessibility -- Can I upload and read this EBook on my phone and my EReader?  Owning EBooks in perpetuity

 Rachel Wexelbaum ◦ ◦  Plamen Miltenoff ◦ ◦  Robert Lessinger ◦ ◦