Virtual Conversation: E-books and Their Deployment in Theological Libraries Brenda Bailey-Hainer Executive Director March 12, 2014
E-reading on the Rise
Tablet and E-Reader Ownership Up
E-reading on Computers Down
Academic E-book Situation Challenging Integration of e-books into collections Lack of e-book and hardware standards Incompatible rights for traditional services – E.g. ILL Licensing vs. purchasing Access models
Selection Models Vary Title-by-title Packages Patron driven acquisition Participate in library consortial group purchase
New Distribution Channels
Collaborative Projects – Knowledge Unlatched – GWLA Occam’s Reader – Ebook Lending Project (ELP)
Knowledge Unlatched
Occam’s Reader Project
Ebook Lending Project Selected group of ATLA member libraries Pilot project Purchase model Seeking publisher participants Platform hosted by Odilo
E-reading for Academic Work 7 out of 10 respondents had hardware and software to read electronically 2 in 10 students regularly read or listened to e-books for academic work 35% of students preferred ebooks over print for library resources Timothy Lincoln, “Reading and E-reading for Academic Work: Patterns and Preferences in Theological Studies and Religion” Theological Librarianship, v. 6, no. 2, pp
ATLA Member Comments Various comments – International DMin students enthusiastic – E-book usage accounts for % of overall circulation – Expect to spend 50% of book budget on e-books
Your thoughts and comments on e-books….
Opportunities to Add E-books ATLA Consortia licensing of – ATLA SCELC Affiliate Program – Palgrave Macmillan Regional – ACLS Humanities Ebook Collection Consortium.aspx
Upcoming Virtual Conversations Check the March 2014 ATLA Newsletter for dates and times: – April 21, 11 am CDT Force 11: A Grassroots Effort to Transform Scholarly Communication – Digital humanities – Open access – Digital repositories – Preservation – Collaboration – Altmetrics
Virtual Conversation: E-books and Their Deployment in Theological Libraries Brenda Bailey-Hainer, Executive Director March 12, 2014