Establishing a National Strategy for the Provision and Use of e-Books in UK Academic Libraries Ray Lonsdale Department of Information Studies, University of Wales Aberystwyth Chris Armstrong Centre for Information Quality Management, Aberystwyth

e-Books in UK Academic Libraries Ray Lonsdale & Chris Armstrong LIDA Aim and Structure of Presentation Aim To describe the development and implementation of a UK national strategy to facilitate the provision and exploitation of e-books within the academic community.

e-Books in UK Academic Libraries Ray Lonsdale & Chris Armstrong LIDA Aim and Structure of Presentation Aim To describe the development and implementation of a UK national strategy to facilitate the provision and exploitation of e-books within the academic community. Structure  Genesis of a national strategy  Achieving critical mass of available e-books  Facilitating access and use

e-Books in UK Academic Libraries Ray Lonsdale & Chris Armstrong LIDA Early Research: Provision of e-Monographs & Textbooks in UK  st national study in the UK

e-Books in UK Academic Libraries Ray Lonsdale & Chris Armstrong LIDA Early Research: Provision of e-Monographs & Textbooks in UK  st national study in the UK  Dearth of e-book publishing in UK

e-Books in UK Academic Libraries Ray Lonsdale & Chris Armstrong LIDA Early Research: Provision of e-Monographs & Textbooks in UK  st national study in the UK  Dearth of e-book publishing in UK  Digitisation of printed books

e-Books in UK Academic Libraries Ray Lonsdale & Chris Armstrong LIDA Early Research: Provision of e-Monographs & Textbooks in UK  st national study in the UK  Dearth of e-book publishing in UK  Digitisation of printed books  CD-ROM format transcended by online publishing, emergence of e-book readers

e-Books in UK Academic Libraries Ray Lonsdale & Chris Armstrong LIDA Early Research: Provision of e-Monographs & Textbooks in UK  st national study in the UK  Dearth of e-book publishing in UK  Digitisation of printed books  CD-ROM format transcended by online publishing, emergence of e-book readers  Major collection management issues

e-Books in UK Academic Libraries Ray Lonsdale & Chris Armstrong LIDA Early Research: Provision of e-Monographs & Textbooks in UK  st national study in the UK  Dearth of e-book publishing in UK  Digitisation of printed books  CD-ROM format transcended by online publishing, emergence of e-book readers  Major collection management issues  Need for a national strategy to develop publishing in UK

e-Books in UK Academic Libraries Ray Lonsdale & Chris Armstrong LIDA Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) JISC promotes the innovative application and use of information systems and ICT in Further and Higher Education in the UK

e-Books in UK Academic Libraries Ray Lonsdale & Chris Armstrong LIDA Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) JISC promotes the innovative application and use of information systems and ICT in Further and Higher Education in the UK  Networking infrastructure  Catalyst to e-resource production  Facilitates provision and use of e-resources within education sectors

e-Books in UK Academic Libraries Ray Lonsdale & Chris Armstrong LIDA Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) JISC promotes the innovative application and use of information systems and ICT in Further and Higher Education in the UK  Networking infrastructure  Catalyst to e-resource production  Facilitates provision and use of e-resources within education sectors  Collection development strategy

e-Books in UK Academic Libraries Ray Lonsdale & Chris Armstrong LIDA JISC e-Books Working Group  National body created in 2001  Comprising Higher & Further Education Library & Academic Staff, Publishers, British Library, Publishers Association, JISC Representative & Collection Development Officer

e-Books in UK Academic Libraries Ray Lonsdale & Chris Armstrong LIDA JISC e-Books Working Group  Remit  Facilitate the establishment of a critical mass of e-books easily accessible to the education sectors  Improve access to, and use of, the format within institutions

e-Books in UK Academic Libraries Ray Lonsdale & Chris Armstrong LIDA Facilitating a Critical Mass  Analysis of the e-book publishing sector

e-Books in UK Academic Libraries Ray Lonsdale & Chris Armstrong LIDA Facilitating a Critical Mass  Analysis of the e-book publishing sector  Acquisitions Programme  National agreements in place Early English Books Online Oxford Reference Online Xreferplus Wiley Interscience e-reference work

e-Books in UK Academic Libraries Ray Lonsdale & Chris Armstrong LIDA Facilitating a Critical Mass  Analysis of the e-book publishing sector  Acquisitions Programme  National agreements in place Early English Books Online Oxford Reference Online Xreferplus Wiley Interscience e-reference work  Future developments 15 publishers and aggregators

e-Books in UK Academic Libraries Ray Lonsdale & Chris Armstrong LIDA Facilitating a Critical Mass Mapping the Market Study

e-Books in UK Academic Libraries Ray Lonsdale & Chris Armstrong LIDA Facilitating a Critical Mass Mapping the Market Study  Objectives: Identify requirements for individual disciplines and education sectors Ascertain feelings about licensing and pricing

e-Books in UK Academic Libraries Ray Lonsdale & Chris Armstrong LIDA Facilitating a Critical Mass Mapping the Market Study  Objectives: Identify requirements for individual disciplines and education sectors Ascertain feelings about licensing and pricing Look at perceptions of ILS staff about e-books Explore attitudes towards e-books within institutions Examine collection management issues associated with the format

e-Books in UK Academic Libraries Ray Lonsdale & Chris Armstrong LIDA Facilitating a Critical Mass: Mapping the Market Study  Methodology  Qualitative study  Data collection methods 10 Focus groups (69 institutions) Business & Management; Engineering; Medicine and Health; plus Further Education With added value seminars

e-Books in UK Academic Libraries Ray Lonsdale & Chris Armstrong LIDA Facilitating a Critical Mass: Mapping the Market Study  Preferred types of e-book for specific disciplines and FE  Textbooks, reference works, monographs & grey literature

e-Books in UK Academic Libraries Ray Lonsdale & Chris Armstrong LIDA Facilitating a Critical Mass: Mapping the Market Study  Preferred types of e-book for specific disciplines and FE  Textbooks, reference works, monographs & grey literature  Preferred formats  PDF v HTML v Other: Handhelds

e-Books in UK Academic Libraries Ray Lonsdale & Chris Armstrong LIDA Facilitating a Critical Mass: Mapping the Market Study  Preferred types of e-book for specific disciplines and FE  Textbooks, reference works, monographs & grey literature  Preferred formats  PDF v HTML v Other: Handhelds  Opinions on licensing and pricing models  Proliferation of licensing & costing models  Need for model licence

e-Books in UK Academic Libraries Ray Lonsdale & Chris Armstrong LIDA Facilitating a Critical Mass  Dissemination of findings to publishers

e-Books in UK Academic Libraries Ray Lonsdale & Chris Armstrong LIDA Facilitating a Critical Mass  Dissemination of findings to publishers  Informing the creation of a model licence

e-Books in UK Academic Libraries Ray Lonsdale & Chris Armstrong LIDA Facilitating a Critical Mass  Dissemination of findings to publishers  Informing the creation of a model licence  Mapping Study 2  Extending subject coverage  Drilling down to required publishers / titles

e-Books in UK Academic Libraries Ray Lonsdale & Chris Armstrong LIDA Facilitating a Critical Mass  Dissemination of findings to publishers  Informing the creation of a model licence  Mapping Study 2  Extending subject coverage  Drilling down to required publishers / titles  Other research

e-Books in UK Academic Libraries Ray Lonsdale & Chris Armstrong LIDA JISC E-Books Working Group: Remit  Facilitate the establishment of a critical mass of e-books easily accessible to the education sectors

e-Books in UK Academic Libraries Ray Lonsdale & Chris Armstrong LIDA JISC E-Books Working Group: Remit  Facilitate the establishment of a critical mass of e-books easily accessible to the education sectors  Improve access to, and use of, the medium within institutions

e-Books in UK Academic Libraries Ray Lonsdale & Chris Armstrong LIDA Improve Access to, and Use of, e-Books: Studies 1.JUSTEIS Demonstrates low awareness and use of electronic resources in Further and Higher Education

e-Books in UK Academic Libraries Ray Lonsdale & Chris Armstrong LIDA Improve Access to, and Use of, e-Books: Studies 2.Bibliographical Access Study  Continuing research since initial (1998) study Funded by other bodies but Influenced both the remit and the activities of the Working Group

e-Books in UK Academic Libraries Ray Lonsdale & Chris Armstrong LIDA Improve Access to, and Use of, e-Books: Studies 2.Bibliographical Access Study  Continuing research since initial (1998) study Funded by other bodies but Influenced both the remit and the activities of the Working Group –Bibliographical deficiencies

e-Books in UK Academic Libraries Ray Lonsdale & Chris Armstrong LIDA Improve Access to, and Use of, e-Books: Studies 2.Bibliographical Access Study Difficulties experienced by libraries:  No single source of bibliographic information  No one source for all subjects  e-Books not on the bibliographic databases that are used for ordering books  No equivalent to Global Books in Print  Not yet listed as alternatives to print books

e-Books in UK Academic Libraries Ray Lonsdale & Chris Armstrong LIDA Improve Access to, and Use of, e-Books: Studies 2.Bibliographical Access Study  Continuing research since initial (1998) study Funded by other bodies but Influenced both the remit and the activities of the Working Group –Bibliographical deficiencies –Map of Bibliographical Sources

e-Books in UK Academic Libraries Ray Lonsdale & Chris Armstrong LIDA Improve Access to, and Use of, e-Books: Studies 2.Bibliographical Access Study  Continuing research since initial (1998) study Funded by other bodies but Influenced both the remit and the activities of the Working Group –Bibliographical deficiencies –Map of Bibliographical Sources –UK Legal Deposit legislation

e-Books in UK Academic Libraries Ray Lonsdale & Chris Armstrong LIDA Improve Access to, and Use of, e-Books: Studies  e-Book Working Group also commissioned research 4 national projects commissioned since 2002

e-Books in UK Academic Libraries Ray Lonsdale & Chris Armstrong LIDA Improve Access to, and Use of, e-Books: Studies 1.Mapping the Market Study  Perceptions of ILS staff and users about e- books Advantages, disadvantages, status

e-Books in UK Academic Libraries Ray Lonsdale & Chris Armstrong LIDA Improve Access to, and Use of, e-Books: Studies 1.Mapping the Market Study  Perceptions of ILS staff and users about e- books Advantages, disadvantages, status  Collection management issues Bibliographic issues Selection and acquisition Modes of Access Promotion Evaluation

e-Books in UK Academic Libraries Ray Lonsdale & Chris Armstrong LIDA Improve Access to, and Use of, e-Books: Studies 2.Promoting the Uptake of Electronic Books in Higher and Further Education Gold Leaf Consultancy  Remit: To look at issues surrounding the uptake of e-books, including promotion by publishers, access, bibliographic control  Reporting in September 2003

e-Books in UK Academic Libraries Ray Lonsdale & Chris Armstrong LIDA Improve Access to, and Use of, e-Books: Studies 3.Strategy for Electronic Textbooks in UK Further and Higher Education Educations for Change, Centre for Publishing Studies, & University of Stirling  Remit: Analyse the textbook market – with particular regard to business models, identify barriers to uptake and ways to overcome barriers  Reporting September 2003

e-Books in UK Academic Libraries Ray Lonsdale & Chris Armstrong LIDA Improve Access to, and Use of, e-Books: Studies 4.Investigation into Free e-Books Oxford Text Archive, Arts and Humanities Data Service  Remit: Examine the availability of, and user needs for, free e-books, and explore the extent to which existing free e-books can be re-purposed for Further and Higher Education  Reporting September 2003

e-Books in UK Academic Libraries Ray Lonsdale & Chris Armstrong LIDA Improve Access to, and Use of, e-Books: Studies  Major national seminar to inform the communities  Publishers; and academics and librarians in FE and HE  Autumn 2003

e-Books in UK Academic Libraries Ray Lonsdale & Chris Armstrong LIDA Conclusion  Achievements: the Group has:  informed and publicised e-books

e-Books in UK Academic Libraries Ray Lonsdale & Chris Armstrong LIDA Conclusion  Achievements: the Group has:  informed and publicised e-books  established a forum for communication between all parties

e-Books in UK Academic Libraries Ray Lonsdale & Chris Armstrong LIDA Conclusion  Achievements: the Group has:  informed and publicised e-books  established a forum for communication between all parties  helped facilitate a critical mass of e-books

e-Books in UK Academic Libraries Ray Lonsdale & Chris Armstrong LIDA Conclusion  Achievements: the Group has:  informed and publicised e-books  established a forum for communication between all parties  helped facilitate a critical mass of e-books  developed a licensing model

e-Books in UK Academic Libraries Ray Lonsdale & Chris Armstrong LIDA Conclusion  Achievements: the Group has:  informed and publicised e-books  established a forum for communication between all parties  helped facilitate a critical mass of e-books  developed a licensing model  Identified and addressed issues of concern in management of e-book collections

e-Books in UK Academic Libraries Ray Lonsdale & Chris Armstrong LIDA Conclusion  Achievements: the Group has:  informed and publicised e-books  established a forum for communication between all parties  helped facilitate a critical mass of e-books  developed a licensing model  Identified and addressed issues of concern in management of e-book collections  started to forge international links

e-Books in UK Academic Libraries Ray Lonsdale & Chris Armstrong LIDA And Finally…  Have other countries established similar strategies to enhance publishing of e- books?  Can national strategies influence collection management policy issues?  Do they impact positively on provision and use of e-books?