Product Overview June 2011

Agenda What every student does: Research! What every student does: Research! Research Materials Supply Gap Research Materials Supply Gap Product Overview Product Overview Re-Mastered Edition Re-Mastered Edition Mobile Reading Mobile Reading Live Demo Live Demo

What every student does…Research!

Over half of course-related research requires interpretation of a text with research from multiple sources and historical analysis of an event Source: Project information literacy report – Washington USA 2009

Sources of Information Primary Sources

Sources of Information Secondary Sources

Sources of Information Tertiary Sources

Google and E-Books are the most important “Research Resource”… More important than… Print Books Print Textbooks E-Journals Electronic Databases Source: Global Student eBook Survey eBrary

But libraries are not the main source of eBooks for research work… Source: University College London 2009

But libraries are not the main source of eBooks for research work… Source: The Survey of American College Students: Student Use of Library eBooks Collection 2009

Research Materials in Libraries A Supply Gap…

Academic Research Iceberg Tertiary Sources Secondary Sources Primary Sources

Relevance to Academic Research Tertiary Sources Secondary Sources Primary Sources LessMore

Good supply of… Tertiary sources (Textbooks) eBooks Tertiary Sources Secondary Sources Contemporary Textbook e-Books Academic Journal e-Collections

But insufficient supply of… “Original Research Material” in e-format Tertiary Sources Secondary Sources Primary Sources

Source: Project Information Literacy Report – Washington, USA, 2009 Research Time…Mostly Outside!

70% Research Time Outside Library Where should I begin?

Website 1 Search 1 Format 1 Access 1 Website 2 Search 2 Format 2 Access 2 Website 3 Search 3 Format 3 Access 3 Website 4 Search 4 Format 4 Access 4 Very Unproductive Research More Time Searching…Less Time Analyzing, Synthesizing Content…

What is it? 2,100,000 eBooks & eDocuments 23,000 Audio Books MP3

2,100,000 eBooks One-Search One-Small-Price User-Ownership! 2,100,000 eBooks One-Search One-Small-Price User-Ownership! Convenience History 100,000+ Environmental Awareness 15,000 Literature 100,000+ Medical E-Documents 59,000 Military Sciences 22,000 Oceanography 1,160 Information Technology 4,488 Teachers Resources 6,000 Women Writers 103 Physics 3,000 Mathematics 11,500 Chemistry 16,000 Economy 60,000 Accessibility PC Laptop Sony Reader Kindle Smart-Phone Blackberry iPad iPhone/iPod

Primary Sources Secondary Sources The World Largest Collection of “Research eBooks & eDocuments” Tertiary Sources

Content Overview Number of eBooks World eBook Library Offers Same price…more eBooks! US$ 2 per user yearly

What type of Content?

Where does the content come from? 219,000 Publishers!

Harvard University Massachusetts Institute of Technology Oxford University Stanford University Michigan University University of Toronto Wellesley College University of California University of New York

235,000 Government Publications Department of Education 6,252 eBooks Department of Commerce 2,238 eBooks Government Printing Office 18,000 eBooks Small Business Administration 121 eBooks Environmental Protection 30,900 eBooks G.A.I.R. Office 7,325 eBooks Federal Trade Commission 7,498 eBooks Transportation Safety 713 eBooks Technology Administration 2,634 eBooks N.A.S.A. 1,270 eBooks Department of Defense 26,000 eBooks White House Publications 953 eBooks Department of Justice 3,106 eBooks Department of Energy 145 eBooks Dep. Of Health & Human Services 11,384 eBooks Dep. Of Treasure 4,821 eBooks

235,000 Government Publications General Services Amin. 599 eBooks Internal Revenue Service 3,473 eBooks National Oceanic Admin. 1,100 eBooks Census Bureau Dep. 29,000 eBooks U.N. Food and Agriculture 13,600 eBooks U.N. International Aid and Funding 5,448 eBooks W.H.O. 45,800 eBooks US Access Board 148 eBooks CIA 154 eBooks U.N. Office for Disarmament Affairs 5,500 eBooks World Bank Economics Pub. 5,000 eBooks Export and Trade 810 eBooks Transp. Security Administration 132 eBooks

Only Re-Mastered Editions Worldwide!

Issue #1: Unfinished eBooks Eyes-straining Yellowish pages Without OCR “Text-Search” Disoriented Text Wrongly sized File

Only re-Mastered Edition of “Digitized Books” Worldwide…

Mobile Devices Reading

… 62% of eBook consumers interested in using eReaders and/or Mobile Phone to read an eBook… Source: PriceGrabber eBook and eReader Survey 2010

Issue #2: Unreadable on Mobile Devices iBook on iPhone Digitized Book

Issue #3: Unreadable on Mobile Devices

Quality eBook Anywhere… Digitally Re-Mastered World eBook Library

Digitally Re-Mastered eBook

Highlighted Text from Text-Search Results

Library Content Management MARC Records Direct title download from library platform Usage statistics Unlimited simultaneous users Unlimited content download full-text Free cataloging, publishing and hosting service

Reduces Research Time… 2 Million titles from the Library portal! Much faster search and not need to hop from site to site in internet!!! …And keeps patrons inside the library website

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