Supporting Further and Higher Education Shaping a strategy for e- books The JISC E-Books Working Group Louise Edwards

Supporting Further and Higher Education Outline What is an e-book? What’s happening in the e-book industry? What does it mean for us? National e-book strategy in the UK

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E-book devices GoReader Gemstar Franklin Palm

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The e-book industry Phase 1 (Late 1990s to late 2000) –Entrepreneurial activity in the US New digitisation companies New aggregators e.g. NetLibrary, Questia, Ebrary Phase 2 (Late 2000 to Late 2001) –Funding dries up –Lower than expected sales Phase 3 (Late 2001 onwards) –Consolidation –New players and products

Supporting Further and Higher Education New economics/new packaging Financial transactions –outright purchase –subscriptions –other short-term leasing –pay-per-output Content delivery –‘complete’ individual e-books –subject bundles –chapters; sub-sections

Supporting Further and Higher Education Main supply issues for librarians Availability of electronic format Quality of material Distribution Pricing models

Supporting Further and Higher Education And now to the UK… Meet the JISC team Our e-book purchases so far Shaping a strategy

Supporting Further and Higher Education JISC collecting areas e-Books Geospatial data Primary research data Moving pictures and sound Images Learning materials Archives/special collections Journals

Supporting Further and Higher Education JISC E-Books Working Group Mission: to provide leadership in establishing a strategy for the develop of electronic books for the benefit of the academic community –Monitor and influence e-book industry –Acquire content for HE and FE sectors –Achieve a sustainable economic model –Promote content exploitation –Understand impact on institutions, libraries and users –Advise on content creation

Supporting Further and Higher Education JISC content acquisition programme Current activity –Early English Books Online (EEBO) –Wiley reference works –Portfolio of major general reference products

Supporting Further and Higher Education Oxford Reference Online/xreferplus

Supporting Further and Higher Education Britannica Online

Supporting Further and Higher Education JISC strategic studies Market mapping Economics of e-textbooks A vision for e-textbooks Exploitation of free e-books Access to e-books

Supporting Further and Higher Education Market research exercise For each discipline: –Seek consensus on essential titles for electronic collection –Agree on top 5 publishers Core questions: –Key challenges in managing print collection? –Does going electronic provide the answer? –Where would you prioritise your e-book acquisition? –What are your preferred economic models?

Supporting Further and Higher Education Initial feedback Priority on high demand books and distance/part-time learners More content for our money Ease of access Collection management tools Multi-user model licence

Supporting Further and Higher Education Current marketing actions need to consult community extensively –e-book community established market research to map UK requirements Joint marketing plans with publishers and suppliers

Supporting Further and Higher Education Conclusions Collection development plan for 2002/03 –Core reference works –Critical mass of material for UK HE/FE Strategic development of e-books Marketing plan for e-books