eBooks Corporation
EBL – Objectives Meet the specific needs of academic and research libraries Deliver a catalog of relevant and recent ebook titles Parallel existing library processes Build platform which is scaleable and interoperable
EBL -Project Project Advisors - Libraries - CERN, NCSU,Yale University, Curtin University of Technology - Publishers – OUP, CUP, Taylor & Francis, Kluwer - Technology – Adobe Trial Testing – Early 2004 EBL Launch – June 2004
EBL – Content Existing relationships with publishers Represents all subject categories with strong STM focus Current and relevant titles
EBL – Pricing Structure Annual Fee - Base platform fee - Incremental fee based on # active titles DRM license fee Technical Support Bandwidth eBook Purchase - Collection is owned outright Copy of book and back-up Purchased copy can be printed in full Titles may be archived Rental - Titles may be borrowed on a pay-per-view basis ILL alternative Demand driven acquisition
EBL –Lending Model Non-Linear Lending™ Multiple concurrent access Annual lending permission per title Online Browsing - Unlimited for 30 minutes at a time Online Lending - Books may be checked out online Offline lending - Books may be checked out and downloaded to a patron’s computer or PDA - Circulation period for checkout set by library - Patron either checks book in or book expires
EBL – Permissions Patron Print - Up to 10% of book per loan instance Copy/paste -Up to 5% of book per loan instance Read aloud - Utilize reader ‘read aloud’ functionality
EBL – Permissions Library Reserve - Library may place 1 chapter of title in reserve circulation ePack - Packs of chapters may be created for reserve circulation
EBL Functionality Integration into existing ILS Marc Records Z39.50 link, Open URL IP Proxy Authentication Online browsing
EBL Functionality Downloadable checkout for offline use Full-text search across catalog ILL Request Portal display options Full range of reports
EBL - Contact Kari Paulson – Library Services Director Stephen Cole – CEO