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Best Practices for Selection Rachel Wexelbaum, Plamen Miltenoff, Bob Lessinger Saint Cloud State University
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110 academic librarians from around the world surveyed ( roughly 75% in US) 36.8% currently use or plan to use EReaders 76.9% have had no demand from students or faculty 60.3% do not know which EReader is suitable for an academic environment Of those who do know… Twice as many prefer Sony EReader to Kindle (Miltenoff & Wexelbaum, 2010)
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Library Use of Ebooks 2011 (Primary Research Group 2010) 87 libraries surveyed: ◦ 54 academic, 23 public, 11 special Less than 25% of libraries surveyed owned EReaders Academic libraries least likely to own EReaders (only 17% of academic libraries surveyed owned EReaders) Those with the smallest annual budget ( $8,000,000) most likely to own Ereaders (Library Use of eBooks, Primary Research Group, 2011)
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Of the 87 libraries surveyed: 15.56% invested in Amazon Kindles 14.44% invested in Sony EReaders 13.33% invested in Apple iPads 4.44% invested in Barnes & Noble Nook 1.11% invested in Franklin eBookman (Library Use of eBooks, Primary Research Group, 2011)
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Of the 87 libraries surveyed: 11.11% will invest in Kindle next year (most likely to be academic libraries) 11.11% will invest in Sony EReaders next year (most likely to be public libraries) 10.00% will invest in B&N Nook next year (most likely to be public libraries) 7.78% will invest in iPad next year (most likely to be special libraries) (Library Use of eBooks, Primary Research Group, 2011)
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Must increase access to existing EBook collections Must allow uploading of multiple EBook formats (including free EBooks) from multiple sources Must include mobile apps to access EBooks from the device any time, anywhere
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Find out what your users want! Maximum accessibility -- Can I upload and read this EBook on my phone and my EReader? Owning EBooks in perpetuity
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Rachel Wexelbaum ◦ rswexelbaum@stcloudstate.edu rswexelbaum@stcloudstate.edu ◦ 320 308 4756 Plamen Miltenoff ◦ pmiltenoff@stcloudstate.edu pmiltenoff@stcloudstate.edu ◦ 320 308 3072 Robert Lessinger ◦ blessinger@stcloudstate.edu blessinger@stcloudstate.edu ◦ 320 308 6620
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