1. eBooks and Devices Educating users about options Demonstration and Petting Zoo Inland Library Tech Day May 01, 2013

2. What do Users need to Know? What device might work best for them Ebook Formats How to get ebooks onto devices

3. What do Users need to Know? What device might work best for them Ebook Formats How to get ebooks onto devices

4. Teaching users about devices Webguides Petting Zoos Demonstration Stations Presentations and classes Device Loans

5. Why a Petting Zoo? A chance to introduce each device and its advantages and disadvantages General notes Compatibility with local resources A chance to try them out

6. Putting Together a Zoo Extensive Library Technology Budget (JK) Grant Funding Borrowing from staff with readers

7. Device Guides at Petting Zoo

8. Demonstration Stations Vendor supplied?

9. Device Lending Collections Many Public Libraries and several Academic Libraries are lending e-reader devices. How UCR discovered that lending Nooks is nearly entirely incompatible with standard library operating procedures (but we’re doing it anyway).

10. Choosing a Lending Device Type Nook Allows sideloading Not sending Cease and Desist orders (yet) Compatible with epubs from independent sellers Educational programs Kindle Overdrive compatibility without sideloading (Public) Sony Plays extremely nicely with public libraries (grants and demos) Allows sideloading Wide compatibility, not pushing product so much iPad Most expensive option Most versatile (is this an advantage or a disadvantage)

11. Nooks CatalogingSystemsReferenceAcquisitionsCirculationCollections Catalog collection, device or titles on device? Wireless without Web? How would we do a class with only 10 devices? Are the devices collections or technology? How long to check out? What fund? Is each device a volume or a copy? Who loads?Training for everyone? 6 registered devices per account? How to secure?What titles? What do you call your device in the catalog? Downloading every title to every device? How do you make that little n shape on a computer? How to make more accounts? Holdable but not deliverable? What edition of classics? Where to put the titles? Uniform? Locking down devices? How can we do a FAQ without any questions? Accounts show up in the device? Charging?Title Suggestions? Call number? (cont…) Unregistered Devices? Buy one at a time (no cart)? (cont…) Case or cover? (cont…) We got the Nooks free. That turned out to be the easy part…

12. Nooks – Six months later Popular - Each has circulated an average of 9 times in 6 months. No damage No technical Issues. Further collections?

13. What do Users need to Know? What device might work best for them Ebook Formats How to get ebooks onto devices

14. Users should know about eBook Formats PDF epub Nook/Kindle Others (mobi/READ)

15. What users should know about PDF DRM (Digital Rights Management) Must be handled with specific programs that can interpret licenses Typically handled in PC through Adobe Digital Editions eBrary, MyILibrary, EBL No DRM Can be read by any PDF reader, and transferred or emailed or printed etc… Usually only available in parts (e.g. chapter by chapter) Springer eBooks Wiley eBooks CRC NetBase eBooks Journals Doesn’t typically show well on smaller screens but keeps formatting and page numbers constant.

16. What Users should know about epub Reflows to page size (screen area/font size=# characters) DRM capable Mostly no page numbers (exceptions) Overdrive and EBL use epub (and now Google books). Can be purchased at independent book sellers Can’t be used with Kindle without converting it first

17. What Users should know about Kindle/Nook formats Entirely proprietary Can only be read on proprietary devices or with proprietary apps and applications =

18. What do Users need to Know? What device might work best for them Ebook Formats How to get ebooks onto devices

19. Teaching How to Read ebooks Webguides Classes “BYOD” Clinics – Get Adobe ID – Download Apps – Etc… Training staff to answer questions

20. Users should understand ways of reading eBooks on devices Reading Online Direct Download Transfer through Adobe Digital Editions Drive Transfer through USB Reading in Apps A table on the UCR Libraries’ Website helps determine which option will work for each device and resource. http://library.ucr.edu/view/help/guides/ebooksguide.html http://library.ucr.edu/view/help/guides/ebooksguide.html

21. Quick Reference Table

22. Guide by Platform

23. Guide By Device

24. What users should know about Reading online Authentication is required at time of reading A connection is required at time of reading It works on some devices and with some sources

25. What users should know about Direct Download EBL to iPad/Android Bluefire App required Adobe account required Overdrive (public) to iPad/Android (epub) Overdrive App required App/Software is typically required Kindle and Kindle books or other documents 3G vs. Wi-Fi Nook and Nook books Only Wi-Fi Connections required This will become more standard

26. What Users should snow about Transfer through Adobe Digital Editions Works with many devices (not iPad or Kindle) and PDF or epub files Procedure *Make an Adobe account* Plug In Device Authorize Device Sometimes called sideloading Transfer

27. What Users should Know about Drive transfer via USB Usually only works with DRM-free formats Plug in your device and see if it shows up as a drive – some will, some won’t Drag files to correct folder (specified by Lord Google)Also sometimes called sideloading.

28. What users should know about Vendor App Reading Download apps from app store Overdrive eBrary Storia Fewer steps to get started Multiple vendors means multiple steps Find book in catalog Open app and search

29. Philosophical issues Are e-books equally accessible to all? Are e-books useful without devices? When is e-format a better choice from a collection development standpoint? When is print format better? What responsibility can we take on to improve interfaces and devices? What affect is PDA having on converting collections to electronic?

30. Thank you and Enjoy the Zoo. I would like to acknowledge the Librarians association of the University of California – Riverside, for the grant to purchase the devices