1. Discovering, selecting and evaluating foreign language e-books An overview Joanne Edwards Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford

3. Selecting & Evaluating Availability & Cost Access Content Value & Statistics Resource discovery Usability Technical functionality Recommendations

4. Availability & Cost Annual subscription Outright purchase Minimum charge Title-by-title fee Maintenance fee

5. Access Walk-in users Authentication method Remote access Concurrent users Downloading & printing

6. Content Bundled or pick ‘n’ mix? How many relevant titles are there? Does the package support teaching or research? Are titles added, updated or withdrawn? Post- subscription archive access?

7. Value & Statistics Are useful statistics available? What is the cost per title? Will it save shelf space…? Are they COUNTER- compliant? At what level? Are there multiple-year deal savings? JISC/CHEST national deal?

8. Resource discovery FMTBK 099|a *ML FE.GUI8 - 4 - AY1 24502 |a L'histoire de Guillaume le Maréchal, comte de Striguil et de Pembroke, régent d'Angleterre de 1216 à 1219 : |b poème français / |c publié pour la Société de l'histoire de France par Paul Meyer. 260 |a Paris : |b Librairie Renouard, H. Laurens, successeur, |c 1891-1901. 300|a 3 v. : |b fold. facsim ; |c 25 cm. 4901 |a Publications in octavo / Société de l'histoire de France ; |v 255, 268, 304. 500 |a Vol. 3 contains an abridged translation into modern French prose. 60010|a Pembroke, William Marshal, |c Earl of, |d 1144?-1219. 651 0|a Great Britain |x History |y Angevin period, 1154-1216 651 0|a France |x History |y Capetians, 987-1328. 7001|a Meyer, Paul, |d 1840-1917. 8102 |a Société de l'histoire de France. |t Publications in octavo ; |v 255, 268, 304 SYS010154552 MARC recordsWorkflow integrationDeep linkingSFX compliance

9. E-books in other languages at Oxford Ebrary has 15% mixed non-English content, primarily German and French Past Masters 50% non-English original language (German, Latin, French, Dutch & Danish) East View E -Books 150 Russian e-books Classiques Garnier Los Primeros Libros de las Américas 16th century Mexican imprints Apabi 15,000 Chinese language e-books Tibetan Buddhist Resource Center Core Text Collection E-Korean Studies includes 7,823 Korean e-books Al-Manhal heritage Arabic texts, 5,422 e-books

10. Usability Interface SENDA compliance Searching Ease of printing and downloading Availability of abstracts Added value tools

11. E-books in other languages at Oxford Ebrary has 15% mixed non-English content, primarily German and French Past Masters 50% non-English original language (German, Latin, French, Dutch & Danish) East View E -Books 150 Russian e-books Classiques Garnier Los Primeros Libros de las Américas 16th century Mexican imprints Apabi 15,000 Chinese language e-books Tibetan Buddhist Resource Center Core Text Collection E-Korean Studies includes 7,823 Korean e-books Al-Manhal heritage Arabic texts, 5,422 e-books

12. Technical functionality Platform Plug-ins Exporting citations Institutional branding

13. In summary…