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Bringing Electronic Books to Libraries www.netLibrary.com netLibrary
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Rich Rosy Executive Vice-President Business to Business
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Company Background Founded August 98 Strong Electronic Publishing Experience: Over 400+ employees Over 200+ yrs of print and electronic publishing experience Dedicated Librarian Group (assessment, selection, cataloguing) Well funded organization Institutional, VC, Strategic, and Higher Ed Publishing and Book Selling Industries
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Who We Are Content provider Distributor of eBooks Internet company Publisher friendly Library partner
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Who We Are Not Reader-device manufacturer Competitor to publishers Hard copy book replacement Systems integrator Proprietary system solution
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Investment Partners $5 million August 1998 $25 million May 1999 $72 million October 1999 $25 million January 2000
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R. Scott Doan Vice-President Library Sales
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Platform and architecture Monograph or multi-volume set Digital Searchable Enhanced Multimedia Links Cross-referenced Copy and print capable What Is an eBook?
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Why eBooks? Anytime, anywhere access Full text and fielded searching within a book and across a collection of books No storage required- bricks & mortar No wear & tear; no lost or stolen books Supports distance and distributed learners Simplifies resource sharing - shared collections Access from OPACs via MARC records Gather usage data for acquisition strategies
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Lynn Silipigni Connaway, Ph.D. Vice-President Research and Library Services
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Content Development Collection Development Policy System for Planning Management Communication Living document
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Content Development Client-driven assessment Surveys Focus group interviews Usage Statistics Collection-driven assessment Institutional comparisons Professional assessment guidelines ACRL Accreditation
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Scope of Collections Primary goal To select, organize, and provide access to materials All varieties and depths of information To support a broad community Academic, public, K-12, and corporate/special libraries.
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netLibrary Collection
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Collection Types Academic library Public library K-12 library Corporate library Specialized subjects Publicly accessible, public domain
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Client-Driven Assessment Surveys Focus Group Interviews Discussion Groups Usage Statistics Usability and Site Enhancement Project
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Collection Development Survey Results Academic librarians’ ranking of most important disciplines Business Medicine Social Science Science and Technology Humanities Law
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Distance Learning Programs
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Cataloging Team 7563 netLibrary ebook MARC records available via OCLC netLibrary eBook MARC record collection sets at OCLC eBook Introductory Program netLibrary collection OCLC PromptCat service netLibrary ebook MARC record creation and distribution available summer 2000
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What Lies Ahead Ongoing collection development Academic Public K-12 Communication with individual selectors Notification of new titles and publishers Methods Frequency Channels EBSCO Blackwell’s Follett
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Current Customers OhioLINK Amigos BCR Colorado Alliance Douglas County Public Indianapolis Marion County Public California - Berkley Columbia National University Cleveland Public North Carolina State University PALINET Georgetown Technikon South Africa Touro College University of Pittsburgh University of Southern Cal University of Texas System Virginia Community College System
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netLibrary Value Chain Publisher Copyright Protection Revenue Impact Libraries Patron Services Leverage Investment Published Content Acquire & Launch Content Distribute & Use New Content & Models Collaborative Content Development Use Feedback Content Request
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netLibrary Production Approximately 100 eBooks per day/ 2,000 eBooks per month added Over 200 publishers signed
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eBook Access Model Today: One user, one book at a time Future: Other models to provide more flexibility to meet librarian and patron needs
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Client Services Account team ownership Collaborative collections development services Client support services Technical, librarian, and customer Training services On-site training Documentation On-line help Marketing services
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How do you Buy eBooks Library acquires unique collection through nL Library acquires a unique collection through consortia or channel Library acquires access to a shared collection through consortia Combination of the above
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eBook Pricing eBook list price equals cloth edition list price, and Pay 50% book price to own access to eBook in perpetuity Access fee provides for conversion, management, preservation, data statistics/reports, and escrowing of the eBooks
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Question & Answers Thank you! www.netLibrary.com
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