1. eBooks Corporation

2. 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

3. 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

4. EBL – Content  Existing relationships with publishers  Represents all subject categories with strong STM focus  Current and relevant titles

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. EBL – Permissions Library Reserve - Library may place 1 chapter of title in reserve circulation ePack - Packs of chapters may be created for reserve circulation

9. EBL Functionality  Integration into existing ILS  Marc Records  Z39.50 link, Open URL  IP Proxy Authentication  Online browsing

10. EBL Functionality  Downloadable checkout for offline use  Full-text search across catalog  ILL Request  Portal display options  Full range of reports

11. EBL - Contact Kari Paulson – Library Services Director kari.paulson@ebooks.com Stephen Cole – CEO sjcole@ebooks.com www.library.ebooks.com