E-books and Interlibrary Loan Jessica Bowdoin, Head, Access Services, George Mason University Anne C. Elguindi, VIVA Associate Director 12 July th Annual VIVA Interlibrary Loan Community Forum

E-books and Libraries Today Shift in Purchasing and Subscribing to More Digital Content instead of Print The “Patron Experience” with E-books Differences in vendor platforms and e-book file formats Differences in e-book readers/devices Licenses for E-books License agreements (ie: contract law) dictate ILL rights, not Copyright Law and CONTU Guidelines Advocate inclusion of ILL rights in licenses Advocate use of phrase: “the prevailing technology of the day”

Current E-book ILL Options E-book Chapters Similarities with article borrowing & lending Rights management and discoverability issues Ingram (through OCLC ILL) Need license on file Loan period: 9 days, no renewals Cost: 15% of the MyiLibrary price and pay with IFM E-reader Lending Program University of Nebraska-Omaha If book title is available on through Kindle platform, UNO purchases title and lends “e-book” by lending the Kindle to the patron

Current Challenges in Lending The Sharing of Licensing Information at Your Institution Electronic resource management systems and Knowledge Base Limitations of Current Lending Technology Accessibility Issues for Patrons with Disabilities

E-books and ILL Borrowing Establishing Policies and Workflows at Your Library Format Preference? Who decides—the patron or the library? Some patrons still prefer print, but can libraries afford to support all preferred formats? Amount of the Work that the Patron Needs Delivery Options/Implications

Quick Tips for Borrowing Few libraries can lend an entire E-book due to license restrictions.  Do select the print book OCLC record when placing your request to a lending library.  Choosing the e-book OCLC record can result in a cancellation of your request as the library might not own a print copy. Look for free versions online (ie: Public Domain titles) on Internet Archive, Google Books, Hathi Trust, etc.

Relevant VIVA Resources

VIVA Resources Safari Tech Books No interlibrary loan permitted Demand-Driven Acquisitions Pilot for E-books No interlibrary loan permitted

VIVA Resources CRC Handbook of Chemistry & Physics and EngNetBase Over 2,300 e-books; chapters are individual PDFs Send secure electronic copy allowed

VIVA Resources PsycBooks Over 3,600 e-books; chapters are individual PDFs Send secure electronic copy allowed, but must be an image only (such as through Ariel or Odyssey)

VIVA Resources Springer e-books Four subjects, , currently just under 7,500 titles Send secure electronic copy allowed: chapter-level, non- commercial only

VIVA Resources Elsevier e-books 2013 Frontlist, will be around 700 titles total Send secure electronic copy allowed: chapter-level, non- commercial only, United States only

VIVA ILL Contract Provisions

VIVA Holdings in the WorldCat KB Resources have been mapped from the VIVA vendor and product to the WCKB collection and provider.

VIVA Holdings in the WorldCat KB The central office has selected collections shared by the public institutions. Some collections are standard and some are customized for the consortium.

VIVA Holdings in the WorldCat KB Collection properties include ILL rights.

A New Development Occam’s Reader Built by the Greater Western Library Alliance (GWLA), currently in Alpha test stage. An add-on to the ILLiad client that uploads an e-book, converts it from PDF format to an image/png file, and generates an to the borrowing library with log-in credentials. The generated file is a plain image – no metadata, no search enabled. An authorization token in the ensures that access to the file on the Occam’s Reader server will expire.

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