eContent with a Vision… Presented by James Gray and Pierre Petitjean Lund University Sweden 10 th October 2006

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 Print books sold dropped by 44 million between 2003 & 2004  In 2003 eBook sales represented 1% of books sales, 3% in 2004, 4.5% in 2005 (Taylor and Francis)  Projections for a flat print market to 2009 with some limited exceptions  The vast majority of Journals are now available electronically  Some evidence of erosion of print sales by electronic  Increasingly, ARL’s are dropping their print subscriptions in favour of eContent Print / Electronic Market Industry Study Group Findings

“ Change is nearly always slower than one expects and far greater, and more sweeping than one anticipates” Huw Morris, Pro-Vice Chancellor Manchester Metropolitan University “At the TU Delft Library, we have made a decisive choice for digitalisation. This means that wherever possible we will offer E-only services. Only if digital resources are not possible, will we also offer physical services” Annual Report 2003, Technical University Delft The Market is Changing

 Use existing vendors  Link all systems together  Aggregation of content – all Publishers on one platform  Highest quality Marc Catalogue Records  Selection and ordering through traditional routes and as part of collection  New title information integrating Print and Electronic  Value for Money  Multiple simultaneous access  Textbooks  ACCESS – for the end user What do Libraries Want? Our Research…

 Print will survive  Collection development – integration of P & E – Toronto/Stanford  Print only? “e” only? Print “e” package - managing the transition  Tie in with ILS – eg the rest of the collection  Negotiate the package / content you require, not an all or nothing  Develop the collection  eTextbook Trials  Happening in the next 2-5 years Current Trends

 MyiLibrary and Coutts Library Services are working with Libraries and Publishers to find innovative solutions in the transition from Print to Electronic.  Libraries can manage the online acquisition of print and electronic content through Coutts OASIS, the Online Acquisition and Selection Information System.  MyiLibrary Metadata is fed into OASIS enabling selection librarians to analyze available content and make purchasing decisions.  Librarians can also link straight through into MyiLibrary to enable them to view the titles before purchasing. O A S I S Online Acquisition & Selection Information System

We look forward to building a successful long term working relationship with Coutts and MyiLibrary to help us move towards our goals for innovation in the delivery of content and services to the Stanford community.’ Assunta Pisani, Stanford University’s Associate University Librarian for Collections and Services "After selecting a group of potential suppliers, the Core Content Group carefully evaluated the offerings from all the eBook platforms available and concluded that the MyiLibrary platform represented the best choice, offering value for money, excellent content, flexible licensing, reliability and ease of use". NHS England on why they selected MyiLibrary to provide medical eBooks. “Bringing academic resources together through one convenient interface is an objective we have been pursuing for some time, and we are delighted to work with Coutts and MyiLibrary to advance this goal.” Carole Moore, Chief Librarian at the University of Toronto Customer Quotes

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Based on our use of standards, MyiLibrary is able to interface with any library system that provides for the electronic exchange of information e.g. Ex Libris, Endeavor Voyager, Sirsi, Innovative Interface, etc.. Integration with ILS System Vendors

 Single User License or Concurrent Multi User License  Purchase in Perpetuity, or via Rent to Buy  Purchase title-by-title or by subject/publisher Collection  No minimum order  Purchase via Consortia Pricing

Working in partnership with its clients and key publishers, MyiLibrary will:  Align our strategy to the Library’s for content acquisition and aggregation  Continue to develop the platform to ensure it remains “best in class”  Ensure that publishers are partnered such that they work towards simultaneous publication of print and e-Books so that the Library has a choice of format.  Continue to provide easy access to and delivery of content to the student and academic community that the Library serves in the most cost effective way. The Future

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