Acquiring E-Books for the Learning Resource Centre (LRC) Transition Folio to Electronic Books Roel Tilly Contract Manager University Library University of Maastricht

University of Maastricht University of Maastricht –12000 Students –3500 Staff University Library University Library –Site Randwijck (RWK) Health-Medicine-Life Sciences Health-Medicine-Life Sciences Psychology Psychology –Site Inner-city Law Law Economics and Business Administration Economics and Business Administration Cultural-Social Sciences Cultural-Social Sciences

University Library Learning Resource Centre (LRC) Project: Transition Folio to E Scope of the project: –Gain experience in handling E-Books Acquisition Acquisition Cataloging Cataloging Availability Availability –Cut down on photocopying activities –Introduction to Faculty of the E-book possibilities in all aspects –Gain commitment at Faculty level

–6000 volumes –1800 Titles –60 publishers –10 titles per publisher –50 % Textbooks LRC Randwijck Health-Medicine-Life Sciences Health-Medicine-Life Sciences and Psychology and Psychology

Current Book Acquisition Policy Bookseller A Dutch publications (local) Bookseller A Dutch publications (local) Bookseller B Foreign publications Bookseller B Foreign publications Ad hoc Incidental Materials Ad hoc Incidental Materials

Acquiring E-Books a challenge a challenge Folio world was clear Budgets Budgets Number of books Number of books Conditions Conditions E-Book world is a relatively new field Current booksellers not fully into STM E-books Current booksellers not fully into STM E-books Booksellers market not clear on: Booksellers market not clear on: – Access policies –Archival functions (perpetual continuity) –Costs models

Questions/Comments? Thank you Roel Tilly STM panel April 2009