1. 11 E-Books and Echidnas Looking Beyond the Spines Andrew Wells University Librarian

2. 22 Outline Personal reflections E-books at UNSW – institutional context Consortial activity in Australia

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5. 55 E-books – what are they? More than digital versions of print books Compare Harrison’s Online and Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine Different experience! E-books part of spectrum of e-content –Reference –Monographs –Journals –Textbooks

6. 66 E-book challenges How are they used? Matching content to user needs Delivery – reading, printing, downloading Access – who can use them? Making content more useable Buying them for the sake of buying them

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8. 88 Tipping points Journals may tip from print/online to online only in 5-10 years Conceivable for e-books? How many years left for the era of the ‘hybrid library’

9. 99 Inhibitors Multiple delivery platforms Licensing and purchasing models Lack of current content These problems will be resolved … when?

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11. 11 UNSW Library and e-books 75% of budget spent on e-content 90% on research content Content first; format second No target for e-book acquisition No strong demand for e-books But strong demand for e-journals

12. 12 Enrolled studentsNo textbooks purchased No of readings purchased Up to 5022 Up to 10033 Up to 20044 Up to 30054 Up to 40064 Up to 50074 Over 50084

13. 13 Textbooks and course support Quotas for library provision Electronic reserve Statutory licences in copyright law Students satisfied with current provision

14. 14 Research Most acquisition for research Well used Research repository for UNSW research -- UNSWorks

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16. 16 Areas for improvement Intend buying more Discovery services Statistics for decision making Delivery –Readers? –Print on demand?

17. 17 Collaboration CEIRC = C= EIRC C = Council of Australian University Librarians EIRC = Electronic Information Resources Committee CEIRC Program = consortium for datasets purchasing

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19. 19 CEIRC membership 39 CAUL member 8 from New Zealand (CONZUL = Council of New Zealand University Librarians) >25 ‘external’ – government and research libraries

20. 20 CEIRC activity 150 products 10 vendors Fees for staffing, meetings and travel Member of ICOLC

21. 21 CEIRC success factors Opt in /opt out Light governance Flexibility – one size does not fit all

22. 22 CEIRC e-book survey 2007, 39 responses 57 products identified Textbooks a gap Old stuff! Some looking at pay per view or user driven selection

23. 23 Market leaders These products used by >20 libraries Wiley Interscience NetLibrary Elsevier Safari Gale Virtual Reference Library Informit James Bennett eTitle

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