Managing the eBook Revolution

Wendy WalkerAssistant Librarian – University of GlasgowVice Chair – SCOPNet Ebooks

Overview

• Ebook current provision• Ebooks – successes & challenges• Ebook procurement• Models

Ebook Usage – University of Glasgow

2007-2008 2008-2009 2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-20130

200,000

400,000

600,000

800,000

1,000,000

1,200,000

1,400,000

1,600,000

1,800,000

2,000,000

87,666 112,924

725,759

1,249,703

1,655,380

1,870,371

No successful section requests

Ebook challenges

•DRM •Aggregator platforms (users want downloading, mobile use)•Business models – users don’t care about models!•Withdrawal of content•Publishers – exclusions•Textbooks

Ebook provision up to 2013

• Individual purchases via aggregators (2009-13)

• Ebook collections direct with publishers/JISC

• SHEDL

Investigations

• DRM restrictions meant that end user expectations could not always be met

• 60% of expenditure was on titles published by ten publishers

Scottish Ebooks 2013-

• Provide institutions with an easy to use, EU compliant agreement to meet their needs

• Aggregate the eBook requirements of all the Scottish HE and FE Institutions

• Increase the availability of content with unconstrained Digital Rights Management

• Increase level of access of high quality, relevant and recently published or front list eBooks to students and academics

Scottish ebook tender

• eBook Collections with Unconstrained DRM – 10 publishers

• Individual Title Offerings with Constrained DRM – 3 suppliers

• Price 40%• Quality 60%• DRM, mobile, quality, platform functionality,

metadata

Models

• Aggregators• Annual full list purchase• Full list lease access• Textbooks• PDA• Evidence Base

+ -Real-time access DRM

Pay for used content ££££££££

Fill gaps in collection What to do when money runs out..

Saves staff time

Patron Driven Acquisition

Evidence Based Acquisition

+ -Access to content for 12 months

Limited to one publisher

Decision on purchase based on usage

££££££££££££££

Relaxed DRM

Integration with other content

Finally

• Demand• Manage

expectations• Prepare to be

flexible with models

Finally

• Ask your audience!

Questions?

Questions?

Contact: Wendy.Walker@glasgow.ac.uk