E-BOOK DISCOVERY AND REQUIREMENTS FOR METADATA

NISO/BISG 7TH ANNUAL FORUM

John Law, Vice President of Discovery Services

Web-scale Discovery Service

Supporting the library’s mission

Library Mission

Enhanced Metadata

Better Discovery

Increased Usage

User and library collection trends

More than 50% of library’s collections are electronic(OCLC)

95% of libraries carrying e-books(LJ Survey)

More than 47% of respondents aren’t using e-books because they don’t know where to find them(ebrary’s 2011 Global Student E-book Survey)

Broad Content

Coverage

Features to Meet User

expectations

Relevance

Accurate Metadata

Match and Merge

Full-Text Search

Direct Linking

Opportunities to optimize e-book discovery

Increasing discovery of books through full-text search

…and othersABC-ClioAlexander Street PressBooks24x7ElsevierMcGraw-HillOxford University PressSafariSageSpringerMany more…

Unified Knowledgebase

Discovery & Access Management & Assessment

Metadata Metadata Metadata

Admin interface for indicating/selecting holdings from knowledgebase

Discovery Unified Index

Content ContentContent

The landscape

Drivers for better e-book discovery

• Collections are volatile– Literally 100s of changes per month– Libraries need efficient updates to

manage library specific holdings

• Acquisition models are changing– E-book collection sizes are growing– Patron Driven Acquisition (PDA)

• New data elements to manage– License Data– Trial Feedback– Status Changes from PDA

• Disconnected management and discovery

– Duplication of data entry– Endless batch loading of records– Locally deployed systems

MARC record

creation

Catalog loading

Delayed discovery

Pain of PDA

LIBIFIC

New opportunities to improve discovery of e-books

• Fully automated process for activation in discovery service

– Accurate, timely title lists from suppliers– Direct feeds from supplier of your

Selection Pool– Title matching regardless of ISBN– Automated status change on purchase

What benefits can libraries realize?

• Reduced manual effort– No manual creation of title lists and

providers– No title by title entry of e-books– No loading / unloading of bibliographic

records– No complicated spreadsheets– Streamlines staff communication

• Makes e-books discoverable, fast

– Up to date matching of Selection Pool– Timely access in discovery service

imagine…

What else could you be doing instead of managing holdings information?