Recent Researches and Practices on
Library e-book Service Sharing (2000-2010)
Fudan University Library
Hao Qun Chen Chaoqun Xu Lin
The rapid development of the e-book
the increase of e-books’ types and
quantities
the popularization and development of
e-book readers
more and more libraries begin to provide
e-book service to readers
Mark R. Nelson “E-book in higher education: Nearing the end of the era
of Hype?”——EDUCAUSE Research Bulletin, January 8, 2008
China Book Business Report
• November 21, 2008, NetLibrary released a
survey result about the electronic collections in
Britain. The OCLC eContent team found that
three-fourths of the academic libraries and half
of the public libraries prepared to increase their
e-book collection in 2009, even if they are in
great shortage of funds.
• December 27, 2009, Amazon announced that its
e-book sales prevailed over physical books for
the first time.
Research Path
Time Span：2000-2010
Domestic and foreign
monographs\papers\meetings about
“Library e-book services”
 Library e-book reader lending practices
Domestic papers：Quantity
 Choose“e-book”as keyword to search
in CNKI，find: The core journals published
104 articles and news reports , The
ordinary journals and internal journals
published about 84
Domestic papers：frequency
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• 发表在《国立成功
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Domestic papers：Topics(1)
• The concept\ the development history of e•
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books and the impact on library
E-books’ preserve, catalogue, metadata,
retrieval, the content and format checks , the
integration with OPAC
Comparative study about large-scale e-book
systems
E-book readers research
E-books’ visits, circulation, inter-library loan
and service mode
E-books’ Digital rights and copyrights
management
Domestic papers：Topics(2)
• E-books’ resources evaluation,
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propaganda and promotion
Challenges and changes on traditional
publishing\reading and learning style
E-books’ purchasing and collection
Development and Use of the Free Ebooks on the Internet
Producing e-books in library
Representative papers：
• Xiao Huwei, Pan Jieyi : Impact of Electronic Books on Library
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Services: Problems and Solutions (中国图书馆学报2003.1)
Nie Hua: The History and Trends of E-book and its Impact on the
Libraries (大学图书馆学报2005.2）
Miao Rong: A Circulation Analysis of Print Books and E-books in
Academic Library (图书馆杂志2006.3)
Zhao Liang: The development and influence of e-book readers（中
国图书馆学报2010.3）
Yang Hui, etc. :A Study of eBook Cataloguing Based on MARC21 (
图书情报工作2004.10)
Guan Zhiying: A Comparative Study of Three E-book Systems of
Western Language (大学图书馆学报2003.5）
Cheng Yunjia: On How to Promote Ebooks in Taiwan’s Libraries(图
书馆杂志2009.10）
Cheng Dingquan, Liu Sheng: Integrated Retrieval of Printed Books
and E-Books at Library (图书馆杂志2008.12）
Yang Haiping: E-book Research(中国图书馆学报2001.4)
Domestic conferences （1）
 “Library and press ebook seminar”
2006.9.23, Beijing, Founder-Apabi sponsored
 “Library 2.0 and social reading research
conference”
2009.6.19, Suzhou, Submited four relevant
reports of e-books
Domestic conferences （2）
 “Asian Chinese libraries’ e-book resources
symposium”
Taiwan, Gaoxiong, 2010.1.16
 “Asian libraries’ e-book foresight symposium”
Taiwan, Gaoxiong, 2010.7.15
 “Emerging Paradigms for Academic Library
ebook Acaquisition and Use: Trends, Challenges
and Opportunities”
Hong kong, 2008.6.3
• 发表在《国家图
书馆馆讯》民国
95年第4期上
Domestic Library
e-book reader lending practices
 Shanghai Library
 National Library of China
 Peking University Library
 Guangzhou Library
Domestic Summary
• 2003 and 2004 reached the publishing
peak，2006 and 2007 reduced. Over the
past two years the papers published are
in a steady state. Research topics are
wide.
• Conferences are few, especially mainland
libraries didn’t hold a meeting of the ebook service independently.
• In 2009 libraries began to loan e-book
readers, public library walked ahead.
Foreign papers：Quantity
The growth of the academic e-book market can be
traced through the library literature. In 2000, Donald T.
Hawkins conducted a literature search on e-books in the
Dialog database and reported an explosion of e-book
articles in the previous two to three years. [1] A search
of the database Library Literature and Information
Science Full Text for variations of the terms “e-book,”
“electronic books,” and “digital books” also retrieves an
increasing number of sources mentioning e-books. [2]
There were 91 retrievals pre-1995; 113 for 1995-1999;
and 600 retrievals for 2000-2007. [3]
Donald T. Hawkins, “Electronic Books: A Major Publishing Revolution, Part 1,” ONLINE 24, no. 4 (July/August
2000): 14-28
2. Library Literature & Information Science Full-Text Database H.W. Wilson (19 June 2007).
3. What Happened to the E-book Revolution? : The Gradual Integration of E-books into Academic Libraries.
作者:Connaway, Lynn Wicht, Heather
来源:Journal of Electronic Publishing; Aug2007, Vol. 10 Issue 3
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Foreign papers：Topics
• Just like Chinese papers: wide
• Academic library e-book service case:
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Wendy Allen Shelburne：E-book usage in an academic library: User
attitudes and behaviors
Justin Littman and Lynn Silipigni Connaway: A CIRCULATION ANALYSIS
OF PRINT BOOKS AND E-BOOKS IN AN ACADEMIC RESEARCH LIBRARY
Philippa Barr and Monica Landoni: Still Promoting E-books in Academic
Libraries
HAZEL WOODWARD：Acquiring E-Books for Academic Libraries
Mark R. Nelson: E-Books in higher Education: Nearing the end of the era
of Hype
Lynn Silipigni Connaway and Stephen R. Lawrence: A Comparison of the
Functions and Processes Associated with Identifying, Selecting, Acquiring,
and Organizing Paper Books and Electronic Books
Core Author：Lynn Silipigni Connaway
Her papers about e-book(1)
• Connaway, L. S. (2007). The future of e-books. In D. Kresh (Ed.), The
whole digital library handbook. Chicago: American Library Association.
• Connaway, L. S., & Wicht, H. L. (2007). What happened to the e-book
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revolution?: The gradual integration of e-books into academic libraries.
Journal of Electronic Publishing, 10(3).
Connaway, L. S., & Snyder, C. (2005). Transaction log analyses of
electronic book (eBook) usage. Against the Grain, 17(1), 85-89.
Littman, J., & Connaway, L. S. (2004). A circulation analysis of print books
and e-books in an academic research library. Library Resources & Technical
Services, 48(4), 256-262.
Connaway, L. S. (2003). Electronic books (eBooks): Current trends and
future directions. DESIDOC Bulletin of Information Technology, 23(1), 1318.
Connaway, L. S., & Lawrence, S. R. (2003). A comparison of the functions
and processes associated with identifying, selecting, acquiring, and
organizing paper books and electronic books. In H. A. Thompson (Ed.),
Learning to make a difference: Proceedings of the Eleventh National
Conference of the Association of College and Research Libraries, April 10-13,
2003, Charlotte, North Carolina (pp. 35-45). Chicago: Association of College
and Research Libraries.
Her papers about e-book(2)
• Hyatt, S., & Connaway, L. S. (October 10, 2002). Utilizing e-books
to enhance digital library offerings. Ariadne, 33.
• Connaway, L. S. (2001). Bringing electronic books (eBooks) into the
digital library. In M. E. Williams (Ed.), National Online 2001:
Proceedings of the 22nd National Online Meeting, New York, 15-17,
May 2001 (pp. 115-120). Medford, NJ: Information Today.
• Connaway, L. S. (September/October 2001). E-book trends in public
libraries. Public Libraries part E-libraries, 27-29.
• Connaway, L. S. (2001). Librarians, producers, and vendors: The
netLibrary experience. In A. M. Sandberg-Fox (Ed.), Proceedings of
the Bicentennial Conference on Bibliographic Control for the New
Millennium: Confronting the challenges of networked resources and
the Web: Washington, D.C., November 15-17, 2000 (pp. 429-437).
Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, Cataloging Distribution
Service.
Her papers about e-book(3)
• Connaway, L. S. (2001). netLibrary: Electronic book (eBook) content
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for the digital library. California Libraries, 11(4), 11-12.
Connaway, L. S. (2001). netLibrary: A Web-based electronic book
(eBook) library. Library Hi Tech, 19(4), 340-349.
Connaway, L. S. (2000). Bringing eBooks into the digital age. In C.
Nixon (Ed.), Internet Librarian International 2000: Proceedings,
London, UK, 20-22 March, 2000. Medford, NJ: Information Today,
Inc.
Connaway, L. S. (2000). eBooks: New opportunities and new
challenges. Technicalities, 20(5), 8-10.
Connaway, L. S. (2000). eBooks (still here) one year later: The year
in review by an eBook content provider. In R. Bazirjian, & V. Speck
(Eds.), 2000 Charleston Conference proceedings: Is bigger better?
Charleston, SC: Against the Grain Press.
A newly published monograph:
Foreign conferences(1)
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Electronic Book 1998
http://www.nist.gov/publication-portal.cfm
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Electronic Book 1999
September 21–22 Gaithersburg, Maryland
http://www.ala.org/ala/alonline/techspeaking/1999columns1/november1
999.cfm
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Electronic Book 2000
Sept. 25-27 in Washington
http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/releases/tn6229.cfm
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E-Book 2001 ：the 4th annual Electronic Book Conference
November 5-7 in Washington, DC
http://cool.conservation-us.org/byform/mailinglists/padg/2001/10/msg00000.html
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Foreign conferences(2)
 E-Book Conference in Ohio (USA)
May 8 & 9, 2003 in Dublin, Ohio
http://www.library.yale.edu/~llicense/ListArchi
ves/0303/msg00018.html
 eBooks in the Public Library Conference
Tuesday, March 16th, 2004 in New York City
http://www.openebook.org/library2004/
Foreign conferences(3)
• 2010 Midwinter Forum: Exploring E-Book
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Holdings: Relevance and Standards
Westin Waterfront--Webster (Boston, MA)
2010.1.16
AASL @ ALA 2010 Annual Conference
June 24-29, Washington, D.C.
PLA Packs ’Em In at 8th National
Conference in Charlotte, N.C.
March 28–April 1, 2000
Foreign Library
e-book reader lending practices
 Sparta Public Library, NJ. Lend Kindles ,2008.1
 University of Limerick, Ireland
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The library has 10 SONY PRS 600 Touch Edition e-book readers to lend to
students and staff from September 2010. E-readers may be borrowed for 1
week and must be borrowed from and returned to a library staff member
i.e. not at the self-service machines.
Bankier Library, Brookdale Community College
Bankier Library lends Kindle and iPad e-Book Readers to Brookdale
Community College students, faculty and staff for two weeks. The eBook
Readers have a selection of recent best-sellers and prize winning books on
a variety of topics.
Portsmouth Public Library
The Library has begun lending out 6 ebook reading devices:4 Kindles
(Amazon) 2 Nooks (Barnes & Noble) 2 Sony Readers "Touch Edition"
In Canada:
• only four public libraries in Canada were found
to be planning to loan e-book readers, these
include: Greater Victoria Public Library, Toronto
Public Library, Innisfil Public Library, and the
Region of Waterloo Library. Canadian academic
libraries were also found to be loaning or
planning to loan e-book readers these include:
Memorial University Library, University of
Winnipeg, McGill University Library and the
SIAST Libraries.
Foreign Summary
• There are a large number of papers, and
wide topics.
• Particularly concerning about Academic
Library
• Appearing core authors and monographs
• The conferences’ scales and influences are
bigger
• In 2008 began to loan e-book readers
Conclusion(1)
• On the surface, the emergence of e-books
is a kind of new electronic devices. But,
in-depth view, it is not simply a
breakthrough in information technology,
but a publishing\reading and learning
revolution. They are generating an
increasingly important influence on library
management and services.
Conclusion(2)
• Libraries need to change the traditional working
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mode to keep up with the fast development of
mass e-book resources, and to enhance the
value of library services.
Librarians must keep an open dialogue, willing
to try new models and plans to promote ebooks’ integration, transmission and distribution
in the existing library system and services.
Conclusion(3)
• Although e-book seems to have a rapid
development and a bright future, it cannot
completely "beat the paper books to
death” for quite some time. Now the
library should take more effort on
exploring how to achieve the balance
between the e-book service mode and the
paper book service mode.
Conclusion(4)
• Polarization may emerge in the market of future e-book
reader terminal: One kind is the general type, free,
satisfying the most basic needs of reading. What
libraries use now is this kind. Another kind is of all types
of magic and fashion functions. It can be seen as a
symbol of status. The former mainly profit from
contents, and the later rely on selling hardware.
However, on the whole, the price of e-books will
drastically decrease, and their contents 、applications
will be highly promoted——the promotion will even far
exceed our imagination today.
Thanks