Association of Latvian Academic
Libraries
General Meeting
19.03.2014
Bookshop Krisostomus
Maiu Niineste
maiu@kriso.ee
Introduction
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Bookshop Krisostomus offers not only
books and e-books, but also different
online resources
These resources are meant for
institutional clients, such as libraries
What are we going to talk about today?
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Wiley Online Books
Wiley Online Reference Works
What are online books?
E-books – meant for personal use,
downloaded to a reading device, usually in
PDF-format, protected by DRM
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O-books - available online, with enhanced
TOC, chapter summaries, etc; unlimited
access for multiple simultaneous users, license
agreement, no DRM
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Wiley Online Books
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The digital shift - about 35% of what Wiley
publishes is digital or has a digital component
Online Books are electronic versions of WileyBlackwell books available via the Wiley Online
Library
Wiley Online Books offers over 14,000 scholarly
and professional books, handbooks,
dictionaries, companions and landmark book
series
Subject areas covered by Wiley
Online Books
The most extensive multi-disciplinary collection of online
resources, with 104 sub-categories in the following areas:
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Agriculture, Aquaculture & Food
Science
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Law & Criminology
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Life Sciences
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Mathematics & Statistics
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Medicine
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Nursing, Dentistry and Healthcare
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Physical Sciences & Engineering
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Social & Behavioural Sciences
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Veterinary Medicine
Architecture & Planning
Art & Applied Arts
Business, Economics, Finance
& Accounting
Computer Science and
Information Technology
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Earth & Environment
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Humanities
Benefits for Libraries
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No DRM restrictions on downloads and printing
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Flexible selection by title or by collection
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Low-cost, high impact way to supplement or build a digital
book collection
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Unlimited, concurrent user access (IP based access)
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COUNTER-compliant usage data
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Enhanced MARC Records
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Perpetual access rights with one-time purchase
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Customer support, training and marketing resources for
your library
Benefits for Researchers and
Students
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No DRM restrictions on downloads and printing
Enhanced discoverability through powerful browse and
search functionality
Read, download or print by the chapter
Full integration with journals and other content on Wiley
Online Library
Flexible access 24/7, including remote access from your
home or on the road
Increased productivity and innovation through digital
format efficiencies
Purchase options:
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Title by title (Only 5 titles minimum!)
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By book series
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By subject collections
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Yearly package purchase option
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Usage based purchase model
Interested in a free trial? Go to out website
and fill in your information:
http://www.kriso.ee/
Wiley Online Reference Works
Online Reference Works are multi-volume encyclopedias,
handbooks and dictionaries within every category of
science, technology and medicine, available via Wiley
Online Library.
Quick Facts:
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An indispensable resource for undergraduate and
graduate students, lecturers and researchers
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Over 130 reference works titles
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18 Subject Collections
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Flexible purchasing options to suit your needs
Features include:
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Highly structured full-text articles presented in HTML with
embedded references
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Full-text articles available in PDF format for selected works
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Detailed descriptive abstracts and verified bibliographies
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Multi-level subject index
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Author index
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Unlimited, concurrent access for multiple users
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Perpetual access rights with one-time purchase
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MARC records included
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COUNTER-compliant usage data for your institution
Purchase options:
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One-time fee option: Pay once for perpetual
access
Annual subscription option: Provides access to
the active reference work for twelve months and
includes all updates
Interested in a free trial? Come visit our
website and fill in your information:
http://www.kriso.ee/
If you require any further information on
Wiley Online Library or would like to learn
about other online-resources we offer,
please go to:
www.kriso.ee
Thank you!