Introduction to netLibrary
2004
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Topics
• Definitions
• Benefits
• The collection
• Selecting titles and ordering
• Access & authentication
• Pricing m odel
• Enhancem ents & developm ent
W ho are netLibrary?
• A division ofOCLC
• The leading providerofelectronic books to the
institutionallibrary m arket
• netLibrary offers an easy-to-use inform ation and
retrievalsystem foraccessing the fulltextofreference,
scholarly,and professionalbooks
• A single interface to search and read over40,000
eBook titles from m ore than 300 com m ercialand
academ ic publishers
• Founded in August1998,netLibrary is located in
Boulder,Colorado
• netLibrary services m ore than 6,600 academ ic,public,
and speciallibraries worldwide
W hatis an eBook?
• Text
– Electronic files ofwords and im ages thatare ofbook length,
form atted fordisplay on one orm ore devices known as
eBook readers
• Software
– eBook readersoftware enables the display ofeBooks on
PCs orotherdevices
– e.g.AcrobateBook Reader,M icroSoftReader,W eb browser
• Hardware
– eBook readers are devices used to read eBooks
– Dedicated -e.g.Gem starREB 1100 & 1200,eBookm an etc.
– Handheld/PDAs – e.g.Psion,Palm ,PocketPCs etc.
– PCs
Benefits ofeBooks forlibraries
• Reducing orelim inating costs associated with
printbook storage,replacem ent,and m aintenance
• No physicalspace requirem ents
• Libraries can add titles to existing collections without
building orexpanding costly new storage facilities
• The costs associated with shipping books and
replacing lost,stolen,ordam aged books are
elim inated.
• eBooks are checked in autom atically,elim inating
• re-shelving
• adm inistration ofoverdue fees
Benefits ofeBooks forusers
• Global,anytim e accessibility
– users have access to eBooks twenty-four-hours-a-day,sevendays-a-week from anywhere in the world
– Supportdistance and distributed learning
• Ability to search within a book and across a collection
ofbooks
• Links to otherresources,including dictionaries and
thesauri
• Accessible using standard W eb browsers -no special
devices required
The netLibrary collection
• Total– 41,888
• Public Dom ain titles – 3,846
– Public Collection – free,out-of-copyrighteBooks,
– including classic works offiction,speeches,
governm entreports…
• Copyrighttitles – 38,042
– From m ore than 300 com m ercialand academ ic
presses
– netLibrary works with libraries to selectand
develop theircustom ized collections
netLibrary Publishers 300+
• Com m ercialinclude:
– M cGraw-Hill
• Academ ic presses
include:
– M arcelDekker
– Oxford University
– W iley
– Cam bridge University
– Routledge
– University ofW ales
– Sage
– Edinburgh University
– ABC-CLIO
– BlackwellPublishers
• plus m any U.S.
university presses
– BlackwellScience
– Kluwer
– Butterworth-Heinem ann
Listavailable at:
http://www.netlibrary.com /about_us/publishers/publisher_list.asp
netLibrary copyrighttitles
by subject
Economics and Business
16%
Other
32%
Literature
10%
American History
8%
Philosophy
Medicine, Health, Wellness
4%
7%
Education
Religion
4%
Sociology
5%
4% History Technology
5% & Engineering
5%
netLibrary copyrighttitles
by yearofpublication
netLibrary Collection by Date
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netLibrary collection growth
netLibrary Titles Added per Month
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netLibrary collection developm ent
• High value,currentcontentto supporta broad
com m unity ofusers currently defined as academ ic,
public,schooland speciallibraries
• Titles range in scope from core academ ic areas to
specialcollections ofin-depth,scholarly m aterials
available as a group
• Librarians are em ployed in netLibrary’sResearch and
Library System s Departm entto work with publisher
relations to bring in new contentand publishers to
enrich the collection.
• netLibrary’s Collection Developm entPolicy m ay be
viewed on both the netLibraryweb site,
www.netLibrary.com ,and the eBook ToolKitweb site,
www.ebooktoolkit.com
Selecting titles and ordering
• TitleSelectTM
http://www.netlibrary.com /titleselect
– Assess the collection,select& subm ittitle lists
• Search the entire eBook catalogue
• Browse predefined collections developed by netLibrary
• Create,save and share title lists
• Subm ityourcollection listfororderprocessing
• netLibrary public web site
http://www.netlibrary.com
– Assess the online readerby viewing sam ple titles
Connecting to netLibrary
• Through a web page link to
http://www.netlibrary.com
• Yourpage can include
explanatory/encouraging textand links to a
FAQ,dem o,QuickStartguides etc.
• Tips and web site integration m aterials are
available from http://www.ebooktoolkit.com
Connecting to netLibrary
• Through yourOPAC
– by integrating eBook M ARC records into your
catalogue
– These are supplied by OCLC
• Included in the netLibraryaccess fee
• No separate paym entforM ARC records
– Users can link directly from an OPAC record to the
relevantsum m ary page forthe given title in
netLibrarywhere they can open or‘check-out’the
eBook
– OPAC access can dram atically increase usage
Authentication
• Institutional
– Recognise users’affiliations in orderto log them in to
the correctcollection and branded web site
• IP address
• Referring URL
– Users can then create a m em ber/personalaccount
• Individual
– Usernam e & password ofnetLibrarym em beraccount
– users log in from anywhere with an accountthatwas
previously created as above
Userlevels
• An anonym ous user
– Can search and browse a library’s eBook collection as long as
they are accessing netLibraryfrom an IP authenticated
com puterorreferring URL
– Cannotcheck outeBooks
– Like a walk-in user
• A netLibrarym em ber
– Has options to browse and check outeBooks from her/his
library’s collection from any com puterwith Internetaccess –
on oroff‘cam pus’
– Can also create bookm arks,notes and a listoffavourite titles
– To becom e a netLibraryM em berusers m ustcreate a
netLibraryaccountfrom an IP authenticated com puteror
referring URL
Access m odels
• Publishers & netLibrary control
– Num berofsim ultaneous users foreach book
– netLibrary m odel= one-ebook-one-sim ultaneoususer
• Libraries control,through the netLibrary
Resource Centre:
– the num berofeBooksthateach usercan check out
atone tim e
– the length of‘loan’/check outperiods
Pricing
• 2 elem ents -Contentand Access
• price schedule
• Details at:
http://www.netlibrary.com/access_options.asp
Pricing -Content
• The e-book price is determ ined by the publisherofthe
content
• The m ajority are the sam e price as the hardcopy book
• M inim um initialorder= 100 eBooks
– Prepare to be flexible
Pricing -Access
• Prepaid Ongoing Access
– Prepaym entofservice fees
– 55% ofthe retailprice ofthe contentpurchased,payable at
the tim e ofpurchase
– Provides forcontinuing access via the currentelectronic
bookshelftechnology,including upgrades and enhancem ents
– Furtherfees m ay be payable in the eventofthe need to
m igrate contentto a new technology platform
• AnnualService Fee
– 15% ofthe retailprice ofthe contentpurchased,payable at
the tim e ofpurchase and annually on the anniversary ofthe
purchase
– Conversion from Annualto Prepaid:fees due based on
prorated recognition ofannualfees previously paid
– Ifa library stops paying annualaccess fee,netLibrary will
provide a CD ofthe e-books
Access fees cover:
• Hosting,serving,and providing library and useraccess to the
eBook contentpurchased by a library,including the m anagem ent
ofadditions and deletions to the library's collection(s)on an ongoing basis.
• Use ofthe netLibrarysearch functionality,with upgrades that
netLibrarym ay choose to im plem ent.
• OCLC eBook M ARC records foralltitles purchased
• Access to Houghton M ifflin Am erican Heritage Dictionary,4th
edition in alleBooks purchased
• Access to Library Resource Center,including reporting
functionality and the eBook ToolKitfortraining,m arketing and
prom otionalsupport
• Access to online collection developm ent,acquisition,and
deselection tools
• Librarian and UserSupport
netLibrary developm ent
• The Collection
– OCLC fiscal2003 Corporate Operating Plan
includes,as a m ajorpriority,increasing the num ber
oftitles in the netLibrarycollection to 65,000
• Interface
– Recentenhancem ents include:
• Notes
• Bookm arks
• Opening m ultiple eBookssim ultaneously
• Beginning to negotiate foreign language content
Questions
Com m ents