E-book experiences so far

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E-book experiences so far

Bazaar of Ideas

EBSLG May 30, 2003University of Economics, Prague

Some thoughts about the e-book future at LASB

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Project e-books at LASB

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How will the Research Libraries be part of a Flexible Learning Environment

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Project e-books Mandate

• Test professional breadth, academic level, subject coverage• Identify types of problems:

- need for tools to handle e-books- changed routines- changed aquisition requests- influence on the budget for acquisition of

materials• The users’ reactions to access and use• Test the different business concepts• ”Look-out” function – State of the Art

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Presentation of Project e-books

• Homepage• Courses for staff, students, teachers• Articles, advertisements, demos• Records in the LASB library systen (ALEPH)

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• Only one user at a time can use the e-book

• 133 users have been rejected on 22 titles (October 2002-April 2003)

• Business model – problematic?

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• One half of the consortium titles have been used(Cct.-Apr. 2003)

- 79 of them have been purchased by LASB- 25 most used have been purchased by LASB

• Is the LASB selection relevant?

Used between 55-50 times: 1 titleUsed between 49-40 times: 1 titleUsed between 39-30 times: 3 titlesUsed between 29-20 times: 5 titlesUsed between 19-10 times : 11 titlesUsed between 9-5 times: 31 titlesUsed between 4-2 times: 34 titlesUsed only once: 26 titles

Netlibrary – Result of Mid-term Evaluation – April 2003

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Final Evaluation will include

• Statistical investigation of the amount of books used• A web-based questionnaire investigation amongst the

target group• A ”think-loud test” of the users – indentify the types of problems• Focus group discussions – solutions, proposals for improvements

- researchers, teachers- students

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The Future for e-books in LASB (1)

Two strong barriers have been removed – Autumn 2002

• LDAP – access to e-books/e-resoures from outside campus

• CampusNet – ASB´s interactive web-based communication for students and staff.

- information sharing tools- personal information- course materials – digital library

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The future for e-books i LASB

• Business concept: Ebrary model• Extent: < 5 years – about 50% of the budget for

aquisition of material• Influence on processes etc.:

- ILL- Cataloguing/acquisition- Maintenance of holdings- The physical library/room

• Use:- Supplementary- Reference books- Course material- Doublings

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