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e-books: What Have We Learned?Where Are We Going?
©2003 Janis Bandelin & James Rettig
What Have We Learned?
Where Are We Going?Janis Bandelin, Furman UniversityJim Rettig, University of Richmond
e-books:
with reactions by
Leland Park, Davidson College
Brad Norris, netLibrary
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e-books: What Have We Learned?Where Are We Going?
©2003 Janis Bandelin & James Rettig
What Have We Learned?Where Are We Going?
©2003 Janis Bandelin and James RettigAll rights reserved. For permissions:
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e-books: What Have We Learned?Where Are We Going?
©2003 Janis Bandelin & James Rettig
Associated Collegesof the South
• 16 liberal arts colleges– http://www.colleges.org
• Spring 2000 consortial purchase– 3 lead institutions– 10 others joined– 500 titles selected
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e-books: What Have We Learned?Where Are We Going?
©2003 Janis Bandelin & James Rettig
SOLINET Collections
• SOLINET 1 in 2000: 16,355 titles– Purchased by 4 ACS shared collection
participants
• SOLINET 2 in 2001: 11,311 titles– Purchased by 7 ACS shared
collection participants
• All 3 collections purchased by 4 ACS schools
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e-books: What Have We Learned?Where Are We Going?
©2003 Janis Bandelin & James Rettig
The OPAC Effect
• ACS collection– 9 of 13 have
loaded MARC records
• SOLINET 1 – 3 of 4 have loaded
MARC records
• SOLINET 2 – 6 of 7 have loaded
MARC records
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The OPAC Effect—ACS
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113
137 141
34
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105
16 14 104
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MARC RECORDS NO MARC RECORDS
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The OPAC Effect—ACS
0.00%
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MARC RECORDS 0.042 0.32 0.226 0.274 0.282 0.068 0.488 0.134 0.21
NO MARC RECORDS 0.032 0.028 0.02 0.008
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The OPAC Effect—SOLINET
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131
541
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MARC SOLINET 1 MARC SOLINET 2 NO MARC SOLINET 1 NO MARC SOLINET 2
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e-books: What Have We Learned?Where Are We Going?
©2003 Janis Bandelin & James Rettig
e-book and Print Use Compared
At one
institution:
12.3% of e-
books used
At the same institution:
12.7% of printed books used in same period
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e-books: What Have We Learned?Where Are We Going?
©2003 Janis Bandelin & James Rettig
Words Spoken at Fall Convocation 2000
Furman Libraries… • Have embraced proven
technologies• Are investigating new
technologies
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e-books: What Have We Learned?Where Are We Going?
©2003 Janis Bandelin & James Rettig
Furman E- book Use Survey 2001
Majority of respondents were:– Faculty– Checked out 1-2 books– Had read 10-20 pages online– Preferred the print format
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e-books: What Have We Learned?Where Are We Going?
©2003 Janis Bandelin & James Rettig
Survey Findings - 2001
Disadvantages• Response time –
discouragingly slow
• Setting up account is cumbersome
• Uncomfortable to read online
Advantages• Access from
desktop• Ability to search
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e-books: What Have We Learned?Where Are We Going?
©2003 Janis Bandelin & James Rettig
Lessons Learned in 2001
• Strategy for promotion paid off• Success of e-books tied to
robustness of network • Print was preferred
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e-books: What Have We Learned?Where Are We Going?
©2003 Janis Bandelin & James Rettig
Furman E-Book Use
Time Frame #Access Titles Sept ’00 – June ’01 352 500
July ’01 – June ’02 137 500
July ’02 – Mar ’03 281 7500
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e-books: What Have We Learned?Where Are We Going?
©2003 Janis Bandelin & James Rettig
E-Book Use by Furman Faculty
E-mail sent in early March• Explained our e-book “history”• Expressed interest in faculty use
and satisfaction with our e-books• “If you have used an e-book Since September 2002, please respond…”
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Responses by Furman Faculty
• Out of 220 faculty • 2 responses• Assistant professors in English,
Philosophy• Described their e-book use as
positive
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e-books: What Have We Learned?Where Are We Going?
©2003 Janis Bandelin & James Rettig
ACS E-Book Collection Development Survey
• 92% overall response rate• 8 purchased additional netLibrary titles• From a handful to thousands• Most purchased SOLINET collections• 4 did not purchase more titles
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Purchases from Other E-book Vendors
• 3 libraries made purchases from other vendors
• 2 libraries purchased the ACLS History collection
• 1 library purchased titles from Plunkett Research
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e-books: What Have We Learned?Where Are We Going?
©2003 Janis Bandelin & James Rettig
Routine Check of E-book Availability
• 9 libraries do not check• 3 libraries routinely check all titles• 1 library checks only reference titles• None indicated that the e-book was
the preferred format
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e-books: What Have We Learned?Where Are We Going?
©2003 Janis Bandelin & James Rettig
Specific Requests for E-books
• 2 of 12 libraries • Requested by faculty• From vendors other than
netLibrary
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e-books: What Have We Learned?Where Are We Going?
©2003 Janis Bandelin & James Rettig
Evaluation of E-Book use
• No formal evaluation of user satisfaction
• Anecdotal information from users
• 6 of 12 libraries examined use statistics
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e-books: What Have We Learned?Where Are We Going?
©2003 Janis Bandelin & James Rettig
E-books will not catch on until…
“… the collection reaches a certain size…andlevel of functionality and utility.”“…there’s more bandwidth on campus.”“…the circulation model is lessuser-hostile.”“…devices for using them are more user-friendly and ubiquitous.”
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©2003 Janis Bandelin & James Rettig
E-Books
• “… are well-suited to reference works that are briefly consulted for facts.”
• “…use will grow as more titles crop up
in patrons’ searches.”• “… use would increase with more portability.”
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e-books: What Have We Learned?Where Are We Going?
©2003 Janis Bandelin & James Rettig
Go Figure…
“Electronic book sales have grown 1,447% resulting in sales of 3.3
million in January 2003, up from $211,000
in 2002.” Association of American Publishers
As reported in Library Hotline, 3/31/03
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• Seamless integration into the
OPAC
• Single chapters of books available
for e-reserve
• Integration into approval plans
Issues #1
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PDF HTMLVS.
Old Paradigm More Flexible
Issues #2
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Issues #3
Most Flexible
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e-books: What Have We Learned?Where Are We Going?
©2003 Janis Bandelin & James Rettig
Issues #4
Effects of the “gobbetization” of Knowledge?
• On readers’ understanding?
• On authors’ ways of presenting Information?
• On scholarly communication in the future
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©2003 Janis Bandelin & James Rettig
Issues #5
Need to reconceptualize
the book for the new medium
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e-books: What Have We Learned?Where Are We Going?
©2003 Janis Bandelin & James Rettig
e-Books: A Response
Dr. Leland ParkDavidson College
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©2003 Janis Bandelin & James Rettig
e-Books: Another Response
Brad NorrisnetLibrary
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©2003 Janis Bandelin & James Rettig
Questions
and discussion