Product Overview
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Product Overview
http://community.ebooklibrary.org/Moscow 24th November 2011
…How many book titles are there in the world?
130,000,000
…Is there any library that has enough book titles?
No!...There will always be a need for one book more…
Type of Books According to User’s Needs…
Type of Books by Purpose They Serve
Entertainment
Self-Help
Exam Preparation
Research
Number of Books per User
Entertainment
Self-Help
Exam Preparation
Research
Lowest Highest
Number of User’s Visits to the Library
Entertainment
Self-Help
Exam Preparation
Research
Lowest Highest
Number of Library’s Loans per User
Entertainment
Self-Help
Exam Preparation
Research
Lowest Highest
Average Age Of Book
Entertainment
Self-Help
Exam Preparation
Research
Newer Older
What Percentage of Books Cited by Humanities Researchers Are at least 50
Years Old?
One in every three Books is at least 80 years
Two out of three cited Books are older than 50 years!
More than 60% of Books cited by researchers were originally published over 50 years ago!Source: Thomson Reuters'ISI Web of Science, 2007
What Percentage of Books Cited by SCIENCE Researchers Are at least 50 Years
Old?
More than 55% of Books cited by researchers were originally published over 50 years ago!Source: Nobel Laureate Kary B. Mullis December 2006
One in every three Books is at least 80 years old
One in every two books is at least 50 years old
Only 21% of Books less than 30 years old
Average Age Of Book
Entertainment
Self-Help
Exam Preparation
Research
Newer Older
Research Books Are the Biggest Driver of Library’s Traffic and Circulation
• Oldest age of all type of Books
• Highest number of Books per user
• Highest number of user’s visits to the library
• Highest number of loans per user
From Books to eBooks…
The Rise of the eBook
E-Books second most important “Research Resource”
More important than…• Print Books• Print Textbooks• E-Journals• Electronic Databases
Source: Global Student eBook Survey 2008 - eBrary
…62% of eBook consumers interested in using eReaders and/or Mobile Phone to read an eBook…
Source: PriceGrabber eBook and eReader Survey 2010
What is it?2,100,000
eBooks & eDocuments23,000 Audio Books MP3
3,000,000 eBooks!!!January 2012
Research, Rare, and Special eBooks
Type of Books by Purpose They Serve
Entertainment
Self-Help
Exam Preparation
Research
+250 Collections!
Diversity of Sources
Adobe Collection Air University Press Alex Wire Tap American Libraries Collection
Authors Community Baen Collection Biodiversity Heritage Collection British Library Collection
Buddhist Literature Collection World Indigenous Studies Christian Classics Ethereal Amazon Kindle Collection
Department of Education Department of Commerce Government Printing Office Small Business Administration
Technology Administration N.A.S.A. Department of Defense White House Publications
European Libraries Collection New American Century Penn State University Universal Library Collection
The Victorian Prose Archive World Bank Collection G.A.I.R. OfficeFederal Trade Commission
United Nations Collection World Health Organization Environmental Protection Transportation Safety
Canadian Libraries Collection Coradella Collegiate Collection Blackmask Collection Int. Music Scores Library
Project Madurai Collection Sacred Text Collection National Oceanic Admin. Department of Energy
3,000,000 eBooksOne-Search
User-Ownership!Accessibility
PC
Laptop Sony Reader
Kindle Smart-Phone
Blackberry
iPad
iPhone/iPod
Research, Rare, and Special eBooks
Discovery Technologies
American Libraries Collection
British Library Collection
Technology Administration
Environmental Protection
Department of Education
100+ Catalog Collections LC Based Classification
Thermodynamics
Electricity
Magnetism
Geophysics
Geomagnetism
Meteorology
Climatology
Acoustics
Optics
Math Collection
Political Theory
Theories of the StateSovereignty Nationalism
Patriotism Forms of the State
Modern State
Municipal Government
Political Science Collection
Sociology Social Control
Social Psychology
Social Institutions Schools of Sociology
Social Perception Deviant Behavior
Sociology Collection
100+ Academic Collections
100+ Academic CollectionsSearchable…
Individually
Or in clusters!
Quality of eBook
Quality eBook Anywhere…
Digitally Re-Mastered
World eBook Library
World eBook LibraryDigitally Re-Mastered
eBook
Highlighted Text from Text-Search Results
Digitized Books Key Issues: Unfinished eBooks
Eyes-strainingYellowish pages
Without OCR“Text-Search”
DisorientedText
Wrongly sizedFile
Only re-Mastered Edition of “Digitized Books” Worldwide…
Only re-Mastered Edition of “Digitized Books” Worldwide…
Only re-Mastered Edition of “Digitized Books” Worldwide…
Only re-Mastered Edition of “Digitized Books” Worldwide…
Only re-Mastered Edition of “Digitized Books” Worldwide…
Only re-Mastered Edition of “Digitized Books” Worldwide…
2,100,000 eBooksOne-Search
One-Small-PriceUser-Ownership!
Accessibility
PC
Laptop Sony Reader
Kindle Smart-Phone
Blackberry
iPad
iPhone/iPod
Research, Rare, and Special eBooks
Library Content Management
• MARC Records
• Direct title download from library platform
• Usage statistics
• Unlimited simultaneous users
• Unlimited content download full-text
• Free cataloging, publishing and hosting service
Making Undiscoverable eBooks Discoverable for patrons…
Making the Library…“The One-Stop-Shop for eBooks”
THANK YOU!