Selection of E-books

Group 2 Project

Feb. 24, 2010

Price

• As always, this is a contributing factor in decisions about what to purchase.

• This can be affected by the number of students allowed to use the copy at a time or if it may be available for whole group use. Many popular e-books are “one copy-one student”, which means they can only be used by one at a time.

• Are consortial discounts available?• Many classics are actually available free of

charge.

Demand and Use

• What are teachers/ students asking for/ needing??

• What items are needed to cover the curriculum in your school?

• Our goal is to provide “the right book for the right reader at the right time.” (Case, B)

• “Popularity”

Quality (functionality and usability)

• Items of higher quality may be more easily used or accessed.

• Include aesthetics as you look into this.

Hardware Features (library infrastructure)

• We must consider what hardware is needed to utilize the materials.

• What hardware do we have??

• What hardware do we need to add??

• How much can we acquire?

Vendor Responsibilities

• With e-books it is necessary to look at what responsibilities fall on the local system and what responsibilities belong to the vendor.

• Will these be automatically renewed?

• Who will update/ maintain the e-books?

Sources

• Case, B. (2000). Love's Labour's Lost: The Failure of Traditional Selection Practice in the Acquisition of Humanities Electronic Texts. Library Trends, 48(4), 729. Retrieved from Academic Search Complete database.

• Holleman, C. (2000). Electronic Resources: Are Basic Criteria for the Selection of Materials Changing? Library Trends, 48(4), 694. Retrieved from Academic Search Complete database.

• http://overdrive.com/products/sdl • http://home.wanadoo.nl/cecilia.mccabe/instructions.htm