Michael Jongen, Library Services Coordinator

Facilitating access to digital content in schools

May 2013

• A not-for-profit, ministerial company established to provide services to the Standing Council on School Education and Early Childhood (SCSEEC)

• Assists with the infrastructure and content to support implementation of national initiatives such as the Australian Curriculum and National Professional Standards for Teachers

• Existing services: SCIS, Curriculum Press, myfuture, edu.au domain registrar, Scootle

Education Services Australia

esa.edu.au

Where are we at?

Cuddling with multiple devices by Jeremy Keith 2011, CC-by

• apps• audio books• digital video• e-books• learning objects• websites

What is digital content?

www.pcmag.com

• instant access• take up less space, free up shelves• portable• hyperlinked, interactive, searchable• democratic• greener

Benefits of digital content

• purpose• format• function• library: public, school, academic, special• publishers: scholarly or trade• devices: compatibility with systems

On the same page?

Why do we want/need to change?

Kindle, eReaders, & iPad-0 by The Daring Librarian Gwyneth Jones CC-by-sa

• community• budgets• infrastructure• policies• subscription models

Change

BYOD

BYOD by jennip98 Jenny ParkerCC-by

School library catalogues provide access to learning resources for the school

community

Students and staff expect to search in only one place

to find school resources

The principles and standards that have served well for physical resources can be applied to digital resources

SCIS catalogues digital content

SCIS standards

www.esa.edu.au/scis/help.html

SCIS is a selection source

Apps

www.smh.com.au/it-pro/business-it/move-over-browsers-apps-are-the-new-way-to-surf-the-net-20130117-2cvn4.html#ixzz2TWeIjGlD

Mary and iPadmini by Michael Jongen

Wellington Libraries phone app

Websites

Scootle

www.scootle.edu.au

Learning objects

Audio books

Digital video

E-books

e-book or app?

ALIA think tank 2013

ALIA (2013). ‘E-books and e-Lending issues paper’ alia.org.au/advocacy/Ebooks.and.Elending.Issues.Paper.v4.130107.pdf

Charging of all the things by Zzap Instagram Used with permission

1. Digital Rights Management (DRM)

2. content3. procurement4. operations5. lending and access

• Curriculum Press www.curriculumpress.edu.au/ebook• Infobase Learning www.infobasepublishing.com• INT books:

www.intbooks.com.au/pdf-pages/INT2012Cat• Overdrive: http://search.overdrive.com• Spinney Press: http://spinneypress.com.au• Wheelers: www.wheelersbooks.com.au/info/ebooks• Ziptales: www.ziptales.com

What e-books will I find in SCIS?

Free e-books

Project Gutenberg

Restrictions on access

If the item is available only on subscription, include a note.

Example

A subscription is required to access this resource.

URL (MARC tag 856) specific to your catalogue

Your work flow

Wheeler’s ePlatform

http://eds.wheelers.co

SCIS records for Overdrive

E-books in your school catalogue

icentre.suzannecoryhs.vic.edu.au/oliver

School digital library

web.mlmclilydale.catholic.edu.au/?p=library

Curriculum Press

curriculumpress.edu.au

Purchasing e-books

Read the licence

curriculumpress.edu.au/ebook

• How do we provide users with seamless access from catalogue record to digital content?

• If you create or acquire digital content what strategy do you have for cataloguing it?

• What is the demand for e-books and digital content in your school community?

• What is your school’s plan for integrated access to all learning resources?

Discussion

• SCIS professional learning programwww.esa.edu.au/scis/professional_learning.html

• SCIS updates• @schoolscatinfo

facebook.com/schoolscatinfo

Keeping in touch

Cisco 2013, ‘Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast Update, 2012–2017’ Cisco Visual Networking Index, Cisco. Available: http://cisco.com/en/US/solutions/collateral/ns341/ns525/ns537/ns705/ns827/white_paper_c11-520862.pdf

ALIA 2013 ‘E-books and e-Lending issues paper’, www.alia.org.au/advocacy/E-books.and.E-Lending.Issues.Paper.v4.130107.pdf

Crozier Ry 2013 ‘NSW pushes eBooks, BYOD for public schools’ ITNews, www.itnews.com.au/News/338090,nsw-pushes-ebooks-byod-for-public-schools.aspx

Civic agenda for IFLA 2012 ‘Libraries, e-Lending and the Future of Public Access to Digital Content’ http://www.ifla.org/files/assets/hq/topics/e-lending/thinkpiece-on-libraries-elending.pdf

References