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Community Reading Platforms:Transforming Libraries, Impacting the Classroom

Presenters

Moderator

Steven YatesSteven serves as the president of

the American Association of School Librarians. He is the school library media program coordinator at the University of Alabama School of Library and Information Studies.

Jennifer VerbruggeLibrary Program and

Partnership Coordinator at Minnesota Department

of Education

Valerie HortonDirector, Minitex

Joe RileySales Manager for Flux, an imprint of

North Star Editions

Karen QualeyBloomington

Schools

Lisa GearmanChaska Schools

Jessica DugganChief Operating

Officer, BiblioLabs

Jennifer VerbruggeLibrary Program and Partnership

Coordinator

Ebooks Minnesota - Origins

Catalyst

The Question:

How can we make more eBooks available to our users for less money and with fewer restrictions?

Leading for educational excellence and equity, every day for every one. | education.state.mn.us

Team

• State Librarian

• Academic Library System Director

• Public Library System Director

• Library Network Director

• Regional Public Library System Director

• Multicounty, Multitype Library System Director

• Library Media Specialist

• Academic Library Director

• State Library Support Staff


Goals

• Foster improved knowledge about eBooks

• Engage all types of libraries

• Inform local activities

• Identify priorities in next steps for statewide action


Project


Explore eBooks MN, Part 1

• Webinar series, presented by eBook experts, including

• J amie LaRue, former director of Douglas County Libraries (CO)

• J o Budler, Kansas State Librarian

• Sue Polanka, Wright State University Libraries (OH)

• Topics included

• Basics of eBook terminology

• Challenges to eBook access

• Differences among models used by academic, public, K-12 libraries


Explore eBooks MN, Part 2

• Summit at a central location; all librarians invited to share ideas and discuss future plans

• Keynote presentations

• Deb Hoadley, Massachusetts E-Book Project

• Kim Armstrong & Mark Sandler, Center for Library Initiatives

• Discussion facilitated by Minnesota Technology of Participation

• Asked question:

What actions can we take to enhance user experiences with eBooks in Minnesota?


Explore eBooks MN Outputs

• Webinars

• 500 pre-registered

• 370 live-attended

• 276 viewed archives

• Summit

• 100 librarians representing all types of libraries from across the state came together


Explore eBooks MN Outcomes

• Many recommendations, but most common were:

• Come up with statewide plan

• Create statewide ebook collection

• Build shared content

• Ensure ease of use; minimize barriers to access, esp. for students

• Help Minnesotans create their own content

• Provide ongoing training and support


Project Funding

• State Library Services gave Minitex a two-year LSTA grant to purchase content for children and youth

• Minitex leveraged available funds to purchase the platform and contributed funds for titles of interest to all ages


Result


Ebooks Minnesota

www.ebooksmn.org

Valerie HortonMinitex

Ebooks Minnesota

Launched Leap Day 20164,100+ titles from 13

publisher collectionsOver 120,000 opens (30 per title)

Ebooks Minnesota

• Easy-to-use• For all ages, readers• Geo-located to Minnesota• Unlimited usage (no holds)• No checkout periods• OWN the titles• Integrated into library catalogs (API’s, OCLC’s Knowledge base, MARC)

Focus: MN Independent Publishers

● Purchase entire collection or mid-list sets

● MN has 12 of top 40school publishers

● MN content● Public domain● Dual language kids titles

Focus: MN Independent Publishers

Wide Variety of

Titles

Ebooks Minnesota

PR - ebooksmn.org/about

Creative Use and Reuse

Transforming Libraries,Impacting the Classroom

A Publisher’s Perspective

Joe Riley, North Star Editions

The Publisher’s Perspective: Revenue + Discovery

Who is North Star Editions?

North Star Editions is a publishing company dedicated to guiding readers toward a lifetime love of reading. NSE offers fiction and nonfiction for

readers of all ages that inspires, informs, and entertains. We were founded on July 1, 2016.

We have two imprints and one imprint we are the exclusive distributor…

About North Star Editions

What do we publish and distribute?

● NSE purchased the young adult imprint Flux from Llewellyn Worldwide on J uly 1, 2016.

● NSE also acquired the assets of J olly Fish Press, a Utah-based publisher of young adult, middle-grade fiction, and adult fiction, on November 1, 2016.

● NSE is also the exclusive distributor for Focus Readers imprint nonfiction school and library books and eBooks.

Publishing and Distribution

Why did we decide to add our books to Ebooks Minnesota?In July of 2016 we were approached to add our Flux titles to Ebooks Minnesota.

How did we decide to become part of this program?● We wanted increased exposure and use of our backlist eBooks

● We wanted to drive awareness of North Star Editions and our recent acquisition of the Flux imprint-which is a well-known YA Fiction imprint

● We wanted to drive incremental revenue for the backlist tiles in our Flux imprint and raise awareness of our books to a set of readers who may not have been exposed to our titles

Becoming a part of Ebooks Minnesota

What did we not include?

● We did not include any books that were published in the Fall 2015 or Spring 2016 to preserve the initial digital revenue potential for these books across all markets

Becoming a part of Ebooks Minnesota

What are our plans going forward?We plan to continue to work with Ebooks Minnesota and plan to offer:

● The Fall 2015 Flux titles

● The J olly Fish Press titles published prior to 2015

● The Focus Reader titles we released in J anuary 2017

The Future of North Star Editions + Ebooks Minnesota

Lisa GearmanInformation Innovation Learning SpecialistChaska High School, Eastern Carver County [email protected]@learnerlisa1

How it Works on the Ground

mailto:[email protected]

1500+ Students

14 K-12Schools in

district, two high schools

Schools

25% Free & Reduced

About Chaska High School

1:1 Chromebooks(gradual rollout over past

three years)

Tech at CHS

Promote through:

● Students - Library Orientation Road Show, Study Skills classes

● ELA teachers, EL teachers

● Media colleagues in Eastern Carver County Schools

● Fellow colleagues of Information and Technology Educators of MN (ITEM)

Ebooks Minnesota at CHS

Impact:

● The library is never really closed!

● Learning is mobile, on-demand

● Simultaneous use

● Creates or bolsters any existing eBook platforms; important when funds are limited or nonexistent

● Biblioboard app provides additional avenue for access on mobile phones

Ebooks Minnesota at CHS

● Curating digital resources and tools

● Empowering students as creators -can upload their own eBooks

● Building instructional partnerships

● Ensuring equitable digital access

● Invest strategically in digital resources https:/ / goo.gl/wfvmK9

Supporting Personalized Learning

Karen QualeyDigital Learning CoordinatorBloomington Public [email protected]@karenqualey

“We will personalize learning to support students along their pathway to college and career readiness.”

How it Works on the Ground

mailto:[email protected]

About Bloomington

Tech in BPS

Promote with:

● 15 Media Directors (school librarians)

● Next Technologies for Learning site leaders (tech integrationists, school librarians)

● ELA Curriculum specialists ● Reading specialists, LA teachers

● EL Coordinators

● Office of Educational Equity

● Special Services

Ebooks Minnesota in BPS

● Creation and curation of digital content

● Anytime, anywhere access to reading materials

● Read for learning and enjoyment interchangeably (as it should be!)

● Connect to items linked with course content

● Integration with existing eBook platform (MackinVia)

● Exploration of Electronic Library for Minnesota

Supporting Personalized Learning

Tracking Usage Data: Measuring Community Impact

Jessica DugganChief Operating Officer,BiblioLabs


● Using a number of ways to gather data

● Measuring Impact to see trends and tell stories


Promotion Trends


Series/Trilogy Trends


City-Level Stories


The Future

Thank you for attending today’s webinar.

Our Q+A session will begin now.

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