digital books committee on the library december 2010
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Digital Books
Committee on the LibraryDecember 2010
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Current situation for libraries
• Device-based books are problematic, due to licenses and digital rights management (DRM)
• Books sold as packages, as subscriptions, or as individual books
• Contracts, vendor features, and DRM limitations are very unique and very non-standard
• Fondren is emphasizing content that is not tied to a specific device, and is using non-proprietary formats
• Fondren seeks to expand purchase of individual books and struggles with packages
• Fondren is trying to work with vendors who allow readers the greatest use of content
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Questions
1. Digital Books versus Print Books
2. “Patron initiated acquisitions” aka Order On Demand
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Paper vs. E-book?
• E-only acceptable for books?
• All or only for specific types of material?
• What criteria? For example:• Delay following print availability• Nature of content/use• Features (simultaneous use, print/export
restrictions, sign on requirements, etc.)
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Order on Demand (OOD)
• Can be digital books or print books
• Records are loaded into catalog
• Selecting print item issues order• (Paper received in 8-10 weeks)
• Selecting/entering e-book equals
buying e-book
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Order on Demand (OOD)
• Ensures all purchased material has
immediate audience • Long term/future scholars?
• All or specific types of material?
• What criteria?
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Readings
• Librarians Put Their Trust in Patrons (November 7, 2010 - http://chronicle.com/article/Librarians-Put-Their-Trust-in/12529/)
• Reader Choice, Not Vendor Influence, Reshapes Library Collections (November 7, 2010 - http://chronicle.com/article/Reader-Choice-Not-Vendor/125275/)
• 4 Very Different Futures Are Imagined for Research Libraries (October 19, 2010 - http://chronicle.com/article/4-Very-Different-Futures-Are/125011/)
Committee on the Library
December 2010