January 21, 2006

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Whats new with NetLibrary

• January 21, 2006
• Doug van der ZeeOCLC Senior Library Services
  Consultant

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OCLC a non-profit membership organization

• Serving 53,700 libraries in 96 countries

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eDatabases
eJournals
eAudiobooks
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NetLibrary

• Premiere eContent provider for libraries
• 105,000 eBook titles 3400 Publicly Accessible
  eBooks 1500 eAudiobooks
• 5,500 eJournals from 66 publishers
• 13,000 libraries

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NetLibrary content growth

• 400 publishers
• 80 of content being added is frontlist
• Over 19,300 titles published 2003-2005
• 26,300 titles published 2000-2002
• Increasingly more high demand content
• Add 18,000 titles per year
• Moving publishers to more simultaneous release
  of e and p
• Over 2,000 K-12 titles

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A wide range of subjects

• Business, economics and management
• Computers
• Criminal Justice
• Education
• Engineering/technology

• History
• Literature
• Popular fiction
• Personal development
• Social sciences

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eAudioBooks

• Download to desktop, laptop or portable device or
  Windows Media Player compatible device
• Annual subscription with more than 1,500 titles
  available for simultaneous download
• About 30 titles being added monthly

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eAudiobooks
Always available for people on the go
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Accessing NetLibrary

• Web access
• IP authentication
• Link from your librarys Web page to
  NetLibrary
• Via WorldCat on FirstSearch
• Direct link to your OPAC

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Library Resource Center
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Library Resource Center Administration
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Library Resource Center Reports
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Promotional tools

• NetLibrary marketing kits
• Posters
• Table tents
• Shelf wobblers
• Ads
• Press releases
• For more, visit www.oclc.org/netlibrary/marketin
  gkit

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Acquisitions models (eBooks)

• One model doesnt fit all
• Buy by the title (Title Select)
• Collaborative collection development
  (TitleDirect)
• Sets bundled by subject (Subject sets)
• Patron-Driven Acquisition
• Shared collections

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Current special offers (eBooks)

• Shared collections currently available contact
  your regional service provider
• Subject sets for public, K-12, academic and
  community college libraries
• Sets bundled by subject
• No duplicate titles
• Content selected by experts

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Current special offers (eBooks)

• Publics
• 15 new subject sets starting at 1,000 per set
• Consumer Education, Childrens/Young Adults,
  Small Business, etc.
• K-12 education
• 9 new subjects sets starting at 500 per set
• Academics
• 10 new subjects sets starting at 2,000 per set
• Business, History, Engineering/Technology, etc.
• Community Colleges
• 15 new subject sets starting at 1,000 per set
• Allied Health, Criminal Justice, Legal, Nursing,
  etc.

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Current special offers (eBooks)

• Publics
• 15 new subject sets starting at 1,000 per set
• Consumer Education, Childrens/Young Adults,
  Small Business, etc.
• K-12 education
• 9 new subjects sets starting at 500 per set
• Academics
• 10 new subjects sets starting at 2,000 per set
• Business, History, Engineering/Technology, etc.
• Community Colleges
• 15 new subject sets starting at 1,000 per set
• Allied Health, Criminal Justice, Legal, Nursing,
  etc.

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Pricing (eBooks)

• Two components
• 1. Content
• Based on publisher-specified retail pricing
• 2. Access Fees
• Prepaid ongoing access
• Annual service fee

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eAudiobooks

• Special offers available through consortial
  purchases
• Core Collection
• 600 of the latest eAudiobook best-sellers, book
  club favorites, award-winning authors and more
• eAudio Essentials Collection
• 123 literary classics with enduring value
• Pimsleur Language Series
• Easy-to-understand lessons covering 39 languages
  for beginners, intermediate level speakers and
  ESL students

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eAudiobooks, continued

• Popular Fiction Collection (academics only)
• Designed for academic libraries, the Popular
  Fiction collection consists of more than 135
• Children/Young Adult Collection
• Designed primarily for public libraries, 236
  fiction titles and growing
• CEV Holy Bible
• The most authentic, unabridged Holy Bible ever
  produced

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Recent news

• Baker Taylor, new seamless collaboration
• Integrating NetLibrary into Baker Taylors
  acquisition programs
• Recorded Books, additional eAudiobook providers
  to come
• Chinese Language Periodicals from Dragon Source
• New, version 4.0
• New user interface
• New search technology

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Recent news

• New version in process
• Increased speed and functionality
• New features functions
• Spell checking
• Query performance
• Multi-lingual search support
• Relevancy ranking
• Content summarization
• Categorization/taxonomies
• Search history
• Content recommendations
• Search within a search

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Success story
Access Pennsylvania Users decide which titles are
purchased for the Pennsylvania collection

• Goal Find an easy-to-manage eBook solution
• Challenge Trying to serve the interests of 3,000
  academic, public and school libraries
• Solution Using eBooks on demand, Access
  Pennsylvania was able to buy titles that users
  want
• Result User response was phenomenal. In the
  first year, Access Pennsylvania purchased 9,000
  titles
• I think NetLibrary has an excellent product.
  And it has the best way for us to manage an
  eBook program.
• Joe Scorza, Executive Director of Access PA

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Success story
The Marion County (IN) Internet Library A growing
eBook collection based on confirmed usage

• Goal Offer a large eBook collection
• Challenge Purchasing just the titles offering
  broad appeal
• Solution Provide Patron Driven Acquisition
  (Allows users access to many titles, only the
  viewed titles are purchased)
• Result 2,500 average accesses per month
• NetLibrary has a really rich collection. When
  needs come up, something is there.
• David Lewis, Dean of IUPUI, University
  Libraries

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Summary

• Total Solution
• Fits the way you work today and tomorrow
• One access point
• Automatic check-in
• Trusted content
• Reporting
• ILS Integration
• Cataloged MARC records
• PROVEN!

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Next steps

• Try NetLibrary yourself with the eBook of the
  Month at www.netlibrary.com/Librarian/ToolsAndRes
  ources/
• Read a NetLibrary Success Story at
  www.netlibrary.com/Librarian/ToolsAndResources/
• Start a collection development discussion
• Contact OCLC or your Regional Service Provider

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Thank you!
Questions?