E-book experiences so far

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E-book experiences so far
Some thoughts about the e-book future at LASB

• Bazaar of Ideas
• EBSLG May 30, 2003University of Economics, Prague

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Project e-books at LASB
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How will the Research Libraries be part of a
Flexible Learning Environment
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Project e-books Mandate

• Test professional breadth, academic level,
  subject coverage
• Identify types of problems
• - need for tools to handle e-books
• - changed routines
• - changed aquisition requests
• - influence on the budget for acquisition of
  materials
• The users reactions to access and use
• Test the different business concepts
• Look-out function State of the Art

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Presentation of Project e-books

• Homepage
• Courses for staff, students, teachers
• Articles, advertisements, demos
• Records in the LASB library systen (ALEPH)

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Netlibrary/Ebrary Mid-term Evaluation April
2003
Total
Oct
Total
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EbraryQuarterly Evaluation April 2003
Total
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Ebrary Quarterly Evaluation April 2003
User sessionsDocuments viewedPages viewedPages
copied
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Netlibrary Result of Mid-term Evaluation
April 2003

• Only one user at a time can use the e-book
• 133 users have been rejected on 22 titles
  (October 2002-April 2003)
• Business model problematic?

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Netlibrary Result of Mid-term Evaluation
April 2003

• One half of the consortium titles have been
  used(Cct.-Apr. 2003)
• - 79 of them have been purchased by LASB
• - 25 most used have been purchased by LASB
• Is the LASB selection relevant?
• Used between 55-50 times 1 title
• Used between 49-40 times 1 title
• Used between 39-30 times 3 titles
• Used between 29-20 times 5 titles
• Used between 19-10 times 11 titles
• Used between 9-5 times 31 titles
• Used between 4-2 times 34 titles
• Used only once 26 titles

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Final Evaluation will include

• Statistical investigation of the amount of books
  used
• A web-based questionnaire investigation amongst
  the target group
• A think-loud test of the users indentify the
  types of problems
• Focus group discussions solutions, proposals
  for improvements
• researchers, teachers
• students

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The Future for e-books in LASB (1)

• Two strong barriers have been removed Autumn
  2002
• LDAP access to e-books/e-resoures from outside
  campus
• CampusNet ASBs interactive web-based
  communication for students and staff.
• - information sharing tools
• - personal information
• - course materials digital library

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The future for e-books i LASB

• Business concept Ebrary model
• Extent lt 5 years about 50 of the budget for
  aquisition of material
• Influence on processes etc.
• - ILL
• - Cataloguing/acquisition
• - Maintenance of holdings
• - The physical library/room
• Use
• - Supplementary
• - Reference books
• - Course material
• - Doublings

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