eBook Purchasing

What a Nightmare!

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Claire GraceHead of Content & Licensing

Open University Library Services

Who are we?

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www.open.ac.uk

How the book is going to be used?

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• Research only

• Course production

• Student use: essential reading, assignments

Staff hours spent on ebook acquisition

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Why do you want it?

Library Assistants check options - format, supplier, licence, price

Vendor choice made depending on cost / type of use discussions.

Authorisation obtained

Book ordered

Access granted - made visible- requestor informed

Give us a good

reason, you can still

order print booksGive us a good

reason, you can still

order print books

Clarify further details: usage, format and budget

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Only available in print?

yes

No

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Deal with the fallout!

Why can’t I download it to

my Kindle?

Why can’t I print this chapter?

Why can’t I see find it in Primo?

Why does it disappear after

24 hours?

Why can’t I ever get into it?

I wanted a print copy!

I can’t get this software to download!

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What we like:

• Multi concurrent access option • Able to print• No personal login when downloading and copying• Downloading to any portable device• Accessible (Epub 3) format

What we don’t like:

• No multi-user access available• Only 1 page can be printed at a time• Need to download software to read eBooks offline• Basic PDF - No EPub format

Thank youClaire Grace

Head of Content & Licensing

The Open University

claire.grace@open.ac.uk

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