ALPSP e Books Collection

What is the ALPSP e-Books Collection (AeBC) and how will it work? What can we do together that we can’t do as individuals? : 

1 What is the ALPSP e-Books Collection (AeBC) and how will it work? What can we do together that we can’t do as individuals? Nick Evans Chief Operating Officer Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) nick.evans@alpsp.org

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2 There is strength in numbers

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ALPSP : 

5 ALPSP The international trade association for non-profit publishers and those who work with them. 360+ organizations in membership; 50% outside the UK both large, medium and small ALPSP members publish over 10,000 journals and countless books, reports, databases and other publications Members in 36 different countries (50 in the States)

ALPSP Membership (262 Publishers) : 

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What does ALPSP do? : 

7 What does ALPSP do? Advocacy and representation International coverage Cooperative initiatives Professional development Good practice guidelines Information and advice Cooperative initiatives

Cooperative initiatives : 

8 Cooperative initiatives Launched in 2003 2008: 728 journals from 53 publishers 2007 revenue exceeded $1.5m Single publisher contract, standard customer licence Managing agent (Swets) Evens out the playing field with the larger publishers

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9 Academia Press; Accucoms; Africa Health Research Organization; African Association of Political Science; African Crop Science Journal; African Health Sciences; African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition & Development; African Journal of Reproductive Health; Akademiai Kiado; Allen Press; Alliance for Children & Families; American Academy of Pediatrics; American Chemical Society; American Geophysical Union; American Institute of Biological Sciences; American Mathematical Society; American Medical Association; American Physical Society; American Psychiatric Publishing; American School of Classical Studies at Athens; American Society of Clinical Oncology; American Society of Plant Biologists; Amigos Library Services; Amsterdam University Press; Annual Reviews; Antarctic Science; Antiquity; Applied Probability Trust; Aptara; Aries Systems Corporation; Association for Learning Technology; Association of Applied Biologists; Association of College & Research Libraries; Association of Literary Scholars & Critics; Association of Subscription Agents & Intermediaries; Atypon; Australian Academic Press; Australian Physiotherapy Association; Barry Bracewell-Milnes; Beech Tree Publishing; John Benjamins Publishing Company; Berg Publishers; Berghahn Books; Berkeley Electronic Press; Bertoli Mitchell; Biochemical Society; Brill; British Association for Canadian Studies; British Computer Society; British Ecological Society; British Editorial Society of Bone & Joint Surgery; British Geriatrics Society; British Institute of Non-Destructive Testing; British Institute of Radiology; British Journal of Pharmacology; British Library Publishing; British Medical Association; British Museum Research Publications; British Mycological Society; British Nursing Index; British Postgraduate Musicology; British Psychological Society; British School at Rome; British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy; British Society for Immunology; British Society for Rheumatology; British Trust for Ornithology; British Veterinary Association; CABI Publishing; Caledonia Marketing Solutions; Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre; Cambridge University Press; Canadian Journal of History; Canadian Medical Association; Carden Jennings Publishing; Center for Studier i Arbejdsliv; Central African Journal of Medicine; Central Asia Archaeological Group; Charlesworth Group; Chartered Institute of Library & Information Professionals; Chatham House; Chemical Society of Ethiopia; Chemical Society of Japan; College of Occupational Therapists; Company of Biologists; Content Complete; Cotswold Publishing Consultants; Council for British Archaeology; Cox, John, Associates; Croatian Physical Society; CrossRef; CSIRO Publishing; Davenport Publishing Services; Earthscan; Edinburgh University Press; Editing & Publication Association of Bangladesh; Editorial Office; EDP Sciences; Electronic Publishing Services; Electrophysiological Technologists’ Association; Elsevier; EMBL; Emerald Group Publishing; ENAKT Consulting; Energy Institute; English Heritage; EPI; Equilibris Publishing; Equinox Publishing; eSharp; European Association of Science Editors; European Respiratory Society; European Society of Cardiology; European Urology; Faculty of Family Planning & Reproductive Health Care; Federation of European Microbiology Societies; Federation Press; Food & Agriculture Organization; Forum; Forum for Global Health Protection; Frontline Global Marketing Services; Future Medicine; Gemmological Association; Geological Society; Gold Leaf Consulting; The Haworth Press; Headfast; Health Affairs Journal; Health Sciences & Practice Subject Centre, Higher Education Academy; HEP; HFSP Publishing; HighWire Press; Hindawi Publishing Corporation; Hydrographic Society; IAHR; IAHS Press; ICSTI; Ife Centre for Psychological Studies; IM Publications; Inera; Inferno; Information Design & Management; Informed Strategies; INFORMS; Ingenta; INIST-CNRS; Institute of Actuaries; Institute of Clinical Research; Institute of Finance Management, Tanzania; Institute of Marine Engineers; Institute of Mathematical Statistics; Institute of Mathematics & its Applications; Institute of Physics; Institute of Physics & Engineering in Medicine; Institute of Pure and Applied Physics; Institute of Social Studies; Institution of Chemical Engineers; Institution of Civil Engineers; Institution of Engineering & Technology; Institution of Mechanical Engineers; Institution of Structural Engineers; Instituto ELFOS; Intellect; International Association for Bridge & Structural Engineers; International Atomic Energy Agency; International Centre for Materials Science & Technology, Ghana; International Centre of Insect Physiology & Ecology; International Food Information Service; International Glaciological Society; International Labour Organization; International Monetary Fund; International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications; International Union of Crystallography; IOS Press; IWA Publishing; Journal of Applied Sciences & Environmental Management; Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy; Journal of Transport Economics & Policy; Karnac Books; Kilmorie Clarke; Kingston Press; Knowledge Pipeline; Lambak; Librapharm; Lightning Source; Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins; Liverpool University Press; Lloyd Fletcher Consulting; London College of Communication; London Mathematical Society; London School of Economics; London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine; Mac Keith Press; Manches; Manchester University Press; Maney; ManuScript; Marginalia; Marston Book Services; Mary Waltham; MediaFund; Medknow Publications; Microsoft Live Book Search; Millennium Journal of International Studies; Mineralogical Society; Modern Humanities Research Association; Modern Language Association of America; Monash University ePress; Morris Associates; MPS Technologies; Multilingual Matters; MyiLibrary; Nature Publishing Group; New England Journal of Medicine; New Phytologist; Newcomen Society; NHS Health Scotland; NISC; Nottingham University Press; Now Publishers; NRC Research Press; Nutrition Society; Oceanside Publications; Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development; Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern & Southern Africa; Oswaldo Cruz Institute; Overseas Development Institute; Ovid Technologies; Oxford International Centre for Publishing Studies; Oxford University Press; Pan African Association of Anthropologists; Path; Peeters Publishers; Peter Sowden; Physiological Society; Pion Limited; PIRA International; PNAS; Policy Press; Polish Agricultural Universities; Portico; Postgraduate English; Postgraduate Forum; Postgraduate Journal of Aesthetics; PSP Publishing; Public Library of Science; Publisher & Society Advisory Services; Quest; Regional Studies Association; Research Information; RICS Books; Ringgold; River Valley Technologies; RMIT Publishing; Robert Gordon University; Rockefeller University Press; Royal Astronomical Society; Royal College of General Practitioners; Royal College of Nursing; Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists; Royal College of Pathologists; Royal College of Physicians; Royal College of Psychiatrists; Royal College of Radiologists; Royal College of Surgeons of England; Royal Geographical Society; Royal Irish Academy; Royal Meteorological Society; Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain; Royal Society; Royal Society of Chemistry; Royal Society of Edinburgh; Royal Society of Medicine Press; Royal Statistical Society; Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences; RPM Print & Design; RW Consulting; Sage Publications; Scheman Consulting; School of Advanced Study, University of London; School of Social Work; Science International; Science Reviews; Scientific Institute for Medical Information & Documentation; Semantico; Shift Media; Simon Inger Consulting; SINET: Ethiopian Journal of Science; Society for Editors & Proofreaders; Society for Endocrinology; Society for Experimental Biology; Society for General Microbiology; Society for Personality Research; Society of Glass Technology; Society for the Advancement of Management Studies; Society for the History of Natural History; Society for Underwater Technology; Society of Chemical Engineers, Japan; Society of Chemical Industry; Society of Dyers & Colourists; Society of Indexers; Somerset Computing; SPARC; Springer Science + Business Media; Sunrise Setting; Swedenborg Society; Swets; Symposium Journals; Tanzania Journal of Science; Taylor & Francis; TBI; Tech-Net Scientific e-Publishing Services; Therapeutic Guidelines; Tou-Can Marketing; Trust for Wessex Archaeology; Turpin Distribution; Turpion; Universitätsverlag Göttingen; Unibio Press; University of Buckingham Press; University of Chicago; University of Loughborough; University of Technology, Sydney; Vathek Publishing; Verlag der Osterreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften; Versita; VetLearn; Walter de Gruyter; Mark Ware Consulting; Anthony Watkinson Consulting; The Way; Westburn Publishers; Whiting & Birch; John Wiley & Sons - Wiley-Blackwell; Wolters Kluwer Health; World Bank; World Conservation Union; World Health Organization; World Tourism Organization; Zimbabwe Scientific Association; Zoological Society of London (Membership as at February 2008; E&OE)

The big deal . . . : 

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Getting even in eBooks, or how we went about deciding whether to produce a collection : 

11 Getting even in eBooks, or how we went about deciding whether to produce a collection In 2006 ALPSP commissioned a research report on eBook Aggregators and platforms and library requirements In 2007 surveyed our members to see if they’d be interested Held a workshop/round table meeting Formed a committee (well, we are a trade association!) and consulted Council Drew up specification for a RFP for an eBooks platform, and issued it in 2007 Received over 12 responses Decided on a shortlist of candidates Argued and discussed whether to build own platform or workwith existing one January 2008 ALPSP Council selected Ingram Digital as ‘preferred partner’ and agreed to offer the service to members February 2008 public announcement about ‘AeBC’ July 2008: scheduled launch

How’s it going out there? : 

12 How’s it going out there? Libraries in the sample expected to renew over 77% of their current contracts. Well over 81% of the sample cataloged their e-book collection and listed it in their online library catalog. E-book spending by libraries is growing rapidly in 2008 but by significantly less than in 2007. For the most part, librarians in the sample felt that their patrons were less skilled in using e-book collections than they were in using databases of magazine, newspaper and journal articles. The libraries in the sample had MARC records for a meanof approximately 74% of the e-books in their collections. Many libraries reported significant use of electronic directories. 12.5% reported extensive use and 30% said that usewas significant. The larger libraries reported the heaviest use. From: Primary Research Group - Library Use of E-books, 2008-09 Edition

How’s it going (2) : 

13 How’s it going (2) Use of e-books in the hard sciences was particularly high. More than 30% of participants said that use of e-books in the hard sciences (defined as chemistry, physics and biology) was quite extensive and another 26% noted significant use. Libraries in the sample maintained a print version for a mean of 24% of the e-books in their e-book collections. Nearly 21% of the libraries in our sample have digitized out-of-copyright books in their collections in order to make their contents more available to their patrons. E-books account for only about 3.9% of the books on course reserve, with a minimum of 0 to a maximum of 30%. Nearly 70% of the sample’s total spending on e-books was with aggregators, while just over 24.6%of the total spending was spent with individual publishers. From: Primary Research Group - Library Use of E-books, 2008-09 Edition (ISBN 1-57440-101-7)

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Intermediaries – many layers : 

15 Intermediaries – many layers Author Reader Publisher Distributor Library Printer Typesetter Manuscript Agent Fulfilment Service Retailer Carrier Based on work by Mark Carden and colleagues at Ingram and partly inspired by Simon Inger (of Simon Inger Consultants) http://www.subscription-agents.org/conference/200802/Inger.pdf http://www.sic.ox14.com

E-content Technology Supply Chain : 

16 Source Ingestion Format Content Repository Delivery Format Medium Sales Channel Delivery Entity Package Format Transport Format Delivery Platform Consumer K-12 Student Personal Computer Application & Data Higher Ed Institution VBK Db & Application VBK VST Repository ePUB TextBook Publisher IDG Direct E-mail Internet Download GSM Internet Display Wireless (cellular) Wireless (WiFi) Mail Citizen Post-grad Student Undergrad Student Academic Librarian Employee Online Store E-Book Reader Handheld (PDA) Audio Player Web Browser Handheld (Phone) Data file CD Chip-in-a-Box IDG Online Store Academic Bookstore Retail Bookstore Further Ed Institution Public Library Library Patron MiL Database Audio File ADEPT Book pdf CoreSource MiL Audio Repository WAV PDF STM Publisher Fiction Publisher Library Consortium Wholesale Bookseller ILS Vendor Catalog / Direct mail Further Ed Student .LIT iPhone PDF Page Retail Bookstore Audio Wholesaler Warehouse Case of Books Book Book Book Widget MP3 Collect from Outlet Chapter pdf Book E-content Technology Supply Chain

Fit for purpose? : 

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Technology considerations : 

21 Technology considerations MyiLibrary platform with all its attributes Comprehensive full text searching across collection Comprehensive usage statistics (COUNTER) Secure and controlled access Flexible DRM security

Business model - customers : 

22 Business model - customers Perpetual access purchase Whole collection or subject sub-collections Collections available annually in two “parts” – later addition of ‘pick and mix’ and backlist collections Clear AeBC branding – a unique collection of eBook content from small and medium sized ALPSP members Discounts on eBook prices for collection purchases, and rates related to size of institution Institution-wide access

Business model – ALPSP publishers : 

23 Business model – ALPSP publishers No uploading fees for placing titles in AeBC Easy transfer of titles already within MyiLibrary aggregation Standard pricing, licensing and revenue share matrix Co-operative selling to Consortia Non-exclusive; Publisher sets eBook price Extra benefits from IDG for other services (PoD, Digital Warehousing etc) Links to print purchases ‘Retail’ option for membership purchases

Business model – ALPSP publishers (2) : 

24 Business model – ALPSP publishers (2) Help with file adaptation & digitization (free digitization through link with Microsoft Live Search) Special arrangements for grey literature and ‘unpriced’ reports: $20 annual hosting fee for adding titles to collection

Sales and distribution channels : 

25 Sales and distribution channels Swets (which links to ALJC if required) Coutts Other agents

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26 When? Expected launch in July 2008 2008 Launch Collection will include all titles published to the end of the year by participating publishers, and ‘recent backlist’ from 2006 & 2007 2009 Part 1: available April 2009 [Jan to end June titles] 2009 Part 2: available Sept 2009 [July to end Dec titles]

What might be in it? (just an estimate derived from a selection of titles currently on MyiLibrary from ALPSP members) : 

27 What might be in it? (just an estimate derived from a selection of titles currently on MyiLibrary from ALPSP members)

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29 Thanks Nick Evans Chief Operating Officer ALPSP www.alpsp.org nick.evans@alpsp.org mobile +44(0)7793 559992