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E-Booksat the ETH Zurich
Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule
Marseille 2nd May 2005 Ann McLuckie
E-Books
1. Definition2. E-book choices at the ETH-
Bibliothek3. Packages / collections4. Recording / cataloguing5. Costs / pricing models6. Usage7. Benefits and/or disadvantages
E-Books at the ETH Library
• No hand-held reading devices• Only online books - Internet• Books are read on PC / Mac • PDF or HTML• Supplementary to print
collection• Campus licences of collections• Unlimited concurrent access
E-book collections at the ETH
• Knovel (August 2001)• Wiley (March 2002)• CRC Press (October 2002)• Kluwer (November 2002)• Dekker (November 2003)• Safari (March 2004)• Referex (May 2004)
knovel• http://www.knovel.com • Science and engineering• Books from:
- CRC Press- Institute of Physics- Wiley- McGraw-Hill- Royal Society of Chemistry- SciTech- Springer- Woodhead, etc.
Wiley• http://www3.interscience.wiley.co
m• Wide subject range, e.g.
- Business- Chemistry- Engineering - Law- Life sciences- Polymers and materials
science- Psychology, etc.
CRC Press• http://www.crcnetbase.com/• Wide subject range, e.g.
- Chemistry- Engineering- Environmental Science - Forensics- Information Technology- Mathematics- Polymers- Statistics, etc.
Kluwer / Springer• http://ebooks.springerlink.com• Wide subject range, e.g.
- Agriculture- Arts- Earth Sciences - Education- Physics- Sports and Recreation- Travel and Geography, etc.
Dekker
• http://ebooks.lib.dekker.com
• Engineering• Medicine• Chemistry
Safari
• http://proquest.safaribooksonline.com
• Information Technology
Referex
• http://www.engineeringvillage2.org
• Engineering:- Materials and mechanical- Electronics and electrical- Chemical, petrochemical and
processes
E-book collections at the ETH(as at April 2005)
• Knovel 699• Wiley 637• CRC Press 827• Kluwer 1197• Dekker 454• Safari ca. 300• Referex 313TOTAL : 4 427 titles
Opac entry for an e-book
•One record for print and electronic format (repeated 856 MARC field)
•Automated extraction to library web page for browsing in alphabetical list and subject browsing (weekly update)
E-books at the ETH-Bibliothek:Costs
Price models vary greatly:
• Once-off payment – permanent access
• Subscription – pays for access during the subscription year only
• Leasing – after paying for a number of years, the content belongs to the library
• Free
E-books at the ETH-Bibliothek:cost implications
Subscription:• Easiest to manage (can budget;
access to new titles added during year)
• But, no long-term access (if cancel subscription, lose all access)
Once-off payment per title:• Difficult to manage – new titles
added continually – difficult to keep track of
• But, have ‘permanent’ access
E-books at the ETH-Bibliothek:cost implications
Leasing:• Easy to manage (like subscription)
but may end up paying far more than if pay once-off
• Budgeting possible
Usage• Not much direct feedback from
users (no direct physical access to collection’s stacks at ETH)
• Usage statistics not always available or comparable
• Usage statistics indicate positive response
• 2004• Knovel: 1546 chapters per
month (av)• Wiley: 3024 chapters per
month (av)
Why are e-books successful at the ETH?
• Book is always available • Users don’t have to visit library• Can access book from home• Format ideal for books which are
not read from cover-to-cover• Additional features (hyperlinks,
interactive tables, marking of text, searching in text, multimedia, etc.)
• No shelving required• No physical processing required• No wear-and-tear
Any disadvantages?
• Some additional software required in some cases
• Additional training of users• Additional support by library staff• No guarantee of long-term access
