M25 Consortium of Academic Libraries(www.m25lib.ac.uk)

E-BASS25John Tuck M25 Consortium Chair and Director of Library Services - Royal Holloway

University of LondonAnna Grigson, Head of Collection Services Group, LSE Library

Jisc Library Systems Programme Workshop, July 15th 2013

E-BASS25 'as with e-books, nobody can be quite sure as

yet where all this is heading,' Oxford Magazine, no 336, (2013,) page 1, ‘Brave new worlds,’ editorial on open access

E-Books

E-BASS25 - Funding and Partners

• E-BASS25: funded by Jisc as part of Digital Infrastructure Programme, 2012/13

• Led by Royal Holloway, University of London, on behalf of the M25 Consortium of Academic Libraries partnering with

- Kingston University- Science Museum (on behalf of MLAG)- JISC Collections- SERO Consulting- Owen Stephens

E-BASS25: Aims• Deliver a series of linked reports/guidelines as a

navigation tool for consortia seeking to embark on collaborative purchasing of e-books with particular reference to the patron driven acquisitions approach (PDA)

• Wider review of the e-books landscape• Review PDA options and other relevant models • Identify how consortial PDA purchasing can fit with

national initiatives, e.g.model licences, purchasing consortia agreements and services such as KB+

E-BASS25• E-book landscape and context review• Business requirements and business model

specification • Guidelines on procurement options • Systems integration guidelines: report and

recommendations• Dissemination: reports/communications and

strategic framework to present project outputs to the wider community

Work Packages

E-BASS25For project outputs, see: http://ebooksguidance.jiscinvolve.org

•Animation/video on PDA business models

see also : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Co4CBa5VS_Q

* Covers Usage, Rental, Purchase and Evidence models

What do we have? (1)

E-BASS25Project documents: •The nature of library consortia•Examining models for consortial PDA – Orbis Cascade Alliance case study •E-book models & consortial purchasing: benefits and challenges. •E-BASS25 survey: shared attitudes to e-book acquisition

What do we have? (2)

E-BASS25More documents:•Talking to publishers about consortial PDA: a report by JSIC Collections•Procurement guidelines •Systems integration guidelines•Reflections on the E-BASS project by Dominic Tate, project manager

What do we have? (3)

E-BASS25• Pick up the challenge and take forward a consortial PDA initiative

• Further discussions with Jisc Collections to refine possibilities

• Engage with other consortia working in this area, e.g. SHEDL (Scottish Higher Education Digital Library)

Next Steps

E-BASS25For more information: see

http://ebooksguidance.jiscinvolve.org

Questions?

‘By 2020, the e-book fad has ended,’ Scenario 2: Nostalgic, D.J.Staley, Future thinking for academic librarians: scenarios for the future of the book, ACRL, 2012, p. 10.

Thank You