Library Co-operation

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Library Co-operation Connectivity in the East
of England Co-East e-Discovery to e-Delivery
"It's what the Internet was invented
for"Presented by Linda Berube linda.berube_at_cambri
dgeshire.gov.uk http//www.co-east.net Public
Library Web Managers Workshop 2004 Beyond the
website University of Bath 6 May 2004
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Co-East An East of England Network

• A consortium including all library authorities in
  the East of England Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex,
  Cambridgeshire, Peterborough Hertfordshire,
  Thurrock, Bedfordshire, Luton, Southend-on-Sea
• Central management of services and projects,
  working to the Co-East Business Plan 2003-2006
• Resource discovery and sharing using Z39.50 and
  ISO/ILL protocols
• Joint e-procurement
• Bringing on new partners, from other library
  sectors, through Co-East Plus and INSPIRE
• Managing of national and regional services - Ask
  A Librarian, Familia, transport
• Fostering partnerships through regional and
  national working groups MLAC EEMLAC JISC
  CONARLS Combined Regions CILIP etc
• Supplier partnerships FDI Dynix DS/CrossNet
  BiblioMondo ebrary Overdrive
• Projects Co-East Plus (completed) Learn East
  (an EQUAL project) Essex e-books EEMLACs
  Source-East Virtual Reference Toolkit trial

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Co-East D2D Discovery to Delivery

• Resource Discovery Shared access to library
  resources Information brokerage and
  access Virtual and standards-based technical
  framework
• Resource Sharing Access and interlending
  agreements Joint procurement and collection
  development Expert working groups Consortium
  and Network support
• Resource Delivery Information dissemination Tran
  sportation framework Virtual Information delivery

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Co-East Beyond the Website

• Interoperability Network Co-East Requests

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Co-East D2D Distributed Virtual
Resource-Discovery and Sharing
 
 
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Reade-e in Essex E-books and Mobile Technology
(1)

• Recipient of first round of LASER grants April
  2003
• Project partners Essex Libraries (Martin
  Palmer) Loughborough University (James
  Dearnley) Co-East (Linda Berube)
• Essex Project team Saffron Waldon Loughton
• Supplier partners Overdrive ebrary HP
• User Advisory Group PLR JISC CBC UKOLN
  Richmond Blackburn
• Project website http//www.lboro.ac.uk/departmen
  ts/dis/disresearch/e-booksinpublib/index.html
• Progress reports http//www.bl.uk/concord/laser-r
  eports.html

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Reade-e in Essex (2)

• Feasability/proof-of-concept/live service
  delivery
• E-books accessible via PC or mobile technology
• E-book formats Palm, Adobe 6, MobiPocket
• PDAs distributed to special user groups mobile
  library users housebound day care centres etc

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Reade-e in Essex (3)

• Evaluation Methodology
• Evaluating collection usage during the nine month
  period
• Evaluating user perceptions of the ebook
  collections(PC-based) and mobile technology
  (PDAs)
• Evaluating professional perceptions of the ebook
  collections.

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Read-e in Essex project documentation and tasks

• Orientation for staff
• Regular meetings with library staff
• Recruiting volunteers
• Training guides
• Paper and online questionnaires
• User and staff evaluation
• Publicity programme
• Progress reports http//www.bl.uk/concord/laser-re
  ports.html

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E-books and mobile technology the users speak
(the good)

• "The ebook site is wonderful It's what the
  Internet was invented for..."  recommending it to
  all my friends, and a neighbour -  who is blind -
  has just started to use ebooks as a result
• I enjoyed the experience, and I feel with time I
  could get more used to the experience
• Useful to take on holiday or even private study
  when a paper book is less easy to cope with.
• I think they might be useful for people who
  travel a lot or have problems holding a book
• Ease of transport. I seem to spend a lot of time
  waiting in hospitals or travelling
• Can be used anywhere takes up a small space in
  bags etc if travelling

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E-books and mobile technology the users speak
(the bad)

• A fairly long learning curve to concentrate on
  small page size. However, after this period I
  found it easy
• Printed paper books are visually better (palm
  being closest software to book), but iPAQ is good
  enough in the light of added portability
• It seems to be for quick, casual reading only. It
  is difficult to "lose yourself in a book" I was
  very aware of my surroundings, and the people
  near me.
• It is a completely difference concept. Would
  appeal more to young people, though might help
  elderly who cannot hold a large book (probably
  too small though).

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E-books and mobile technology the users speak
(the ugly)

• I read quickly and was irritated by the flicker
  of moving the small pages on. Not easy to check
  back when I want to. I found it very irritating
• The iPAQ is a much less enjoyable reading
  experience. The 'page-size' is too small. The
  iPAQ imposes it's pressure on the experience in a
  way that the paper book does not
• Feel-look-texture-look of a library. Books more
  personal - just more technology, not as
  interesting as a book can be - older appreciate a
  book. Think it puts you off reading. Long term
  eyesight effects? Would turn us off reading. Not
  clear how we buy. How we get books - costs?
• Cost and browser use. End of libraries such as
  Loughton and Debden

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And the very polite

• It was very good to try it out but I feel it is
  just not for me. I lost the story and could not
  get it back, and it needed charging halfway
  through. But thank you I will stick to paperbacks

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E-books in Public Libraries preliminary findings

• Collections
• Availability of Content
• Fiction vs Non-fiction
• Provision for special user groups, especially
  housebound, visually impaired

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E-books in Public Libraries preliminary
findings (2)

• Technology (implementation and use of mobile
  technology)
• Corporate/Local authority IT partners
• Collections software functionality
• PDA functionality
• Privacy
• Managing users fears/expectations

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E-books in Public Libraries preliminary
recommendations

• Implementation of specialised subject collections
• Working with aggregators, such as Overdrive, and
  individual publishers to build up public library
  related content
• Build in negotiation/implementation time with
  Corporate IT partners
• Work with Corporate IT partners to educate about
  public library provision
• Explore range of portable technology options
  (PDAs, laptops, notebooks, mobile phones) to find
  local solutions
• Regular Promotion
• Support your users and staff keep a dialogue
  going and have a regular evaluation schedule

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And still we rise Co-East Triple e-services

• Region-wide, potential for cross-regional
  collaboration
• Virtual e-procurement
• E-interlending
• Adding suppliers Safari, netLibrary etc
• Selection of mobile technology PDAs, notebooks,
  laptops, smart phones

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Questions and Information contacts

• Martin Palmer martin.palmer_at_essexcc.gov.uk
• The Essex Team Elaine Adams, Janice Waugh, Jill
  Palmer, Lee Shelsher
• Linda Berube linda.berube_at_cambridgeshire.gov.
  uk
• Joanne John joanne.john_at_cambridgeshire.gov.u
  k
• James Dearnley j.a.dearnley_at_lboro.ac.uk
• Anne Morris a.morris_at_lboro.ac.uk
• Cliff McNight c.mcnight_at_lboro.ac.uk
• Suppliers
• Overdrive http//www.overdrive.com/
• Ebrary http//www.ebrary.com/index.jsp
  (UK representative Coutts)
• Hewlett Packard http//welcome.hp.com/country/uk
  /en/welcome.html