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Managing e-books and e- lending Pru Mitchell, SCIS Manager Colleen Foley, NSW DEC
Managing e-books and e-lending
Pru Mitchell, SCIS ManagerColleen Foley, NSW DEC
Education Services Australia
• not-for-profit, ministerial company established to provide services to the Standing Council on School Education and Early Childhood (SCSEEC)
• Assists with infrastructure and content to support implementation of national initiatives such as the Australian Curriculum and National Professional Standards for Teachers
• Existing services: SCIS, Curriculum Press, myfuture, edu.au domain registrar, Scootle
esa.edu.au
NSW Department of Education & CommunitiesKey commitments to:• Technology infrastructure for innovative practices supporting
21C learners and learning [Strategic Directions 2012-2014]
• Library management systems • 1,250,000+ students; 75,000+ teachers; 2,240+ schools Partnerships e.g. ACCP• Learning Services | School Libraries
Scan NSW SCIS Agency
Resources reviews + online projects + resources support
dec.nsw.gov.au
Cuddling with multiple devices by Jeremy Keith 2011, CC-by
Device?
Content?
Defining e-book
“a book in an electronic format designed to be read in an e-reader” [compare p-book](Macquarie Dictionary)
“a book-length publication in digital form... readable on computers or other electronic devices” (Wikipedia 2014 from Oxford Dictionaries, 2010)
On the same page?
• purpose• format• function• library: primary, secondary, tertiary, public, • publishers: educational, trade, popular• devices: compatibility with systems
Potential benefits of digital content
• instant access• take up less space, free up shelves• portable• hyperlinked, interactive• searchable• democratic• greener
NSW DEC: Why e-books?• ‘I just want to read a book …’ (Student, DEC ebooks test project)
• most e-books are ‘carbon copies’ of print books?• interactives?demands of new syllabuses (ACNSW)using technology to engage inspire creativitydiverse reading experiences 21Cstudent focused learning styles
NSW syllabuses for the Australian Curriculum
NSW schools: AC embedded in new BOS syllabuses
NSW syllabuses for the AC opportunities• Engage students in contemporary digital texts• See expanded Glossary e.g. digital texts, e-literature,
multimodal• Quality literature• ‘Web texts’• Literacy
continuum
DEC e-books test project 2012
What?• research based partnership project• e-books, audio books, videos, some music • from an e-books program through library (web-enabled)• use of e-books for learning and leisure• explore teaching & learning issues in using e-booksHow?• 5000 titles delivered through Softlink Oliver resources management system• planning and preparation support e.g. Communications PowerPoint• available 24/7 through our library• evidence: pre-, mid- and post-surveys of students, staff, communityWho?*DEC schools & State Offices using Oliver • some classes did planned activities using the resources• other staff and students were welcome to access the resources
Project survey responses
Key findings
Reading• Increased school-based borrowing
statistics for physical resources during the period of the ebooks test project leads us to conclude:
the more focused reading related activities during the project period stimulated additional engagement and interest in reading generally
engagement with ebooks also stimulated further reading.
(p11 of the project report)
SAMR a model designed to help educators integrate technology
Puentedura SAMR model, ippasus.com/rrpweblog
Discuss
We predict that library print and e-book collections will establish a 50:50 equilibrium by 2020
and that this balance will be maintained for the foreseeable future.
50:50 by 2020? ALIA Statement, 27 Nov 2013
e-book issues
ALIA 2013 E-books and e-Lending issues paper
Charging of all the things by Zzap Instagram Used with permission
1. Digital Rights Management (DRM)
2. content3. procurement4. operations5. lending and access
1. DRM
• ‘one book / one user’• contracts• licensing• location• policies• ownership models• budgeting
Free e-books
gutenberg.net.au
2. Content
Junior fiction
Popular fiction
Picture books
Audiobooks
Teacher reference
3. Procurement
• avoid lock-in• negotiate• publishers• read the contract• Patron driven acquisition
5. Lending and accessStart somewhere but don’t expect to end it there
4. Operations
• community• budgets• infrastructure• policies• subscription models
BYOD jennip98 Jenny ParkerCC-by
Lending platform models
• 1 book : 1 user• Overdrive• Wheelers• E-textbooks
• 1 book : multiple simultaneous users• EBL• Gale VRL• Infobase• Spinney
Managing e-books and e-lending
Part 2
6. Integration
Students and staff expect to search
in only one place
to find school resources
School library catalogues provide access to learning resources which schools
have purchasedand selected
The principles and standards that have served well for
physical resources can be applied to
digital resources
SCIS catalogues e-books
SCIS records for e-books
E-books in your catalogue
icentre.suzannecoryhs.vic.edu.au/oliver
7. Workflow
URL (MARC tag 856) is specific to your catalogue
SCIS cannot provide that link for you
How do you keep your links safe?
8. Promotion
9. Selection
Graiek, S 2013 Understanding what Higher Education needs from E-Textbooks net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ers1307/ERS1307es.pdf
Resource selection
• Scan + Resource reviews online db + TaLe e.g. search for: ebook/e-book, digital text, multimodal, syllabus bites
• SCIS special orders for Scan
SCIS is a selection source
What e-books will I find in SCIS?• Curriculum Press:
www.curriculumpress.edu.au/ebook• EBL: www.eblib.com.au • Infobase Learning www.infobasepublishing.com • INT books:• www.intbooks.com.au/pdf-pages/INT2012Cat• Overdrive: http://search.overdrive.com• Spinney Press: http://spinneypress.com.au• Wheelers:
www.wheelersbooks.com.au/info/ebooks• Ziptales: www.ziptales.com• Oxford University Press – Obook:
www.oxforddigital.com.au
10. Evaluation• Stewardship• Service• Intellectual freedom• Privacy• Rationalism• Commitment to literacy and learning• Equity of access• Democracy
Gorman, M. (2000). Our Enduring Values: Librarianship in the 21st Century, ALA Editions, Chicago
e-books and your library
Getting started
Become an e-book expert
Do NOT attempt this at SCHOOL till you have mastered it at HOME
1. Find out which e-books your state, public or uni library offers
2. Purchase a device that supports their content and platform
3. Join up, borrow, download, read and return
E-books and your library?Technology infrastructure for innovative practices:
• access – integrity + integrated
• choice + equity e.g. free ebooks
DEC L4L load H1 > G3
A participating school
Discussion
• What is the demand for e-books in your school community?
• What is your school’s plan for integrated access to all learning resources?• If you create or acquire an e-book what strategy
do you have for cataloguing it?• How do you provide users with seamless access
from catalogue record to e-book?
References [cont]
ALIA 2013 ‘E-books and e-Lending issues paper’, www.alia.org.au/advocacy/E-books.and.E-Lending.Issues.Paper.v4.130107.pdf ASLA (2013) Future learning and school librariesCivic agenda for IFLA 2012 ‘Libraries, e-Lending and the Future of Public Access to Digital Content’ http://www.ifla.org/files/assets/hq/topics/e-lending/thinkpiece-on-libraries-elending.pdfGorman, M. (2000). Our Enduring Values: Librarianship in the 21st Century, ALA Editions, Chicago
ReferencesDawson, W. (2012) ‘Students create ebooks’, Scan 31(4), pp. 15-20.Ebooks for learning and leisure project report. (2012) NSW DEC.Engall, J. Foley, C. & Jenkins, D (2010) ‘e-resources, e-books, and SCIS cataloguing for resourcing curriculum’, Scan 30(2), pp. 39-44Foley, C. (2012) ‘Ebooks for leisure and learning’, Scan 31(4), pp. 6-14.Hay, L. & Foley, C (2009) ‘School libraries building capacity for student learning in 21C’, Scan 28(2), pp. 17-26.Hay, L. & Todd, R (2010) School libraries 21C (A School Libraries Future project), NSW DEC.
Keeping in touch
SCIS updates@schoolscatinfo facebook.com/schoolscatinfo
SCIS professional learning programwww.esa.edu.au/scis/professional_learning.html
