PNC Conference eBook Archiving - Issues and Possible Solutions Andrejs Alferovs Vice President...

PNC ConferenceeBook Archiving - Issues

and Possible Solutions

Andrejs AlferovsVice President International Sales

Ingram Library Group

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E-Book Archiving: Ensuring continuity of access to the global library community

• Library Position

• Publisher Position

• Aggregator Position

• Current Options

• Issues

• Solutions

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What is the library position

• Fear of Losing Content

• Purchased content must remain accessible

• Timing now an issue

• Control of Content

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What is the publisher position

• Fear of piracy

• Fear of losing revenue

• Types of publishing

• Control of Content

• Accept that a solution is needed

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What is the aggregator position

• Adhere to the publisher terms of supply

• Working with multi-publishers

• Adapt to different potential solutions

• Client by client solution

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Current options

• Portico

• Publishers Archive

• Discs?

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Issues

• Cost

• What does the solution need to provide

• Rights Control

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Possible solutions

• Aggregator Alliance

• Archive providers– OCLC

– Portico

– LOCKSS

• Institutional Archive

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Secure archiving =

Delivering ongoing access

– In an acceptable format– Through a trusted party– That works for

• The content provider• The publisher• The library and institution