e-books, e-services and e-branches California Library Association – November 13, 2011

MARK SCHATZ, FAIA Field Paoli Architects

Session Moderator

RIVKAH SASS Sacramento Public Library

STACEY ALDRICH California State Library

CARSON BLOCK Library Information Technology Consultant

MEGAN WONG Sacramento Public Library

MANYA SHORR Sacramento Public Library

What makes us happy?

The Importance of Community

Libraries are Still Here!

Serving a New Generation

The New World of Digital Content

A Range of Devices

A Range of Content

Music and Books

Movies and Magazines

Social Reading Networks

Interactive Periodicals

E-Branches and Download Stations

How Should Libraries Respond?

Reducing the Role as Archives for Materials

Increasing Our Role in Bringing People Together

Carson Block

Ebook adoption in libraries: Challenges & triumphs

Books are our brand

eBooks are books.

eBooks are not books.

Rising public demand for eMaterials

Limited access to eMaterials for libraries

Show adoption from libraries

Some reluctance from librarians

Licensing vs. ownership

Allegiance to form instead of function

Few current library solutions

What do we see today?

…we can’t get books in the same manner?

What if …

…why do I need a library?

I have an iPad…

New branding opportunity

…not our mission statements

Re-examine our mission…

Built environment

Goodbye book warehouse,

hello access!

The role of advocacy

SXSW

The great library

swindle:

Your rights are at risk

Practical & successful

implementation of eReaders

Manya Shorr & Megan Wong

Our community & our library

1.4 million residents / 1000 square miles

28 branches + 1 bookmobile

$3 million budget

Subscribe to Overdrive

Weekly “Book-A-Librarian” appointments

Why eReaders & why now?

eBook sales soaring 160% 2011

Print down nearly 20%

Overdrive level of support

Book-A-Librarian

Should we be troubleshooting Overdrive

Our grant

$100k LSTA Grant

Assessment

Partnership

Pre-loaded

Our project

2 phases

Timeline

eReader team

Partnership

Genres

Records for each device

Title in notes field

Fiction

Biography

Mystery

Science Fiction

Nonfiction Lucky Day

Romance Children & Teen

Bestsellers Urban Fiction

Spanish

Content Management

Tracking our information

eBook content

Device content

Barnes & Noble 6:1

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Title selection

Title Author Notes

Bestseller

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest Larsson, Stieg Millenium Trilogy

A Red Herring Without Mustard Bradley, Alan Flavia de Luce Series

9th Judgment Patterson, James Women's Murder Club

Contemporary

Port Mortuary Cornwell, Patricia

Tell No One Coben, Harlan

Naked Heat Castle, Richard Nikki Heat Series

The Long Fall Mosley, Walter

Cozy

Death of a Chimney Sweep Beaton, M.C.

A Great Deliverance George, Elizabeth

Still Life Penny, Louise Aramand Gamache series

Historical

The Alienist Carr, Caleb

Medicus Downie, Ruth

William Monk Mysteries: The First Three Novels Perry, Anne

What Angels Fear Harris, C.S. Sebastian St. Cyr Mysteries

Paranormal

Dead in the Family Harris, Charlaine Sookie Stackhouse series

Thriller

The Bride Collector Dekker, Ted

The Devotion of Suspect X Higashino, Keigo

Circulation Rules

Borrowing agreement

Fees

To book-drop or not to book-drop?

Check-in / check-out list

Measuring effectiveness

Assessment

Surveys

Focus groups

Interviews

eReader team

Key stakeholders

Staff

Public

Training

All front

line staff

Basic eReader functionality

Circulation

Documents & guidelines

28 classes for public

Reaction

Going forward

Content refresh

Weeding devices

Repurposing devices

Old content

Full eReader experience

Report & docs:

http://www.saclibrary.org/ereaderproject

www.saclibrary.org

catalog: “Nook”

What we’ve learned …

Digital content and its affects on the built

environment

Stacey Aldrich & Rivkah Sass