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Agenda• What every student does: Research!What every student does: Research!
• Research Materials Supply GapResearch Materials Supply Gap
• Product OverviewProduct Overview
• Re-Mastered EditionRe-Mastered Edition
• Mobile ReadingMobile Reading
• Live DemoLive Demo
What every student does…Research!
Over half of course-related research requires interpretation of a text with research from multiple
sources and historical analysis of an event
Source: Project information literacy report – Washington USA 2009
Sources of InformationPrimary Sources
Sources of InformationSecondary SourcesSecondary Sources
Sources of InformationTertiary SourcesTertiary Sources
Google and E-Books are the most important “Research Resource”…
More important than…•Print Books•Print Textbooks•E-Journals•Electronic Databases
Source: Global Student eBook Survey 2008 - eBrary
But libraries are not the main source of eBooks for research work…
Source: University College London 2009
But libraries are not the main source of eBooks for research work…
Source: The Survey of American College Students: Student Use of Library eBooks Collection 2009
Research Materials in LibrariesA Supply Gap…
Academic Research Iceberg
Tertiary SourcesTertiary Sources
Secondary SourcesSecondary Sources
Primary Sources
Relevance to Academic Research
Tertiary SourcesTertiary Sources
Secondary SourcesSecondary Sources
Primary Sources
LessLess
MoreMore
Good supply of…Tertiary sources (Textbooks) eBooks
Tertiary SourcesTertiary Sources
Secondary SourcesSecondary Sources Contemporary Textbook e-BooksAcademic Journal e-Collections
But insufficient supply of…“Original Research Material” in e-format
Tertiary SourcesTertiary Sources
Secondary SourcesSecondary Sources
Primary Sources
Source: Project Information Literacy Report – Washington, USA, 2009
Research Time…Mostly Outside!
70% Research Time Outside Library
Where should I begin?
Website 1
Search 1
Format 1
Access 1
Website 2
Search 2
Format 2
Access 2
Website 3
Search 3
Format 3
Access 3
Website 4
Search 4
Format 4
Access 4
Very Unproductive Research
More Time Searching…Less Time Analyzing , Synthesizing Content…More Time Searching…Less Time Analyzing , Synthesizing Content…
What is it?
2,100,000 eBooks & eDocuments
23,000 Audio Books MP3
2,100,000 eBooksOne-Search
One-Small-PriceUser-Ownership!
2,100,000 eBooksOne-Search
One-Small-PriceUser-Ownership!
Convenience
History100,000+
EnvironmentalAwareness
15,000
Literature100,000+
MedicalE-Documents
59,000
Military Sciences22,000
Oceanography1,160
Information Technology
4,488
TeachersResources
6,000
WomenWriters
103
Physics3,000
Mathematics11,500 Chemistry
16,000
Economy60,000
Accessibility
PC
Laptop Sony Reader
Kindle Smart-Phone
Blackberry
iPad
iPhone/iPod
Primary Sources
Secondary SourcesSecondary Sources
The World Largest Collection of“Research eBooks & eDocuments”
Tertiary SourcesTertiary Sources
Content Overview
Number of eBooks World eBook Library Offers
Same price…more eBooks! US$ 2 per user yearly
What type of Content?
Where does the content come from?
219,000 Publishers!
• Harvard University• Massachusetts Institute of Technology• Oxford University• Stanford University• Michigan University• University of Toronto• Wellesley College• University of California• University of New York
235,000 Government Publications
Department of Education6,252 eBooks
Department of Commerce2,238 eBooks
Government Printing Office18,000 eBooks
Small Business Administration121 eBooks
Environmental Protection 30,900 eBooks
G.A.I.R. Office7,325 eBooks
Federal Trade Commission7,498 eBooks
Transportation Safety713 eBooks
Technology Administration2,634 eBooks
N.A.S.A.1,270 eBooks
Department of Defense26,000 eBooks
White House Publications953 eBooks
Department of Justice3,106 eBooks
Department of Energy145 eBooks
Dep. Of Health & Human Services11,384 eBooks
Dep. Of Treasure4,821 eBooks
235,000 Government Publications
General Services Amin.599 eBooks
Internal Revenue Service3,473 eBooks
National Oceanic Admin.1,100 eBooks
Census Bureau Dep.29,000 eBooks
U.N. Food and Agriculture13,600 eBooks
U.N. International Aid and Funding5,448 eBooks
W.H.O.45,800 eBooks
US Access Board 148 eBooks
CIA154 eBooks
U.N. Office for Disarmament Affairs5,500 eBooks
World Bank Economics Pub.5,000 eBooks
Export and Trade 810 eBooks
Transp. Security Administration132 eBooks
Only Re-Mastered Editions Worldwide!
Issue #1: Unfinished eBooks
Eyes-strainingYellowish pages
Without OCR“Text-Search”
DisorientedText
Wrongly sizedFile
Only re-Mastered Edition of “Digitized Books” Worldwide…
Only re-Mastered Edition of “Digitized Books” Worldwide…
Only re-Mastered Edition of “Digitized Books” Worldwide…
Only re-Mastered Edition of “Digitized Books” Worldwide…
Only re-Mastered Edition of “Digitized Books” Worldwide…
Only re-Mastered Edition of “Digitized Books” Worldwide…
Mobile Devices Reading
…62% of eBook consumers interested in using eReaders and/or Mobile Phone to read an eBook…
Source: PriceGrabber eBook and eReader Survey 2010
Issue #2: Unreadable on Mobile DevicesiBook on iPhone
Digitized Book
Issue #3: Unreadable on Mobile Devices
Issue #3: Unreadable on Mobile Devices
Issue #3: Unreadable on Mobile Devices
Quality eBook Anywhere…
Digitally Re-Mastered
World eBook Library
World eBook LibraryDigitally Re-Mastered
eBook
Highlighted Text from Text-Search Results
Library Content Management
• MARC Records
• Direct title download from library platform
• Usage statistics
• Unlimited simultaneous users
• Unlimited content download full-text
• Free cataloging, publishing and hosting service
Reduces Research Time…
2 Million titles from the
Library portal!
Much faster search and not need to hop from site to site in
internet!!!
…And keeps patrons inside the library website
Product Demo
THANK YOU!
