Between December and February EBL made some adjustments to it’s production processes over the past months to enhance and streamline production workflows for new title processing. These changes will result in faster processing times for new titles, virtually removing all delays in processing times and seeing new titles go live in our catalogue at a much faster pace. As part of this work, we added 6,200 new titles to the EBL catalogue in recent weeks, bringing the total number of EBL titles to ~123,500. If you have not yet signed up to receive these alerts but would like to, please fill in the form found here. If you would like to trial EBL for free, sign up here. If you have any questions, please contact us.
Robin Champieux and David Swords have joined EBL. Both come from Blackwell where Robin was Director of North American Sales and David was Vice President of Sales & Marketing. We are very pleased with this development and are certain that their determined work and the experience they bring will mean a great deal to our customers.
Robin joined EBL in November as Vice President of Business Development. Besides working with customers, she will be working to bring product improvement to market. Robin has an MLS, is a columnist for Against the Grain, and is active in various ALA discussion groups. Much of her past work has been in library technical services.
David is Vice President of Sales & Marketing and he joined EBL in January at ALA in Boston. He too will work with customers directly, and he will help EBL to reach new parts of the market as well as expand our strategic partnerships. David has a Ph.D. In English and taught technical writing for many years. Prior to his engagement with Blackwell Book Services, he was Vice President of International Sales for YBP. His article on a demand–driven acquisitions experiment that allows patrons a choice of an ebook or print copy will appear in the next issue of the International Journal of the Book.
Robin lives in Portland, Oregon, and David in Warner, New Hampshire. Both Robin and David bring a wealth of knowedge and experience in bookselling, library supply and academic publishing. Having worked closely with them both in the past years through our partnership with Blackwell, we know them to be determined and energetic on behalf of their customers and are delighted to welcome them to the team!
At the recent Charleston Conference in November 2009, Jason Price & John McDonald from Claremont College presented “Beguiled by Bananas : A retrospective study of the usage & breadth of patron vs. librarian acquired ebook collections.”
Some questions asked inclued, ‘Are user-selected ebooks used less often than pre-selected ebooks?’, ‘Do user-selected ebooks have a narrower audience?’ and ‘Are user-selected collections less balanced?’.
This paper provides an evaluative analysis of librarian acquisition vs. patron acquisition of ebooks using actual acquisition data from many libraries. The statistics and discussion were based on data provided by EBL and includes discussion from EBL’s Kari Paulson and Alison Morin. Please take a look at their findings linked here:
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Beguiled by Bananas :
A retrospective study of the usage & breadth of patron vs. librarian acquired ebook collections
Please find below all the latest titles added to the EBL catalogue between October and December 2009. Click on the link to download each list. If you would like to discuss ordering any of these recently added titles or are not yet a customer and are interested in a trial of EBL, please don’t hesitate to contact us. You can also sign up for individual New Title Alerts here.
The new EBL Patron Interface is now live! As well as a fresh, clean, brand new look, the new EBL Patron Interface has the following new features:
- Bookshelf: access current loans, collections, and recently accessed titles from a centralized location.
- Collections: add and organise titles in “My Collections”.
- Bookmarks: access and export patron ebook notes without having to enter the ebook itself, and bookmark ebooks at page level.
- Search Result Filtering: filter down search results at the click of a button, by Publication Date, Publisher, Category or Language.
- Metadata Hyperlinking: link to similar titles in the EBL catalog using LCCH, Dewey, LCCN, Author or Category hyperlinking.
- Chapter Level Linking: link directly to any specific ebook chapter from EBL full record screen, or using chapter level URLs.
Please contact support@eblib.com if you have any questions.
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Here, you will find the latest content added in the last two months arranged into subject area. If you would like to discuss ordering any of these new titles or are not yet a customer and are interested in a trial of EBL, please don’t hesitate to contact us. We also have a number of Special Offers on at the moment, please follow the link for further information!
* 25% discount off ebook list price for libraries buying entire CABI promo list
* 20% discount off ebook list price for purchase of entire subject list
* 15% discount off ebook list price for purchase of 40 or more titles
* 10% discount off ebook list price for purchase of more than 20 titles
View full list of titles here
Terms of offer:
* Offer applies only to promoted CABI titles – selected titles published between January 2005 and September 2009
* Libraries can place multiple orders during the promotion period
* All CABI titles must be purchased in a single transaction in order to receive the discount
* Offer ends March 31, 2010
ABOUT CABI:
CABI is a not-for-profit science-based development and information organization that produces key scientific publications, including CAB Abstracts – the world-leading database covering agriculture and environment. CABI produces content which aims to further science and its application to real life, covering many subject areas within science. CABI’s expertise includes agriculture, animal and veterinary sciences, environmental sciences, human health, food and nutrition, leisure and tourism, microbiology and parasitology, and plant science, and They offer collections in animal science, agriculture and plant science/horticulture through EBL.
EBL will be exhibiting at the upcoming 2009 Charleston Conference this week. We will be giving demonstrations of our New Patron Interface and introducing our newest addition to the EBL team (US). If you would like to view a demo of our new patron interface or to discuss your account and receive a little training, please contact us to arrange a time to meet, or simply drop by the booth, likewise if you are not an existing customer. If you are not attending Charleston, but wish to contact us, we would be delighted to to hear from you.
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We are receiving a growing number of inquiries regarding EBL’s compatibility with ebook reading devices. With all of the hype and opinions about various readers, we understand that making a decision about which ebook reading device is right for you can be a little overwhelming. To help cut through the ‘noise’, we have found a handy list of devices that are compatible with EBL ebooks (via Adobe Digital Editions). Adobe Digital Editions is supported by a majority of the reading devices out there, giving EBL users a range of choice of readers.
View the list of eBook Readers here
Note that prices vary and suitability depends on the context in which the reading device is being used. Not all readers are available worldwide and this list identifies availability by geography.
Is your library using or thinking of using eBook Readers in the library? Let us know what your thoughts are on ebook readers for institutions. We are interested to hear about innovative projects carried out by libraries.