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Mobile Access to E-Books at Yale Lisa Carlucci Thomas Digital Collections Librarian Yale University 2009 LITA National Forum Salt Lake City, UT
In 4 years,  	  Yale’s e-books  	  increased more 	  than 110% E-Books at Yale: 2005-2009 2005: ~475,000 titles 2009: ~1,000,000+ titles
E-Books Everywhere: Now
Mobile Access to E-Books at Yale What percentage of e-book collections can be accessed using mobile devices? Four devices tested:  ,[object Object]
Sony Reader PRS-500
iRexiLiad 2nd edition
Apple iPod Touch,[object Object]
Sony Reader PRS-500
iRex iLiad 2nd edition
Apple iPod Touch iPhone iPod Touch
Resources Tested History Reference Online Digital Library of Classic Protestant Texts Blackwell Reference Online Books24x7 ITPro Collection Cambridge Histories Online Literature Online Perseus Project ebrary ENGnetBASE: Engineering Handbooks Online Eighteenth Century Collections Online Gutenberg-e ACLS Humanities E-Book Knovel Madame Curie Bioscience Database Medieval Sources Online NetLibrary (OCLC) SourceOECD Oxford Reference Online PatrologiaeGraecae Past Masters Safari Books Online Early English Books Online, 1475-1700  Methods in Enzymology Springer Protocols World Bank e-Library
Testing Could you access e-book using device? Could you use an additional method to access Yale licensed e-books on the device (for instance: bookmark, email, download, copy, or other)? What was the format type? Rate ability to access using following scale: 1. Able to access, but unreadable, unusable 2. Able to access, may be readable, difficult to view or navigate 3. Able to access, fairly readable, content viewable 4. Able to access, overall readable, sized to fit screen and can navigate without difficulty 5. Able to access, very readable, very easy to view content and navigate
Findings
Summary Apple iPod Touch Could access 84% of Yale’s e-book collections  Amazon Kindle 2.0, Sony Reader PRS-500, and iRexiLiad 2nd edition  Could access 24% of Yale’s e-book collections
Conclusion This is just the beginning…

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Mobile Access to E-Books at Yale

  • 1. Mobile Access to E-Books at Yale Lisa Carlucci Thomas Digital Collections Librarian Yale University 2009 LITA National Forum Salt Lake City, UT
  • 2. In 4 years, Yale’s e-books increased more than 110% E-Books at Yale: 2005-2009 2005: ~475,000 titles 2009: ~1,000,000+ titles
  • 4.
  • 7.
  • 9. iRex iLiad 2nd edition
  • 10. Apple iPod Touch iPhone iPod Touch
  • 11. Resources Tested History Reference Online Digital Library of Classic Protestant Texts Blackwell Reference Online Books24x7 ITPro Collection Cambridge Histories Online Literature Online Perseus Project ebrary ENGnetBASE: Engineering Handbooks Online Eighteenth Century Collections Online Gutenberg-e ACLS Humanities E-Book Knovel Madame Curie Bioscience Database Medieval Sources Online NetLibrary (OCLC) SourceOECD Oxford Reference Online PatrologiaeGraecae Past Masters Safari Books Online Early English Books Online, 1475-1700 Methods in Enzymology Springer Protocols World Bank e-Library
  • 12. Testing Could you access e-book using device? Could you use an additional method to access Yale licensed e-books on the device (for instance: bookmark, email, download, copy, or other)? What was the format type? Rate ability to access using following scale: 1. Able to access, but unreadable, unusable 2. Able to access, may be readable, difficult to view or navigate 3. Able to access, fairly readable, content viewable 4. Able to access, overall readable, sized to fit screen and can navigate without difficulty 5. Able to access, very readable, very easy to view content and navigate
  • 14. Summary Apple iPod Touch Could access 84% of Yale’s e-book collections Amazon Kindle 2.0, Sony Reader PRS-500, and iRexiLiad 2nd edition Could access 24% of Yale’s e-book collections
  • 15. Conclusion This is just the beginning…
  • 16. Thank You Mobile Access to E-Books at Yale Lisa Carlucci Thomas Digital Collections Librarian Yale University twitter.com/lisacarlucci
  • 17. References Slide 2: image ‘stack’ @ www.flickr.com/photos/27462949@N00/468725354 Slide 3: Chronicle of Higher Education http://chronicle.com/article/This-Could-Be-the-Year-of/48305/ Slide 5: image ‘side by side’ @ www.flickr.com/photos/78563196@N00/3307428600 Slide 6: image ‘sony reader’ @ www.flickr.com/photos/80994469@N00/2087467696 Slide 6: image 'Librarians are way sexier than DRM'd ebook+readers' @ www.flickr.com/photos/35034347820@N01/1300241735 Slide 7: photo by Lisa Carlucci Thomas Slide 7: image: 'iRex iLiad tekstiä‘ www.flickr.com/photos/77136818@N00/3276650497 Slide 8: image ‘IPHONE IPOD TOUCH 2G’http://www.flickr.com/photos/33963534@N07/3312844072/ Slide 15: photo by Lisa Carlucci Thomas