We have been using EBL as our e-book aggregator for some 8 years now. We began ordering title by title and in 2009 went to patron driven acquisition. PDA works best for us because of being solely distance education. In the very early days, when we were selecting title by title, we also tried Ebrary.
The most important feature, particularly for ourselves being solely distance providers, was the simultaneous use. Ebrary at that time had most of their titles as single user access, whereas all EBL titles were simultaneous user access.
Just recently EBL have announced their transition into partnering with Ebrary, but have assured us that access will remain the same. Having said that, some publishers are changing their allowance for simultaneous access to single or three sim users.
Hope this helps. Send me an email if you want any further information about our model.
Lesley Harrison
Team Leader
Collection Services, Library
Lesley.Harrison_at_openpolytechnic.ac.nz
Open Polytechnic | Kuratini Tuwhera
Phone +64 4 9155886 or 0508 650200 ext:5886 | Fax +64 4 913 5644
3 Cleary Street, Waterloo | Private Bag 31914, Lower Hutt 5040
http://www.openpolytechnic.ac. nz
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Our library is researching e-book vendors for the first time. If anyone here on the list has recommendations as to what features we should look for in a plan, or any other recommendations at all, I would appreciate it if you would reply.
The following information about our holdings is from our website:
"The particular strengths of the Bishop Payne Library collection are in the areas of biblical studies, church history, theology, the Protestant Reformation, missions, and liturgics. It is a major resource for the study of Anglicanism. The collection includes source materials from many of the provinces and dioceses of the international Anglican Communion.
The library collection numbers over 225,000 volumes of books and bound periodicals, 6,800 microforms and 600 music compact discs. The library receives 900 current journals, periodicals, and newspapers in print and subscribes to over 29 computer research databases of indexes and full-text journal articles."
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Bishop Payne Library, Virginia Theological Seminary Alexandria, Va.
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