Sometimes, our e-books end up being chosen by professors for their texts,
although it's generally just a chapter or two. They don't always tell us
their plans, either. We sometimes find out when students call to tell us
they can't "get in" to the e-book. We find that if we tell them to wait
about 5-10 minutes and try again, they'll probably get in because it's just
a matter of hitting the simultaneous user limit.
Our experience is that students look up an e-book and either print or
download a chapter and then get out of the book, making it possible for a
number of students to use the book over a reasonably short period of time.
Even if the professor wants to use the whole book, it generally goes
chapter by chapter from week to week and students just go in multiple times
to look at the chapter for the week.
Aline
On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 10:33 AM, <acqnet-l_at_lists.ibiblio.org> wrote:
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> I’d check the license, as many licenses limit simultaneous users. Our
> Books24x7 license has a limit on users that wouldn’t allow several people
> in a study group to use it at same time.
>
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> Virginia Kay Williams
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> Acquisitions Librarian and Associate Professor
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> Wichita State University
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> 1845 Fairmount / Box 68
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> Wichita, KS 67260-0068
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> 316-978-6442
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> ginger.williams_at_wichita.edu
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> *From:* ACQNET-L [mailto:acqnet-l-bounces_at_lists.ibiblio.org] *On Behalf
> Of *acqnet-l_at_lists.ibiblio.org
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> I would investigate if this plan complies with copyright.
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> Karen Malnati
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> Librarian - Acquisitions
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> Union County College
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> MacKay Library
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> 1033 Springfield Avenue
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> 908-709-7027
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> Subject: [ACQNET-L] Using eBook databases for textbooks
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> Hi everyone,
>
>
>
> Our college is moving to electronic textbooks through the Vital Source
> platform in order to reduce cost for students. We are also considering
> using some of the titles from our eBooks database (Books24x7) as textbooks,
> which would further reduce the cost to students.
>
>
>
> Does anybody have experience using library eBooks (either single books or
> databases) as a substitute for textbooks? Or have you heard of this being
> done elsewhere? Currently our subscription of Books 24x7 does not allow for
> books to be downloaded which is a disadvantage.
>
>
>
> I would appreciate any input regarding this as this is new territory for
> me. Any other vendors/databases that I should consider? What issues or
> questions am I missing out?
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> Thank you,
>
> Asha
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> Asha Unni
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> Library Director
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> TCI College (Technical Career Institutes)
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> 320W 31st. Street
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> New York, NY 10001
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> aunni_at_tcicollege.edu
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> Tel: (212) 594 4000 ext. 5314
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