VALA2014 Session 8 Browne

The EPUB standard and ebook indexes: better user access to information in ebooks

VALA2014 CONCURRENT SESSION 8: Collaborate
Wednesday 5 February 2014, 14:20 – 14:50
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Glenda Browne

Westmead Hospital, NSW

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Abstract

Ebooks need indexes just as print books do, but in the early days of digital publishing only a few ebooks had active, linked indexes. This is expected to change. The International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) manages and develops the EPUB ebook standard. The IDPF Indexes Working Group is writing a standard for ebook indexes that will allow for the provision of active indexes and adds features not possible with print. This paper finds that librarians have a key role to play in the promotion of better ebook navigation options through the selection of ebooks with effective indexes, the assessment of reading devices and provision of advice to users.

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VALA2012 Session 9 Neil

VALA2012 Session 9 Neil

Approval of ‘E’: fuss-free selection and acquisition

VALA2012 CONCURRENT SESSION 9: eStuff
Wednesday 8 February 2012, 13:45 – 14:15
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Alison Neil

University of New South Wales

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Wednesday, February 08, 2012, 1:45 PM AUSEDT, 26 Minutes 50 Seconds.

Abstract

EBooks might be a great innovation but how does a library use them without having to redesign how material is selected and acquired? Although libraries might experience small bumps in the road when acquiring print items and online serials, most have established workflows to select what is required and to provide access in a quick and efficient manner. This paper will examine the difficulties University of New South Wales experienced in acquiring eBooks, and the mechanisms needed to maintain a fuss? free selection and acquisition workflow, which incorporates eBooks as just another format.

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VALA2004 Session 3 Mercieca

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E-book acceptance: what will make users read on screen?

VALA 2004 CONCURRENT SESSION 3: eBooks
Tuesday 3 February 2004, 11:20 – 11:50

Paul Mercieca

Lecturer – Information Management And Digital Publishing, RMIT University
http://www.rmit.edu.au

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Abstract

While the publishing industry is developing new business and delivery models for electronic titles, libraries are experimenting with the integration of these titles into their collections and services. A major issues, however, is the reluctance to read large textual titles on current screen technology. This paper reports on research that is identifying issues associated with the acceptance of electronic textbook materials. Comparison is made between different digital formats to determine if these alter acceptance of reading textbook material on screen. These preliminary findings suggest a reluctance to move to digital textbooks unless the digital files provide incentives through better or easier access to the content itself.

VALA2004 Session 3 Abbott

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Sooner or later! – Have e-books turned the page?

VALA 2004 CONCURRENT SESSION 3: eBooks
Tuesday 3 February 2004, 11:55 – 12:30

Wendy Abbott

Associate Director, Customer Services, Bond University Library
http://www.bond.edu.au

Kate Kelly

Electronic Services Librarian, Bond University Library
http://www.bond.edu.au

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Abstract

Electronic journals have become well established in their various formats in university libraries while electronic books are still struggling to find their place. The notion that ebooks are a solution in search of a problem” still has some currency as libraries negotiate the various licensing and access issues associated with e-books. This paper will explore the theoretical and practical issues of implementing e-books in the tertiary education environment. Experiences at Bond University where the School of IT and the Library are collaborating to experiment with e-book solutions for IT students will be used to illustrate progress.

VALA2004 Session 6 Lee

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The Digital Agenda: a Progress Report for Libraries

VALA 2004 CONCURRENT SESSION 6: Electronic Publishing
Tuesday 3 February 2004, 14:35 – 15:05

Miranda Lee

Executive Officer, Australian Digital Alliance; Copyright Advisor, Australian Libraries Copyright Committee
http://www.digital.org.au and http://www.digital.org.au/alcc

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Abstract

The Copyright Amendment (Digital Agenda) Act 2000 introduced provisions aimed at updating copyright legislation to accord with the digital environment. For libraries, the Act extended the existing library and archives exceptions to enable libraries to utilize digital technology in providing access to information. A review of the Digital Agenda Act is currently underway to assess how the Act has performed against its original objectives. This paper explores the most controversial and important issues for libraries in the review.

VALA2010: L-Plate Session 7 eBooks

VALA L PlateMonday 8 February, 16:30 – 17:00

eBooks are becoming a standard part of many libraries. However, with a growing number of different eBook readers, and many different types of eBook purchase and licensing models, the introduction of eBooks into a library requires a bit of planning.

Presenter: Bart Rutherford

Bart Rutherford is very well known with the Victorian library community as a throughful, and very entertaining presenter, who is able to make the most obscure and technical topics fun, interesting, and easy to understand. In 2010 Bart was also the VALA President. When he is not busy with VALA activities Bart is the Online resources Manager at Wesley College in Melbourne.

This is Bart’s third series L Plate presentation, Bart’s first L Plate presentation in 2008 introduced the now famous Slinky. Bart also gave a presentation at VALA2010 on Cloud Computing.

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VALA2010 Plenary 6 Wark

VALA20120The Networked Book

VALA 2010 PLENARY 6: Mckenzie Wark
Thursday 11 February 2010 15:55 – 17:05
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VALA2010 Keynote SpeakerMckenzie Wark

Associate Professor of Media Studies, Eugene Lang College and the New School for Social Research, New York, USA
http://www.newschool.edu and http://www.futureofthebook.org/mckenziewark

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In 2007 I collaborated with the Institute for the Book on a ‘networked book’ version of Gamer Theory, which was later published in the old dead tree format by Harvard University Press. That experience led all of us on a merry chase after solutions to many problems, some technical, some economic, some cultural. In this presentation I will sum up that experience and try to draw some lessons from it for future experiments that lie at the intersection of publishing, librarianship and writing, at a time when the boundaries between these professions are interestingly fluid.

 

VALA2010 Session 5 Wells

VALA20120Ebook usage at Curtin University Library: patterns, projections and strategy

VALA 2010 CONCURRENT SESSION 5 – Metrics
Tuesday 9 February 2010, 14:05 – 14:35
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VALA Peer Reviewed PaperDavid Wells

Manager, Resources, Curtin University Library
http://library.curtin.edu.au

Petra Dumbell

Team Leader, Resources, Curtin University Library
http://library.curtin.edu.au

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Abstract

Since Curtin University Library began to collect ebooks in the early 2000s, we have used a variety of collection development and access models for different purposes. To a large extent different acquisition models have been aligned to different collection development goals. For example, acquisition of publishers’ collection sets has been directed to providing long-term infrastructure for researchers; purchase of individual ebooks has been intended primarily to address short-term demand for materials required to support teaching and learning. This paper will examine the patterns of usage of different categories of ebooks to establish the extent to which method or philosophy of acquisition has an impact on ebook usage.