Devices in our school @2015 Junior School Years 0-6 Junior School Years K-6 ipad minis Y0-3 ipads Class Y4-6 ipads K-3 BYOD Tablets Y4-6 Middle School Years 7-10 Middle School Years 7-10 ipads Y7 ipads Y7 Laptops Laptops Y8-10 Smartphones Senior School Years11-13 Laptops Tablets Smartphones
1200 ebook Checkouts by month + unique users - inception to the present day 1,133 Checkouts Number of unique users 1,006 900 957 960 889 932 757 648 700 692 600 440 515 438 483 500 495 500 435 506 386 321 332 362 373 300 0 274 130 May-13 239 92 June-13 153 78 July-13 162 Aug-13 133 Sept-13 99 Oct-13 168 Nov-13 137 Dec-13 102 Jan-14 169 Feb-14 253 March-14 179 April-14 208 197 June-14 May-14 123 July-14 171 152 144 169 Nov-14 Oct-14 Sept-14 Aug-14 217 77 Dec-14 127 Jan-15 260 Feb-15 295 March-15 186 April-15 238 May-15 299 June-15 211 233 Aug-15 July-15
4000 ebook Checkouts by month vs Size of collection Checkouts Digital collection size 3000 2000 1,133 1000 648 957 757 700 960 889 1,006 692 932 274 239 153 386 440 321 515 438 332 483 362 500 495 373 500 217 435 506 0 May-13 June-13 July-13 Aug-13 Sept-13 Oct-13 Nov-13 Dec-13 Jan-14 Feb-14 March-14 April-14 May-14 June-14 July-14 Aug-14 Sept-14 Oct-14 Nov-14 Dec-14 Jan-15 Feb-15 March-15 April-15 May-15 June-15 July-15 Aug-15
Resources Budget - digital vs print 2015 Databases 6% MackinVIA 18% Print books 29% Overdrive 32% Periodicals 15% Note : for current/forward purchases not existing collection
How do you feel about ebooks?
Your digital collection requires the same attention as your physical collection
until you no longer see them as separate
it s one collection - made up of physical and non-physical items
Benefits Convenience Attractive to non-readers Keeps readers hooked especially on series Special features for readers needing support No losses, damage or overdues - ever! No impact on shelf space
Start with a whiteboard, a big piece of paper, or a mind-mapping tool
Demand (where is it coming from?) BYOD or NOT? MLE - need less shelves more collaboration space? physical limits - shelves full? flipped classroom 24/7 access needed
Students (all, sub-section etc) Targeted Faculty / Curriculum areas Community (parents?) Teachers (professional reading, recreational, curriculum support etc) Age/year levels e.g. 5-6, 11-13 Collaborative venture (other schools, Public Library) Are you going to need to restrict content by age?
BYOD or 1:1 devices Use devices outside school only (you have to work hard to remind students ebooks are there) Library or computer lab (think of the reading experience) Loanable devices (how many students can read this way?) Classroom pods (good for non-fiction) large screen or projector smartphones (great in secondary school for audio and ebooks) Do you have tech support /enough staff time? Integration with LMS / SSO
Format (ebook, audio, video, narrate ebooks, periodicals) Fiction Non-fiction Textbooks? English or other languages Single use titles or simultaneous access? Platform - just one OR multiple Size of collection, will you include duplicates Ratio of lending models Piggy-backing off external collection Amazon Kindle Store or Apple ibook content? (can be done but fiddly to manage) Physical AND digital duplication of some titles?
example of digital only content
My learning Popular authors, titles, series or subject will work in digital format without a print copy. But lesser known authors and titles can be lost in the cloud.
Bought in digital only, then bought in print as well
Purchased in both formats
Bought in print - because not available in digital. substituted in digital collection with popular readalikes
$$$ driven One time only Weekly Monthly Each term Annually Drip feed pre-purchased material?
Add new titles often - even if only a few at a time - to keep users coming back
Adding newly released sequels, as they are published, draws users back to the other titles in a series (and to the whole digital collection)
What-if? You need to investigate and imagine varyious scenarios and try and see your digital offering from your users perspective
Measuring success checkouts requests/holds/pre-orders feedback views turnover rate (number of loans per title)
Daily checkouts (weekends and school days)
Monthly checkouts (Term time and holidays)
Who is checking out? - 2015 data Very youngest and oldest students
Use daily analytics to monitor success of title promotion
Put together a checklist showing how the features and pricing of the different lending platforms meet the needs and outcomes you identified on your mind map or strategic plan as you get answers to your questions NOTE : example only
Annual hosting fee and content commitment Hosting fee based on school roll size App - continuous improvement and features including dyslexia friendly fonts and features Largest selection of publishers Formats: ebooks, (epub, Read in browser, Narrated ebooks, Fixed layout) Audiobooks, Streaming video; Periodicals [US only] Age restrictions can be set in for up to three bands User interface available in a variety of languages Can curate titles into genres and special interest collections Large investment in R & D so that apps are available for most hardware as it is released to the market Easy for users to link to Public Library collections Able to load student and locally created content into platform Teacher s lounge for professional reading and curation
Curation of genres, subjects, themes in OverDrive
Teachers lounge
OverDrive interface can be viewed in non-english
Narrated ebooks (embedded audio)
Short term lease - price per copy
No annual subscription or hosting fee, pay by credit card Single user OR Multiple access titles for simultaneous users Ebooks, audiobooks and digital bundles, databases Vast selection of material - PreK-Year13 and adult Note taking and editing features within each book + text to speech Export citations directly to Easybib etc Curation: can arrange resources in curriculum groups and add in other resources (EPIC database links, subscription databases, web links, video etc) Mainly US publishers; titles sometimes take a few days to load
Curate groups of ebooks within MackinVIA to match current UOIs Groups contain ebooks and other resources; Password embedded links to EPIC databases Links to other databases we subscribe to if appropriate (e.g. National Geographic Virtual Library for kids) Web links Video (YouTube, Vimeo etc) PDF files (can use google docs/folders/drive etc) Hide groups at end of UOI and modify/unhide next year
We put resources into groups to match current UOI
Great highlighting and note-taking (not cut and paste) Notes are stored in personal backpacks - private
Links to an individual EasyBib account and if bibliography open in browser then citation drops in automatically
Annual subscription Pre selected range of material which changes each year K-Year 8+ Good selection for primary/intermediate age inquiry resources - animals, celebrations, myths and legends, weird and wonderful etc (these are good for ESL secondary students too!) Read aloud text to speech feature Whole school use - simultaneous access Formats: ebooks, video, images, National Geographic Kids magazine articles Browser based - no downloads Teachers can project resources, or use on class ipads in pods Note: range of titles included changes each year
Publishers typically use DRM technology to prevent copying, printing, and sharing of e-books and other digital content. This is why users must either use an authorised app or reader with inbuilt authentication and encryption of files and/or authorise their device with an Adobe ID.
audio audio
One of the fairer metered models if the price reasonable, but if user checkouts by mistake and doesn t open, read or download - no credit
Both ebooks and audiobooks extremely popular, ebooks $39-47 each, audiobooks very expensive @ $125-141 each Only available in OverDrive
Multi-user access digital content transforms inquiry resourcing and needs to be considered in light of changes to Services to Schools curriculum loans.
Our OverDrive collection by lending model Metered by time 1% 52/24 months metered 7% 26 Metered checkout 26% One copy, One user 66%
Our OverDrive collection by format narrated ebooks 1% audiobooks 9% ebooks 90%
Our MackinVIA digital collection databases 11 Single-use ebooks 11 Single-use audiobooks 30 Web-links 47 Multi-user ebooks 436 10906 ebook views July 2014-Sep 2015
Authors and agents sell publishers the right or license to publish and sell works in specific countries or regions of the world. One title may have various publishers for different parts of the world - sometimes different publishers within the same region for different formats. Can sometimes work in NZ Librarians favour - but not often. You need to become familiar with the different publishers and their imprints - both print and electronic.
Publishers who currently don t sell digital ebook content to school libraries NB Scholastic Audio available through OverDrive Some DK available and some RH available Can be confusing.
Where to check for rights information amazon.com.au (kindle editions) ibooks store (NZ) audible.com (logged in as a NZ customer) publisher websites
Incorporate marc records/metadata into LMS
Use APIs within your LMS
Try and avoid dummy templates that take the place of a physical book on the shelf (they take up space defeating one of the benefits of ebooks!)
Acrylic stands in shelves with QRcodes - change titles frequently
CHILDREN IN CRISIS EBOOKS +AUDIOBOOKS AVAILABLE NOW Displayed in an acrylic stand alongside collection of print books to encourage wide fiction reading around an inquiry unit.
Use A4/A3 acrylic stands for promotion within genrefied fiction
We use canva.com for a professional look and feel that matches our target audience for any mail-outs or display
Canva graphics to use with MailChimp
Use video book trailers in mail-outs
Always give help and contact information
Collaborating with the Public Library Public Libraries are eager to collaborate and connect Make it easy for students to sign up for Library cards Consider reaching out if you do not have a digital collection Extend your own range of e-resources by connecting students and getting them to download appropriate apps Add discovery points in your LMS for e-resources held elsewhere
Auckland Libraries
Partnerships, consortiums Common in Australia (Catholic School Diocese or State) USA whole school districts Share subscription/platform fees Share content Ability to keep some content for own library use (not shared) Check with Softlink about this for NZ schools
Slides you didn t see in the workshop!
Common in academic libraries - used mainly in our upper secondary for IB/NCEA Vast selection of titles No subscription or hosting fees (extra fee of 10% of book cost instead of hosting fee) Predominantly non-fiction, academic texts/textbooks - some fiction (which does mean provision of class sets ) Formats: ebooks (PDF and epub) Variety of lending models - can be confusing at first but does provide simultaneous access for multiple users Note taking, with stored notes for individual users Patron Driven Acquisition (users can preview ebooks we don t even own, and request short term loans or purchase) Once purchased - titles are available instantly.
This is the copy we own
Formula looks complicated 325 divided by loan period x number of students needing access e.g. 21 day loan for 30 students (325 / 21 = 15.48 = 2 copies needed) Rolls over at 365 days.
Simultaneous access audiobooks (standalone subscription or package with MackinVIA)
Magazines Simultaneous user access
Contacts lyn.walker@softlinkint.com.au OverDrive Wheeler s eplatform - http://nz.eplatform.co/ Bolinda ed@bolinda.com www.mackin.com (MackinVIA multiuser platform) contact laurie.flaherty@mackin.com Reuben.Sonn@proquest.com (EBL /ebook central) http://www.wavesound.com.au/ (zinio for Libraries) www.cengage.com.au (National Geographic Virtual KidsLibrary for kids) lynette.lewis@cengage.com Tales2go - lysa@tales2go.com