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ReadersFirst   A movement to improve e-book access & services for public library users
227
Library Systems




                  182
                  Million Readers
Libraries have a
responsibility to ensure
that users have the same
open, easy, and free
access to e-books as print
books.



          Products currently offered
           by e-content distributors
             create a fragmented,
                   disjointed, and
                cumbersome user
                         experience.
“a fragmented,
disjointed, and
cumbersome
user experience.”
Fiction   Non-fiction        Media



                                               Physical
                                               collections and
                                               experiences are
                                               designed according
                                               to patron
                                               expectations




             Reading Space     Reading Space        Reading Space
              OPEN TO ALL       OPEN TO ALL          OPEN TO ALL
Taker & Baylor   DriveOver          3N



                                                     Digital
                                                     collections and
                                                     experiences are
                                                     organized by the
                                                     source of the
                                                     material




                   Taker & Baylor        DriveOver             3N
                       ONLY                ONLY               ONLY
ReadersFirst Principles
                                     Interact
Discover                             with the library
content in a single                  within the library’s
comprehensive                        own context
catalog



                  Access
                  a variety of e-
                  content from                       Read
                  multiple sources                   e-books that are
                                                     compatible with all
                                                     readers
Library e-book products
bundle digital content    Content
with functionality
we already have           Rights Management
(and pay for) in our
catalogs and discovery    Search/Browse
environments.
                          Discovery

                          Circulation/Lending

                          Account Information

                          Notifications
ReadersFirst is advocating
for vendors to unbundle
functions and provide
methods to integrate
them into the environments
our patrons already
know and associate
with our libraries.
“As libraries look to build out                  “We’re in a situation now
rich online engagement                          where we have to provide a
  with patrons, the desired                     different discovery system
                                                   depending on where we
 state is to have the patron
                                                bought the content from. It’s
 completely stay within the                        getting too complex and
 library’s controllable,                         ebooks are growing so fast.
     virtual walls.”                              It’s an urgent problem.”
                                                        -   Christina de Castell
        - Christopher Platt, NYPL                                 Vancouver PL


              “We are looking for the tools                          “This is exactly the kind of
               to create true unbundling                             thing that public libraries
              and interoperability among                            should be doing: identifying
               the different functions that                             discrete problems with
               reside all up and down the                            tractable solutions, avoiding
               stack of the lending model
                                                                     scope creep, and engaging
                that exists today bundled
                  into many products.”                                proactively and openly
                                                                    with the vendor community to
                      - Jim Loter, Seattle PL
                                                                          deliver solutions.”
                                                                     - Peter Brantley, Publisher’s
                                                                                Weekly
Next Steps
                                      Dialog
                                      continued
Roundtable                            communication
with 20+ vendors at                   with vendors and
ALA Midwinter                         libraries


                  Product Guide
                  resource for
                  libraries to help                 Advocacy
                  evaluate RF
                                                    all of you can play a
                  progress and
                                                    role in your
                  compliance
                                                    libraries and in
                                                    your dealings with
                                                    vendors
readersfirst.org

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ReadersFirst - A Movement to Improve E-book Access and Services for Public Library Users

  • 1. ReadersFirst A movement to improve e-book access & services for public library users
  • 2. 227 Library Systems 182 Million Readers
  • 3. Libraries have a responsibility to ensure that users have the same open, easy, and free access to e-books as print books. Products currently offered by e-content distributors create a fragmented, disjointed, and cumbersome user experience.
  • 5. Fiction Non-fiction Media Physical collections and experiences are designed according to patron expectations Reading Space Reading Space Reading Space OPEN TO ALL OPEN TO ALL OPEN TO ALL
  • 6. Taker & Baylor DriveOver 3N Digital collections and experiences are organized by the source of the material Taker & Baylor DriveOver 3N ONLY ONLY ONLY
  • 7. ReadersFirst Principles Interact Discover with the library content in a single within the library’s comprehensive own context catalog Access a variety of e- content from Read multiple sources e-books that are compatible with all readers
  • 8. Library e-book products bundle digital content Content with functionality we already have Rights Management (and pay for) in our catalogs and discovery Search/Browse environments. Discovery Circulation/Lending Account Information Notifications
  • 9. ReadersFirst is advocating for vendors to unbundle functions and provide methods to integrate them into the environments our patrons already know and associate with our libraries.
  • 10. “As libraries look to build out “We’re in a situation now rich online engagement where we have to provide a with patrons, the desired different discovery system depending on where we state is to have the patron bought the content from. It’s completely stay within the getting too complex and library’s controllable, ebooks are growing so fast. virtual walls.” It’s an urgent problem.” - Christina de Castell - Christopher Platt, NYPL Vancouver PL “We are looking for the tools “This is exactly the kind of to create true unbundling thing that public libraries and interoperability among should be doing: identifying the different functions that discrete problems with reside all up and down the tractable solutions, avoiding stack of the lending model scope creep, and engaging that exists today bundled into many products.” proactively and openly with the vendor community to - Jim Loter, Seattle PL deliver solutions.” - Peter Brantley, Publisher’s Weekly
  • 11. Next Steps Dialog continued Roundtable communication with 20+ vendors at with vendors and ALA Midwinter libraries Product Guide resource for libraries to help Advocacy evaluate RF all of you can play a progress and role in your compliance libraries and in your dealings with vendors