[Web4lib] Linking to e-books packages

[Coral Hess]

We're experimenting with Serials Solutions' eBooks service. It's not
awesome--just a title search with no subject access, as far as we can
tell, but it does let you pull out all the ebooks from your various
collections (for better or worse*)--and then you can advertise one
"ebooks" link (probably in addition to to all of the various providers
separately).

*Some of what EBSCO codes as "an ebook" is actually just a chapter or,
worse, a single table. It's a little misleading, so we may turn that
off, if we go forward with this product.

-- 
Coral Hess
Web Services Librarian
UAA/APU Consortium Library
http://consortiumlibrary.org

"... the library is not a place but a service." --Allen B. Veaner



On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 8:47 AM, Lepzelter Berry, Carol G.
<clepzelter at anl.gov> wrote:
> For whatever it's worth, I've also activated our e-books in SFX.  The stats don't show a whole lot of people finding them that way, so far, but it's another access point.  I suspect the large majority of people find ebooks through Google or Google Scholar....
>
> carol lepzelter berry
> senior electronic resources librarian
> argonne national laboratory
> 630-252-3876
> "There is no pool so shallow that a thousand bloggers won't drown in it."
> -- George Monbiot 2008
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Stacey Knight
> Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 11:32 AM
> To: web4lib at webjunction.org
> Subject: [Web4lib] Linking to e-books packages
>
> As many libraries have recently added, or will soon add, Springer e-book
> collections, I was wondering how this resources is being added to existing
> library websites.   My library is adding the Springer collection next
> month, and we are thinking about how to make this resource visible to our
> users.
>
>
>
> We are planning to add MARC records for Springer e-books to the online
> catalog.  We will also to add links to Springer e-books to our online
> subject guides.  We will also feature the collection in the "New and
> Featured" section or our website.  We are trying to determine if there are
> other areas of our site where we could link to e-books that would be
> appropriate and helpful.
>
>
>
> I am interested in hearing form those at libraries that have a link to an
> e-books page from the library's homepage.  Did you encounter any
> unexpected public service issues with the e-books page?  Do you plan to
> keep the e-books page in future site re-designs?   I'd also like to hear
> about any other method of making e-book collections more accessible to
> users.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
> Stacey
>
>
>
> Stacey Knight-Davis
> Booth Library
>
> Eastern Illinois University
> 600 Lincoln Ave.
> Charleston, IL  61920
>
> 217-581-7549
> slknight at eiu.edu
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