strategic integration of e-books and digital content in law libraries
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F5: Strategic Integration of E-books
and Digital Content in Law Libraries
AALL Annual Conference
20 June 2015
Bess Reynolds
Electronic Resources Manager
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
eBooks and Digital Content in the OPAC
One-stop shopping
•eBooks
– Collection from the Lexis Digital Library
– New York Law Institute provides 70,000+ titles
•Web subscriptions
•RSS Feeds
•Electronic journals
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Rate of eBook Adoption by Law Firms
• Percentage of law firms who have purchased eBooks
– 2012: 14% (12 of 84 firms)
– 2013: 27% (35 of 129 firms)
– 2015: 54% (40 of 74 firms)
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46%
54%
Firms that Have Purchased eBooks by 2015
No Yes
*Surveys conducted in June 2012 and June 2015
Slow Progress for eBooks
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Percentage of law firms who plan to purchase eBooks within the next year:
In 2012: 21%In 2015: 44%
9%
47%
44%
Do You Plan to Purchase eBooks in the Coming Year?
Maybe
No
Yes
Which Vendors are Selling eBooks to Law Firms?
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0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35
Aggregators
Law Journal Press
Lexis Nexis
Other Non-legal Vendors
Thomson Reuters
West Academic
Wolters Kluwer
Major Barriers to Adoption of eBooks*
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• Lack of attorney demand• Cost
o Paying for platformso Paying for duplicate content
• Difficulty/Inability to manage eBooks• DRM – Digital Rights Management• Multiple proprietary platforms• One user – one device model does not work at
law firms
*Answers from survey conducted in June 2015
Access to eBooks
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All eBooks accessible through the OPAC: 2 clicks to readMARC records for each title allow easy discovery
eBook Usage for the Lexis Digital Library
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Active visits
Checkouts
eBook Usage for NYLI
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10
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25
30
eBook Loans
eBook Loans
ILS System Vendors
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EOS International34%
Lucidea / Sydney Plus / Inmagic / Cuadra family
28%
None27%
SIRSI Dynix4% Softlink
7%
EOS International
Lucidea / Sydney Plus /Inmagic / Cuadra family
None
SIRSI Dynix
Softlink
Additional Digital Content
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Web Subscriptions = Firm-wide electronic resources organized by practice area
Visited 1,200+ times per month on average in 2015
RSS Feeds - Current Awareness Alerts
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Managed via ILS & embedded in OPAC so attorneys can self-subscribeOver 2,000 feeds525 attorneys & staff receive a cumulative 12,380 feeds in daily emails
Electronic Newsletters via the OPAC
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Automatic delivery of emailed newsletters via the OPAC
Displays latest issue if license allows
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Thank You