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

eBook Challenges Libraries face a Libraries face a challenge of challenge of discoverability and availability in that access from eBook some publishers won’t platforms that are license eBooks under a fragmented and hard- library-lending model to-use

Focus of ReadersFirst discoverability and access

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.

289 Library Systems 199 Million Readers

The Story So Far Early 2012 BiblioCommons Early 2012 January 2013 September Bibliocommons ReadersFirst moves to 2012 moves to hosts a vendor First General integrate integrate roundtable at Membership OverDrive; faces Overdrive; faces ALA Midwinter Meeting challenges Meeting challenges and shared with November 2012 vendors June 2012 October 2013 Functional ReadersFirst ReadersFirst requirements launced at launches its drafted and BookExpo Guide to Library shared with America E-book Vendors vendors

“a fragmented , disjointed , and cumbersome user experience.”

Fiction Non-fiction Media Physical colle ctions and experiences are designed according to patron expectations Reading Space Reading Space Reading Space OPEN TO ALL OPEN TO ALL OPEN TO ALL

Distributor B Distributor A Distributor C Digital collections and experiences are organized by the source and format of the material Device A Device B Device C ONLY ONLY ONLY

ReadersFirst Principles Interact with Discover the library within the content in a single library’s own context comprehensive catalog Access a variety Read e-books of e-content from that are multiple sources compatible with all readers

Library e-book products Content bundle digital content with functionality Rights Management we already have (and pay for) in our Search/Browse catalogs and discovery environments . Discovery Circulation/Lending Account Information Notifications

ReadersFirst is advocating for vendors to unbundle functions and provide methods (API’s) to integrate them into the environments our patrons already know and associate with our libraries.

APIs A pplication P rogramming I nterface An application programming interface is a set of rules or protocols that can be used by software components to communicate with each other.

Open Architecture Provider de Consumer use velops API’s (or s API’s to integrate other methods) to and display content expose content and borrowing and lending functionality functionality SirsiDynix BiblioCommons OverDrive Innovative 3M Polaris Baker & Taylor API’s CARL LibraryIdeas Evergreen Recorded Books Boopsie Ingram ANY APP!!!

“As libraries look to build out rich “We’re in a situation now where online engagement with we have to provide a different discovery system depending on patrons, the desired state is to where we bought the content have the patron completely stay from. It’s getting too complex and within the library’s ebooks are growing so fast. It’s controllable, virtual walls. ” an urgent problem. ” - Christina de Castell , - Christopher Platt, NYPL Vancouver PL “This is exactly the kind of “We are looking for the tools thing that public libraries to create true unbundling 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 proactively and openly with many products.” the vendor community to - Jim Loter, Seattle PL deliver solutions.” - Peter Brantley, Publisher’s Weekly

Next Steps Dialog continue Roundtable wit d communication with vendors and h 20+ vendors at ALA libraries – Midwinter particularly about API standards Product Guide resource for Advocacy al libraries to help l of you can play a evaluate RF progress role in your and compliance libraries and in your dealings with vendors

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