We are a CoDGeR taskforce assembled to explore the current state of the ebook marketplace and to recommend which vendors or formats (if any) the library should experiment with at the present time. If the marketplace is not yet mature enough for the library to experiment with, our secondary charge is to identify the milestones that must be reached before we proceed with experimentation.
Timeline: Initial report December 2000.
Members:
Katie
Bauer, Laurel
Bliss, Denise Hersey, Emily Horning, Kimberly Parker (chair), Andy Shimp, Jennifer Weintraub
Formats:
- Microsoft Reader
- ebook-Gemstar (Rocket Ebook and Softbook)
- Glassbook
Considerations
- loan periods
- format choices
- interface environment
- content
- personalization
- printing
- searching
- linking in and out
- illustrations/resolution
- searching formulas or foreign scripts
- foreign language content
- circulation allowed?
- simultaneous use limits?
- support for libraries?
- price
- permanence of content
- catalog records
- company history
- how many libraries have bought?
- how many libraries have implemented?
- trial subscriptions available?
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2000 Yale University Library
Jennifer Weintraub |