[Workflowtoolkit-l] Lending of electronic books

[June L Power]

Would you mind sharing how you are doing the downloading and compressing of the chapters? Is there one method you are using for all types of ebooks or does it vary by vendor? Are you using some sort of software to extract chapters?  Would love to know more.

June


June Power, MLIS
Access Services/Reference Librarian
Mary Livermore Library
The University of North Carolina at Pembroke
P.O. Box 1510
Pembroke, NC  28372
 
910.521.6369
910.521.6547 (fax)
june.power at uncp.edu




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Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:33:10 -0700
From: "Goergen-Doll, Kerri" <Kerri.Goergen-Doll at oregonstate.edu>
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Pamela,

At Oregon State University our Springer license allows ILL of the ebook titles we have.  We have been sending chapters as requested similar to how we send electronic article requests.  We are currently testing out a way to download the chapters, compress them into a zip file, save them to a secured server, and send the authentication to the file to the lending library to open up and disseminate to their patron.  As we are still in the testing phase, I don't yet have a feeling if this method will be feasible to fit into our workload.  It takes time to download the chapters and compress them.

I also know of some libraries that are using products online such as "you send it".  These products might work if you don't have the server space or technology support to keep the files locally.


Kerri Goergen-Doll
Interlibrary Loan
The Valley Library
Oregon State University
121 The Valley Library
Corvallis, OR 97331-4501
(541) 737-7256
Kerri.Goergen-Doll at OregonState.edu

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