Joyce Neujahr, Director of Patron Services at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, shares her presentation, Circulating E-book Readers at UNO: What we know...for now.

1. eReaders and eBooks Joyce Neujahr Director of Patron Services University of Nebraska at Omaha NCompass Live September 22, 2010

3. “In Front of (e)Readers Comments from the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Las Vegas, NV January 7-10, 2010” - By Josh Hadro -- Library Journal, 2/15/2010

5. Sleek and super-thin

6. 3G/Wi-Fi and a b/w 8.5" e-ink touch screen

9. 11.5" screen

11. 3G/Wi-Fi

12. No pricing or availability date announced.Canceled - Calvin Reid, Publishers Weekly

15. Booklike configuration.

18. six-inch touch screen

20. Kindles Wi-Fi and 3G Internet connections selling for $189,Wi-Fi only for $139 Accessibility for the blind Battery that lasts for a month Slightly smaller size, slightly lighter Only one that syncs with everything “The other day I was browsing at BN and saw an interesting book. I took out my Kindle and downloaded it.” It is a good bet the company is losing money at $139 a unit. Sold in Target, Best Buy, and Staples

21. eBooks are here to stay Cost - cheaper than the printed equivalent--whether hardcover or paperback. Portability - eReader devices allow you to carry an entire library with youKindle 3, 3500 books Accessibility - eBooks can be purchased or downloaded anywhere your e-Reader device can get a connection to the Internet. With e-Books, you can surf your options online and have the new book in a matter of seconds. Increased Market - U.S. book sales fell 1.8% last year to $23.9 billion, but e-book sales tripled to $313 million, according to the Association of American Publishers. E-book sales could reach as high as 20% to 25% of the total book market by 2012, according to Mike Shatzkin, a publishing consultant, up from an estimated 5% to 10% today.

22. eBooks are here to stay Cross-Platform - Many of the e-Reader platforms provide apps for a variety of platforms. Aside from the Kindle device itself, Amazon offers apps for iPhone, iPad, Android, BlackBerry, Windows, and Mac OS X. You can access your library from virtually any device, and the Kindle software will sync across the various platforms Because the different e-book formats can all be accessed through their separate apps, the iPad offers a single device capable of reading them all and accessing each book store from anywhere the iPad can connect to the Internet. Conservation - E-books provide conservation in two ways Typical green, save the Earth, stop killing trees just to print books Conservation of space

23. What about libraries? Internet Archive, a nonprofit digital library, Openlibrary.org To read the books, borrowers around the world can download and read them for free on computers or e-reading gadgets. Software renders the books inaccessible once the loan period ends. Two-thirds of American libraries offered e-book loans in 2009, according to a survey by the American Library Association. Many libraries have built up their digital libraries by buying copies of new e-books from companies like Overdrive Inc. Openlibrary.org plans to catalog 70,000 of the books offered by Overdrive, and provide links to check them out from local libraries. With its latest project, the organization is making inroads into the idea of loaning in-copyright books to the masses. Only one person at a time will be allowed to check out a digital copy of an in-copyright book for two weeks. While on loan, the physical copy of the book won't be loaned, due to copyright restrictions.

25. Advantage: can order book for patron any time, anywhere

26. Disadvantage: must disable instant ordering each time a loan is made

27. Multiple titles stay on the device

28. Reader gets a whole new browsing experience

30. Advantage: virtually no worries that content will be shared in ways that violate copyright

31. Amazon grants you the non-exclusive right to keep a permanent copy of the applicable Digital Content to view, use, and display an unlimited number of times…solely for your personal, non-commercial use

32. you may not sell, rent, lease, distribute, broadcast, sublicense or otherwise assign any rights to the Digital Content or any portion of it to any third party

33. Average book cost $9.99

35. Acquisitions policies

36. Who makes collection development decisions?

37. Recording the purchase, then moving to…

38. Cataloging

39. Had to be searchable

40. Dealing with retained titles

42. Get your book in 3 minutes

43. Triggered by ILL request

44. Users offered option of Kindle vs. Conventional

45. 2 week loan

46. Best sellers

47. More new releases available than conventional ILL

48. Triggered by user request for Kindle title at circulation desk

49. Interesting implications for collection development

50. Kick the tires

51. User just wants to try the technology

52. Could be accomplished with shorter loan periodPatron can register Kindle in their own Amazon account and purchase away

54. Check out period is for 2 weeks with one renewal if no one is waiting

55. Kindles may be put on hold

58. 7/17/08 Kindles 6 – 8 began circulating total checkouts 122

59. 3/12/09 Kindle 2 total checkouts 33

60. Ordered 3 Kindle 3’s

61. Total Circulation as of 9/12/10 424

62. Average = 47 checkouts per unit

63. Total Books Purchased: 115 for $ 1,533.49

64. Average cost per book = $13.33

72. Future considerations Library content chained via digital rights management (DRM) to desktop and laptop computers won't cut it much longer. Users will start demanding more access to content—including library materials—in ways that are actually convenient to them. Moving to platform agnostic. Josh Hadro -- Library Journal, 2/15/2010

74. Textbooks ditched at Clearwater High as students log on to KindlesBy Rebecca Catalanello, Times Staff Writer In Print: Wednesday, June 2, 2010 Clearwater High School next year will replace traditional textbooks with e-readers. "It gives you the ability to be more fluent," Niles said as he held a Kindle reader. "It helps you have a better understanding and comprehension of the text.“ Though the school hasn't settled on a vendor, school officials are negotiating with Amazon Kindle to try to equip all 2,100 students with the 10-ounce devices this fall.

77. Thank You Email jneujahr@unomaha.edu Our website library.unomaha.edu In-library photography courtesy of Blue Pi productions, but we bought the coffee and snacks.