The end of project briefing took place yesterday, Monday 18th February at Birkbeck, University of London. The event was well-attended, and the project team would like to thank all attendees for their contributions.
Invitation
Building on feedback from the mid-‐project workshop in November, the principal partners (Royal Holloway, University of London; Kingston University; the Science Museum; JISC Collections) have combined desk research and conversations (directly involving publishers and other supply chain actors) in order to
• Scope the current e-book acquisition landscape, both for individual collections and for consortia
• Understand the constraints and inhibitors at play in terms of cost, collection development, management systems and user experience • Categorise the strengths and weaknesses of the key models
• Identify approaches where M25 may assist groups of members to maximize benefits
This briefing is therefore an opportunity to access practical advice that will be of use all libraries, museums, archive and galleries for whom e-book access is important.
Agenda and Presentations
PDA Models presentation, Owen Stephens
EBASS25 Survey Highlights, David Kay
EBASS25 Publishers, JISC Collections
EBASS25 Systems, Helen Guile
EBASS25 Final Event John Tuck, John Tuck