EContent Hosting Platform

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E-Content Hosting Platform

• Offered by Blackwells, powered by ebrary

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What Libraries Have Told Us

• One Stop Shop for print and electronic within
  the existing acquisitions workflow
• Acquire eBooks from Leading Publishers
• Title-by-Title Purchase
• Perpetual Access License (Title Ownership)
• Consolidated Invoicing
• Approval Treatment of New Titles
• Title Preview Look Inside the eBook
• eBook Records Integrated into OPAC
• eBooks Integrated with Existing Library Databases
• Remote Access
• Library Branded Interface

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Introducing ECHO
Powered by ebrary

• We have coupled ebrary's proven technology with
  Blackwells Collection Manager to create ECHO
• By working together, Blackwell and ebrary are
  leveraging our respective strengths to provide
  librarians with a trusted name and proven
  technology
• The result the worlds most complete collection
  development, acquisitions, and distribution
  environment

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Benefits of using ECHO

• Integration with Collection Manager
• Online cover-to-cover previews
• Create an eBook collection title-by-title
• Built for researchers specialized tools
• Full text searching
• Multi-page printing
• 40,000 eBook titles
• Content from over 260 leading publishers
• 24 x 7 x 365 accessibility
• Hosted solution eliminates overhead costs
• Reduced risk of loss due to damage or theft
• Full range of COUNTER compliant statistics
  available online, updated monthly

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Lets look atCollection Manager
Its All About Workflow

• Ease of Discovery
• Find ECHO titles in Selection Lists feature
• Searching Simple and Advanced
• Print and Electronic Side by Side
• Just another format
• Streamlined Purchasing
• Cover-to-Cover Previews to help selection
  decisions

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Discovery of ECHO titles in Collection Manager
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Collection Manager selection lists
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Selection Lists eBook Titles
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Recently added ECHO titles
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Recently added titles - example
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Collection manager searching eBook alongside
print
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Basic search in Collection Manager
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Ebook searching in Collection manager
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Advanced searching in Collection Manager
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Search by specific criteria
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Searching by publisher and title
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The resultsas an example!
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From ECHO title, see other formats
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ECHO title preview
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Preview titles cover to cover
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Preview function cannot copy, print etc
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Preview zoom function
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Lets take a lookECHO Channel Site
Echos Patron Interface the ebrary front end

• Launching ebrary and ECHO Channel
• Viewing an eBook in ECHO
• Setting Preferences in the ebrary reader
• Cross Search within ebrary Collection
• Search the Internet from eBook
• Search the Library from eBook
• Highlighting Text Storing in Bookshelf
• Writing Notes Storing in Bookshelf
• View Bookshelf
• Copy and Paste Text with Citation
• Print Page(s) with Citation on Page

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Launching ebrary and ECHO Channel

• The ebrary Reader
• One Time Install (700K)
• Less than 5 Seconds
• Displays Content Simultaneously
• Multi-Platform Support
• Batch Installs for Shared Machines
• Streams One Page at a Time
• Displays eBooks Quickly
• Features InfoTools
• Highlight and Annotate
• Cut and Paste with Citation
• Print with Citation
• Save Data in Bookshelf
• Shared Bookshelf

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Viewing an eBook in the ECHO channel
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Viewing an eBook in ECHO
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Setting preferences in the ebrary reader
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Setting preferences
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Cross search within ebrary collection
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Search the internet from within an ebook
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Search the library from an eBook
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The Bookshelf Signing up

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Highlighting Text Storing in Bookshelf
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Writing Notes Storing in Bookshelf
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View Bookshelf
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Copy and Paste Text with Citation
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Print Page(s) with Citation on Page
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Ebrary tools in other languages
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Translation of text
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Translation example
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How much does it cost?

• ECHO Platform
• For the first year, the maintenance fee will be
  waived for Blackwell customers
• ongoing maintenance fee USD 1,500
• ECHO Titles
• Single User titles will be sold at the list
  price, as set by the publisher
• Multiple User titles list 1.5

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Ownership, perpetual access and archiving solution

• If the library chooses to cancel the agreement,
  or some other circumstance prevents Blackwell
  from providing access to the Library Channel
  Site, the license agreement provides a mechanism
  for Blackwell to transfer the ebook files (.pdf
  format) to the library for local hosting
• The agreement also commits Blackwell to guarantee
  that the library has a perpetual right to access
  content once it is purchased.
• The .pdf files of purchased titles will be
  provided to the library provided they meet the
  terms of the agreementthose terms require that
  certain security measures (e.g. DRM) are in place
  to protect our publishers content from abuse.

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Register online www.blackwell.com
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Your time is appreciated!

• Thank you for taking the time
• to learn more about ECHO.

More information is available at our website at
http//www.blackwell.com/library_services/ecommon
s/ECHO/ Online registration form
at http//www.blackwell.com/library_services/eco
mmons/ECHO/getting_started/profile_form/