The digital collection of choice

Ebooks Library (EBL) provides ebooks to academic and research, government and corporate libraries

EBL is a radically innovative ebook library service whose features set it apart from its peers. It has hundreds of library customers around the globe, including some of the world's most prestigious academic and research institutions.

KEY FEATURES

  • An ebook lending service that integrates seamlessly with your collection management and catalogue systems.
  • EBL has a unique pay-per-view feature.
  • Ebooks can be downloaded and read offline on a laptop or ebook reading device.
  • EBL provides a cross-platform, multiple-devices, online-or-offline ebook system for academic and research libraries.

Non-LinearTM Lending

One stand-out feature of EBL is its signature lending system called Non-LinearTM lending. NLL enables you to buy one copy of an ebook and lend it simultaneously to multiple patrons - potentially hundreds of users - all for the price of one book. All EBL titles enable multiple-concurrent access - there are no single user restrictions on any of our titles.

DEMAND-DRIVEN ACQUISITION

EBL has pioneered a range of Demand-Driven Acquisition options, designed to meet the needs of libraries and patrons alike. Harnessing the immediacy of the digital medium, EBL’s Demand-Driven Acquisition provides cost-effective access to titles when they are needed, as they are needed - taking the guess-work out of selection and removing barriers to access.

Using EBL's Demand-Driven Acquisition tools, you can catalogue and display thousands of ebooks that you haven't bought. Patrons are provided with a free preview of the full-text and then either allowed further access to the title either on an automated or request basis.

Libraries can choose to automatically purchase those ebook titles after a specified number of uses, or pattern of demand has been established. As a stand-alone acquisition tool or side-by-side with EBL’s upfront title-by-title selection option, EBL’s Demand-Driven Acquisition is being adopted by a growing number of academic, corporate and research libraries worldwide.

For more information on Demand-Driven Acquisition please click here.

EBL ADDRESSES THE NEEDS OF ACADEMIC & REFERENCE LIBRARIES

Rather than trying to create a model that will satisfy all libraries, EBL focuses on the specific needs of academic and research-based libraries. EBL aims to...

  • Aggregate relevant and recent titles - Global STM Focus Although EBL offers content across all subject areas, the initial focus is on recent titles - most specifically in the areas of Science, Technology and Medicine (STM). EBL features more than 100,000 titles from hundreds of academic publishers.
  • Enhance functionality and accessibility EBL features innovative functionality such as:

-          Multiple concurrent access
-          Online and offline access solutions
-          Read aloud for all titles
-          Chapters for reserve circulation and coursepacks
-          Browse full-text for students before borrowing and for faculty before purchasing
-          Full-text search across catalogue

  • Parallel existing library processes EBL parallels existing library workflows by integrating with leading library vendors, like James Bennett, for easy acquisition and with ILS systems for catalogue management.

EBL APPROACHES LENDING DIFFERENTLY.....

EBL uses technology to make content more accessible, not to lock it away with rigid access rules. EBL offers flexible access models including Non-Linear Lending, unlimited access, and short-term circulation.

  • Multiple concurrent access Non-Linear LendingTM is a system which surpasses the traditional print model of limiting access to one patron at a time. Non-Linear LendingTM limits the total number of lending days per year per title but enables multiple-concurrent access.
  • Online and offline access solutions Patrons can browse all books and utilise full-text search within the browser. Titles can be accessed either online, through EBL's PDF-based reader, or by downloading Adobe Acrobat ebooks to a PC, laptop or PDA for offline use.
  • Short Term Circulation EBL's pay-per-use model which provides a "just-in-time" solution for libraries and patrons and a possible alternative to interlibrary loan.
  • Chapters for Reserve Lending, Course-packs and purchase Using virtual photocopy technology, EBL can produce chapters on the fly. Chapters can be utilised for purchase by students, for reserve lending by libraries, for inclusion in ePack course-packs.

To view the EBL publisher list please click here.

 

Contact our dedicated e-team for all your EBL enquiries.

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