Librarians in Training: ebook Purchasing Training for Librarians

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This course is aimed at those faculty librarians who purchase their own ebooks and those who may be interested to start purchasing their own. The course will introduce librarians to our ebook suppliers, including ebook license models, how user-friendly they are and how to identify them on the supplier platforms. We will also look at Digital Rights Management (DRM) and ebooks; what are the implications for users, and why we should try to buy DRM-free ebooks where possible. We will demonstrate searching, interpreting results and purchasing ebooks from the main vendor platforms. We will also cover what happens after the ebook order, including creating purchase orders and invoices, cataloguing, and portfolio administration within Alma.

There will be chance to ask questions throughout the session, and an accompanying ebook supplier checklist to take away.

• You must be a staff member of one of the Cambridge Libraries (College, FDL, Affiliated, Institution or UL) to attend this session.
• For further information please see our eligibility criteria

Number of sessions: 1

• Introduction to purchasing ebooks at Cambridge University Libraries
• Which suppliers can I buy from and how do I set up access?
• How can I avoid duplication when purchasing ebooks?
• What are the different ebook licences? How do they affect the user? How can I identify them on supplier platforms?
• DRM-protected ebooks: why are they sometimes problematic for disabled (and all) users? Why should I aim to buy DRM-free where possible?
• How do I use the supplier platforms? Searching, interpreting results and purchasing ebooks from the main vendors.
• What happens next? Us (cataloguing and central lists) and You (processing invoices and maintaining records of acquisitions, including updating Alma Acquisitions)

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