[OPLINLIST] Ohio eBook open enrollment

[Rebecca Felkner]

Apologies for cross-postings:

The Ohio eBook Project is now open for January 31, 2007 enrollment.
Are you interested in joining?  Contact me by Friday, December 8 if yes
and/or if you have any questions about the Ohio eBook Project.    Visit
the Ohio eBook Project web site, http://ohdbks.lib.overdrive.com, to
view our collection.  

The State Library of Ohio launched the Ohio eBook Project (OEP) in the
Spring of 2005.  The project went live on August 1, 2005 and consists of
twenty academic, public, school and special libraries    This multi-type
library, statewide project allows Ohio libraries to provide digital
materials to their patrons, at a considerable savings because the State
Library assumed the project's start-up cost and pays the monthly
maintenance fee and cost of an always available eAudio book collection.
All member libraries add to and share the digital materials collection.


In order to be included in this project, your library will be required
to: 
*	Pay a $1,500.00 one time set-up fee to OverDrive, Inc.
*	Be SIP/SIP2, Patron API, or RPA complaint.  Talk to your ILS
vendor if you are not.  Upgrading will involve a cost from your ILS
vendor.
*	Pledge 1% of your print book and monograph and AV collection
budget per year to the OEP collection.  If 1% of this portion of your
budget is more than $15,000, your contribution will be capped at $15,000
per year.  
*	Agree that all digital materials will be added to the shared OEP
collection. 
*	In addition to the 1% pledged amount, pay a $1.50 fee for the
accompanying MARC record of any title your library purchases that are
new titles to the OEP collection.
*	Agree that any books your library purchases for the OEP
collection will remain in the OEP collection in the event that your
library leaves the OEP. 

The e-books are in Adobe and Mobipocket Reader formats, e-audio books
and e-music are in windows media audio (.wma) files delivered through
the OverDrive Media Console software.  Mobipocket Reader and .wma files
are not compatible with Apple computers and CANNOT BE USED WITH IPODS.

Patrons can download the Ohio eBook Project materials from computers in
their homes, offices, or at your library if you choose to allow
downloading on your computers.     

An FAQ is available.  If you'd like a copy and/or have questions about
the Ohio eBook Project, please contact Rebecca Felkner at the State
Library, rfelkner at sloma.state.oh.us.    

If you are interested in joining the Ohio E-book Project for a January
31 launch, please contact Rebecca Felkner by Friday, December 8,
rfelkner at sloma.state.oh.us.