Technical Support.
Books24x7’s
Authentication Options for Library Implementations (11/8/08)
Directions
for downloading MARC Records for Books24x7.com (11/8/08)
Statistics. (11/8/08)
Content.
IT
Pro (22/4/08)
Business
Pro (22/4/08)
Engineering
Pro (22/4/08)
Finance
Pro (22/4/08)
Licences.
Books24x7.com
Master Agreement for Consortia (11/8/08)
Books24x7
Membership Agreement (22/4/08)
Offers to CAUL.
NetRead
response to CEIRC survey on licence conditions (3/7/08)
2009
Offer to CAUL (via Net Read, 3/7/08, updated 15/9/08)
2007-8
Academic consortium library price list converted to AUD, valid to 31/12/08
(16/9/08)
2003
Offer to CEIRC (via Net Read, 28/4/03)
Net Read Update 22/4/08:
New subscription and pricing models are also available, with Site Licencing
(FTE based) provided as well as the Concurrent User model. Pro-rated
subscription pricing is also considered to facilitate the realignment of
existing subscriptions, or upgrading of concurrent users or collections.
Substantial discounts are offered to CAUL members, in particular those
with multiple collections. Consortium pricing is also available when the
occasion demands.
There
are several authentication methods offered now, each of which ensures that
the privacy of users is maintained, whilst still protecting the security
of more than 275 publishers’ intellectual property. All collections
support MARC record downloads for members’ catalogues. The MARC records
are updated twice each month (with a bulk upload available for new users).
Pricing
is fairly complex; it depends on the number of, and which collections,
and either the number of concurrent users or the overall FTE rating for
each institution. When an institution defines these parameters, prices
are made available immediately, and guaranteed for a significant period
of time, like at least 3 months.
Various
other resources are available at www.NetRead.com.au
which is being substantially redeveloped. Logins and passwords will
shortly be available exclusively for academic librarians’ use, to enable
a central point for accessing MARC records, Usage Statistics and other
Books 24x7 resources. (22/4/08)
Net Read Update 20/9/04:
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Books 24x7 online reference libraries ....last year. Several of these
educational institutions have implemented the resource in one of a number
of ways, using IP Authentication, a specially developed version of EZProxy,
or more recently, a new self-registration method. Each of these methods
identifies the user of the service at any time, not in such a way that
their identity is known to Books 24x7, but such that the host institution
can be given sufficient information to identify an individual user in the
event of copyright abuse.
We understood
the reluctance of some of your members to ‘track’ the movements of their
staff and students because of privacy issues. To this end, Books
24x7 developed the self-registration method of access.
First
the institution defines its subscription by collections (IT Pro – about
4,000 titles and / or Business Pro – about 2,000 titles) and a specified
number of Concurrent User licences.
After
Books 24x7 has been set up as an online resource, the institution is then
permanently recognized as a valid subscriber. It is assumed that any user
emanating from a subscriber’s domain is already authenticated.
When
accessing Books 24x7, the user then enters their institutional email address
(which has been pre-registered) and a password that has been supplied by
Books 24x7 at the time of registration. The user then has access
to all the subscribed resources at any time, as well as a Personal Bookshelf
containing selected titles that may have been set aside (by themselves
or a lecturer / tutor) for subsequent viewing. The user can define
(and modify at any time) a hierarchical folder structure to facilitate
searching through their personal list (which can be as many or as few titles
as required from the entire library). This personal folder structure
is a great help, as each library has about 15 new titles added each week,
and a user will frequently wish to peruse a title at a later date, resulting
in the need for categorisation of the selected titles from such a vast
number of available titles.
As you
may recall, MARC records are available and incrementally updatable twice
each month, allowing for the titles to be accessed directly from the institutional
library’s catalogue.
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Read July 2000) [List price]
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