Open Library
Open Libraries is one of the fastest ways to enable CDL with a library collection. And it’s 100% free. The process requires an overlap analysis to compare your catalog with the Open Libraries holdings. IA hosts the scans and materials, and the participating library can simply add the link to their catalog. The more libraries that join Open Libraries, the more CDL copies will be available to all users. A group of publishers has filed a complaint against IA in a district court in NY, with a trial set to start in Nov. 2021, but the Open Libraries system is up and running with over 80 libraries participating across the U.S.
| Requirement | Type | Evaluation Criteria | Open Libraries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Use Library or local scanned works | Legal | Library owns a physical copy (not licensed) | Yes |
| Limit concurrent use to number of copies owned | Legal | Set use limits for the number of copies we own. | Yes |
| Limited time period | Legal | Limit session or loan period | Yes |
| Time Period Control | Legal | Granularity of possible loan period (i.e. Days, Hours, Minutes) | Days,Hours |
| Prevents copying and downloading | Legal | Includes DRM controls to prevent copying/downloading. | Yes |
| Control Loan-to-Own | Technical | Limit access by either loans or concurrent use limits | Yes |
| Authentication | Technical | Integrates authenticated user access to content. | No,See Notes |
| Control loan queue | Technical | Allows users to queue and be notfied when item is available. | Yes |
| If hosted, does the vendor comply with security & accessibility requirements | Technical | Yes | |
| Timeline for development to launch | Technical | Infrastructure develoipment timeline (3 months, 6 months, etc.) | 3-5 days for catalog overlap analysis |
| Supplemental to print reserves? | Access UX | Allows for reference to item in Canvas that links to the platform/place that a student can request use of the item for a limited period of time | Yes |
| Additionally functions for reserves as a type of CDL | Access UX | Unmediated access to e-reserves content automatically without manual intervention | |
| Companion Technologies | Technical | Additional | |
| Page turning | Reading UX | LLM - Viewer offers?? | Yes |
| Zoom | Reading UX | Viewer offers ability to zoom. | Yes |
| Full text search | Reading UX | Viewer offers ability to search for words when OCR file is available for content. | Yes |
| Highlighting | Reading UX | Viewer offers ability to highlight text. | No |
| Annotations | Reading UX | Viewer offers ability to add annotations | No |
| Price | Cost & Capacity | Costs for implementation and on going maintenance. | Free |
| Local resource efforts | Cost & Capacity | Impact on Access, Tech Services, Collection, IT - describe number of handoffs and actions to make an item available for patron use. | Catalog overlap analysis |
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| Legal Notes | Legal | 2 week loan or 1 hour loan for Reserves items | |
| Technical Notes | Technical | Open Libraries is working toward Shibboleth authentication for adoption. Otherwise, individual users register to get access to Open Libraries themselves | |
| Access UX Notes | Access UX | ||
| Reading UX Notes | Reading UX | ||
| Cost & Capacity Notes | Cost & Capacity | Free | |
| Pros/Cons | Open Libraries is one of the fastest ways to enable CDL with a library collection. And it's 100% free. The process requires an overlap analysis to compare your catalog with the Open Libraries holdings. IA hosts the scans and materials, and the participating library can simply add the link to their catalog. The more libraries that join Open Libraries, the more CDL copies will be available to all users. A group of publishers has filed a complaint against IA in a district court in NY, with a trial set to start in Nov. 2021. But the Open Libraries system is up and running with over 80 libraries participating across the U.S. |