POR:
Purchase
On
Request
Participants:
Anthropology
Business
Chemistry
Earth and Planetary Science
Environmental Studies
Economics
Government Documents
Political Science
Social Thought
Jennifer Moore (j.moore@wustl.edu)
Ron Allen (allenron@wustl.edu)
Rob McFarland (rmcfarland@wustl.edu)
Clara McLeod (cpmcleod@wustl.edu)
Barb Rehkop (brehkop@wustl.edu)
Pilot starts in

November 2011

continues through

June 2012
How it works:

titles (print and electronic) will be loaded into the catalog before purchase
what's loaded is based on the departmental profile
anyone with WUSTL key can request these titles to be purchased
You may still
borrow titles through
MOBIUS and
Interlibrary Loan (ILL)
Library Contact Person:
Request a print book:
Select title and fill  in an online form - WUSTL key required
Sometimes you will
be able to choose
format, sometimes
not.
you may still
request titles
that are not in
the catalog that
you know
you want
if it's in
the catalog,
request
it there
not in the
catalog,
contact your
subject librarian
ebooks take
three requests
to be purchased
Selection
everything that is requested will be purchased
there will
be no
mediation
during
the pilot
requires
WUSTL
key
ebooks &
print books
included
Click 1 -
view (free)
Click 2 - short
term loan
(15-20% of
list price)
Click 3 -
purchase
@list price
Your input and feedback is essential
to assessing the program.

Please tell us what you think!


THANK YOU FOR
PARTICIPATING!!!
head of acquisitions: Bill Wibbing
wwibbing@wustl.edu
A Pilot program in
Washington
University
Libraries
about the ebooks
the platform during the pilot is EBL (there are other ebook platforms that work differently, but EBL is the only one we're using during this pilot)
you can read online
you can take notes online, they will save to your account
you can download for 1-7 days using Adobe Digital Editions http://www.adobe.com/products/digitaleditions/  (you must install this program)
you can print up to 20% and copy 5% of the book 

e-book
print
don't forget to select the pickup location