[Eril-l] ProQuest and EBSCO limited-user e-books and download settings?

[Saleena Chiu]

Hi Daniel,

Here at Adelphi University, we made changes to our Proquest that if there
is one copy available (whether it is 1-user or 3-user), you cannot download
the last file (you can still view it online).  Also with the recent uptick
of turnaways, we set our:
Download days for 1-user= 1 day
Download days for 3-user=1,2,3,7 day(s)
Online Reader days= 1 day

Sincerely,
Saleena Chiu
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Saleena Chiu (née Au)
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On Tue, Dec 22, 2020 at 5:16 PM Daniel Michniewicz <
daniel.michniewicz at senecacollege.ca> wrote:

> Hello ERIL-L and OCLS libraries (…apologies for cross-posting).
>
>
>
> This question is for libraries that purchase limited-user perpetual access
> e-books (e.g. 1-User, 3-User, etc.) from ProQuest (Ebook Central) and/or
> EBSCO -- particularly for academic libraries whose faculty then discover
> the titles in your catalogue and now want to use them in or assign them to
> their classes (…with or without letting their friendly campus library staff
> know they are doing so…often without…).
>
>
>
> In the current pandemic reality of online or hybrid classes, more and more
> faculty are looking for online resources and then scramble (back to us)
> when they find out the title they want to use we don’t have in an Unlimited
> simultaneous-user format. If we can quickly get it as Unlimited, great. But
> if it is not available as such?...
>
>
>
> We would like to know how other libraries have their default ProQuest and
> EBSCO settings set up:
>
>
>
> Both vendors allow you to set user access permissions for such e-books to
> either not allow at all, or to time-limit, checkout-and-downloads of 1-user
> and 3-user titles. ProQuest also allows you to do that at an
> individual-title level (through their LibCentral platform). EBSCO does not
> allow this currently, but they’ve told me they’re looking to implement this
> and other ECM platform changes for better granularity in June 2021. So with
> EBSCO, you can only disallow downloading of 1-User titles, but otherwise I
> believe the setting then applies to 3-User *and* Unlimited User (…phew!)
>
>
>
> So:
>
>
>
>    1. *Do you allow downloading of 1-User titles in EBSCO and/or
>    ProQuest?*
>    2. *Do you allow downloading of 3-User titles in EBSCO and/or
>    ProQuest?*
>    3. *For ProQuest:*
>       1. *If you said yes to 1 above, what is the maximum number of days
>       you allow downloading for a 1-User title?*
>       2. *If you said yes to 2 above, what is the maximum number of days
>       you allow downloading for a 3-User title?*
>    4. *For EBSCO:*
>       1. *What is the maximum number of days you allow downloading for
>       1-User (if you said yes to 1 above), 3-User, and Unlimited-User perpetual
>       access. If you said no to downloading of 1-User titles, then this maximum
>       number would only apply to 3-User and Unlimited-User titles …but to both of
>       them (…phew, again!).*
>
>
>
> Knowing others’ approach to this would be greatly appreciated.
>
>
>
> Thank you.
>
>
>
> Dan
>
>
>
> --
>
>
>
> Dan Michniewicz
>
> Digital Resources Librarian
>
> Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology
>
> daniel.michniewicz at senecacollege.ca
>
>
>
>
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