https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=38655
--- Comment #8 from David Cook <[email protected]> --- (In reply to Katrin Fischer from comment #5) > To put this into perspective: I know quite some library systems, but I am > not aware of one implementing this feature. As said in chat: this is a > complex issue and usually implemented outside of the ILS. I believe that Queens Public Library and New York Public Library have both integrated with Adobe Content Server according to an Australian-based ACS reseller. Baobab ebooks provider in the UK also have a 9 year old modified Koha that allows for DRM protected ebook downloads for authenticated users. As for ereaders, I think there have been some Koha vendors that have local customisations that hide links from unauthenticated users, but not quite full ereaders. I do know an archive that is implementing a custom ereader for authorized authenticated users. I get requests for all the above a few times a year. The most recent one just a week or two ago. Integrating with ACS or Readium have licensing costs attached, and a number of unknowns, so tough to work out pricing for this. An ereader that just shows 1 page of a publication at a time to an authenticated user... that would be cheaper. I believe that's how a number of commercial app-based systems work. -- I think for many libraries they're going to get their licensed DRM-protected ebooks from third-party systems like EBSCO, Overdrive, etc. I do have libraries in organisations that produce content that only want their members to view it. I think that's a good use case. I suppose there might be libraries where authors are willing to provide ebooks so long as they have restrictions. I'm not so sure about that one. But it could be interesting to explore. Licensing certainly comes with implications... so I think perhaps a Koha plugin is better than core Koha for exploring this sort of functionality. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes. _______________________________________________ Koha-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.koha-community.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/koha-bugs website : http://www.koha-community.org/ git : http://git.koha-community.org/ bugs : http://bugs.koha-community.org/
