Baker & Taylor, a worldwide distributor of digital and print books, has developed a new function for its Axis 360 digital media service giving libraries using a shared collection the power to filter out content they wish to exclude from their Axis 360 platform.
Baker & Taylor worked closely with the Reaching Across Illinois Library System (RAILS) consortium to develop the site scoping tool, in response to suggestions from libraries participating in the eRead Illinois ebook program. The enhancement gives libraries greater control over their digital collections and allows, for instance, elementary school libraries participating in a consortium with public libraries to restrict the availability of mature adult titles from young students.
Site scoping allows a member library to create an age-appropriate digital media site by excluding titles by BISAC subject or audience level, with the ability to whitelist authors that are deemed appropriate. Once filtered, the excluded material is not able to be discovered or downloaded by that library's users but remains available at libraries that have chosen not to restrict the content.
Axis 360 is Baker & Taylor's revolutionary digital media service. It provides libraries with a state-of-the-art and visually engaging system for circulating digital books and audiobooks, which can be downloaded directly to patrons' computers, tablets, smartphones and other devices.
