Add to ORKGAs e-books have come to hold a major impact on library collection building activities, the influence of reviews of titles and the on-going conversion of titles to a digital format have significant potential impacts for libraries. Reviewing tools such as Choice and the lag-time between publication notice of the print edition of a work and its corresponding e-version asks the questions, “How many of the print titles that are reviewed in Choice have a corresponding e-version ready for purchase?” and “How used are those e-versions in comparison with print?
There are many decisions to consider when acquiring e-books for the small academic library. This art...
Electronic books, or e-books, are a major topic of discussion for public libraries across the countr...
Individual ownership of handheld e-readers is increasing exponentially. Limited budgets, accessibili...
E-books are being acquired at higher and higher rates, especially in disciplines such as the health...
When libraries make the decision to transition from print to electronic books, it is often a zero-su...
To ascertain the use of e-books and e-book readers in academic libraries, a study was conducted by J...
The University of Kansas Libraries initially experimented with electronic books through a NetLibrary...
Abstract Objective – This article describes how librarians systematically compared different e-bo...
See below for the accompanying dataset and the survey instrument used to collect the data.The availa...
Objective: To determine patron format preference, perceived usability and frequency of e-book usage,...
Many academic libraries have experimented with e-book patron-driven acquisitions (PDA) plans as smal...
There are many decisions to consider when acquiring e-books for the small academic library. The arti...
This study compares three different models for selecting e-books for a research library’s collectio...
About five years ago, when many believed digitization would become the panacea for libraries, some o...
Texas A&M University (TAMU) Libraries implemented an e-preferred approval plan in early 2000s with t...
There are many decisions to consider when acquiring e-books for the small academic library. This art...
Electronic books, or e-books, are a major topic of discussion for public libraries across the countr...
Individual ownership of handheld e-readers is increasing exponentially. Limited budgets, accessibili...
E-books are being acquired at higher and higher rates, especially in disciplines such as the health...
When libraries make the decision to transition from print to electronic books, it is often a zero-su...
To ascertain the use of e-books and e-book readers in academic libraries, a study was conducted by J...
The University of Kansas Libraries initially experimented with electronic books through a NetLibrary...
Abstract Objective – This article describes how librarians systematically compared different e-bo...
See below for the accompanying dataset and the survey instrument used to collect the data.The availa...
Objective: To determine patron format preference, perceived usability and frequency of e-book usage,...
Many academic libraries have experimented with e-book patron-driven acquisitions (PDA) plans as smal...
There are many decisions to consider when acquiring e-books for the small academic library. The arti...
This study compares three different models for selecting e-books for a research library’s collectio...
About five years ago, when many believed digitization would become the panacea for libraries, some o...
Texas A&M University (TAMU) Libraries implemented an e-preferred approval plan in early 2000s with t...
There are many decisions to consider when acquiring e-books for the small academic library. This art...
Electronic books, or e-books, are a major topic of discussion for public libraries across the countr...
Individual ownership of handheld e-readers is increasing exponentially. Limited budgets, accessibili...