E-Book Roadmap: Implementation Strategies and Perspectives from E-Book Veterans, and the Role of Agents in the E-Book Process

Barbara S. Dunham is a Serials and Electronic Resources Librarian at Ohio State University Libraries. Jose Luis Andrade is President at Swets North America.The amount of eBook offerings is rapidly expanding, and libraries face new questions regarding how to implement eBooks into their collections. Our librarian panelists will examine the processes and strategies they have applied, and the challenges they have encountered in integrating eBook content across multiple vendors and platforms. Panelists will explore different eBook models and functionalities, and the impact on their eBook acquisitions, internal processes and access abilities. Our agent panelist will also look at the agent’s role and the value they can bring to the eBooks process