Filling in the gaps: Historical DDA e-book project at University of Ottawa.

Dekker, Jennifer L. Filling in the gaps: Historical DDA e-book project at University of Ottawa., 2013 . In Sixty-Seventh Annual Conference of the American Theological Library Association, Charlotte, North Carolina, June 19-22 2013. [Conference paper]

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This conference paper describes a Demand-Driven E-book acquisition project at the University of Ottawa, whose purpose was to fill in gaps in historical titles in the library's collection. The specific subject areas are Religious Studies and History. The paper contains quantitative analysis of the project as well as survey feedback from professors and graduate students.

Item type: Conference paper
Keywords: E-books Demand-Driven Acquisitions Patron-Driven Acquisitions Religious Studies History
Subjects: B. Information use and sociology of information > BH. Information needs and information requirements analysis.
C. Users, literacy and reading. > CB. User studies.
D. Libraries as physical collections. > DD. Academic libraries.
H. Information sources, supports, channels. > HO. e-books.
J. Technical services in libraries, archives, museum. > JA. Acquisitions.
Depositing user: Ms. Jennifer Dekker
Date deposited: 07 Mar 2014 21:59
Last modified: 02 Oct 2014 12:30
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10760/22653

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