E-Book Purchasing Best Practices for Academic Libraries

Simon, Jason C. E-Book Purchasing Best Practices for Academic Libraries. Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship, 2014, vol. 26, n. 1. [Journal article (Unpaginated)]

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The article provides a guideline for purchasing of electronic books (e-books) in relevance to academic libraries. Topics include advantages and disadvantages of different acquisition routes such as aggregators, access models and ownership of e-books, and access management systems such as catalogs and electronic resource management systems (ERMs). File formats of e-books, and licensing and copyright issues are discussed along with information on open-access digital resources.

Item type: Journal article (Unpaginated)
Keywords: E-Books, eBoooks, Academic Libraries, Collection Development, Best Practices
Subjects: H. Information sources, supports, channels. > HO. e-books.
H. Information sources, supports, channels. > HP. e-resources.
Depositing user: Jason C. Simon
Date deposited: 10 Feb 2015 03:02
Last modified: 10 Feb 2015 03:02
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10760/24551

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