eBooks: Issues within Academic Libraries as Demand Grows

Lawson, Ashlie eBooks: Issues within Academic Libraries as Demand Grows., 2014 [Preprint]

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Discussion of the increased demand for eBooks and the issues and arguments surrounding adoption. Noting the tug-of-war regarding how to adopt eBooks and whether all new acquisitions, or the vast majority, should be in eBook format rather than print format. Methods of adoption and patron access.

Item type: Preprint
Keywords: eBooks, academic libraries, digital books, patron access, eBook adoption
Subjects: D. Libraries as physical collections.
D. Libraries as physical collections. > DD. Academic libraries.
Depositing user: Ms Ashlie AG Lawson
Date deposited: 28 Feb 2015 03:13
Last modified: 28 Feb 2015 03:13
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10760/24670

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