Establishing a national strategy for the provision and use of e-books in UK academic libraries

Lonsdale, Ray and Armstrong, Chris Establishing a national strategy for the provision and use of e-books in UK academic libraries., 2003 . In Libraries in the Digital Age (LIDA), Dubrovnik and Mljet (Croatia), 26-30 May 2003. [Conference paper]

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English abstract

This paper reports on the foundation of an e-Book Working Group, which has formulated a national strategy to facilitate the provision of e-books to the academic communities in the UK. The remit, activities and impact of this group are discussed. The paper draws upon a range of research projects into the publishing of e-books and their provision by university libraries that have been undertaken by the authors.

Item type:	Conference paper
Keywords:	e-books, UK, JISC, Joint Information Systems Committee, e-book working Group
Subjects:	L. Information technology and library technology E. Publishing and legal issues.
Depositing user:	Damir Pavelic
Date deposited:	05 Apr 2004
Last modified:	02 Oct 2014 11:58
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/10760/4704

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