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Virtually There? E-books in UK academic libraries

Armstrong, Chris and Edwards, Louise and Lonsdale, Ray (2002) Virtually There? E-books in UK academic libraries. [Journal Article (Print/Paginated)]

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This article presents the results from a recent survey into the provision of electronic books within academic libraries in the UK. Where relevant the results are supplemented by data from two other surveys concerned with e-book provision and electronic information services undertaken by the authors. Incidence of provision of e-books from individual publishers and through aggregators is reported. Reasons for non-provision and attitudes towards the medium are discussed, and issues concerned with bibliographical access are explored. The article concludes with a discussion of the role and influence of the E-book Working Group set up by the UK body responsible for networking and electronic resources in higher and further education: the Joint Information Services Committee (JISC).


Item Type:Journal Article (Print/Paginated)
Keywords:e-books, Bibliographical access, JISC, Publishers, Higher Education, academic libraries
Subjects:E. Publishing and legal issues. > EB. Printing, electronic publishing, broadcasting.
D. Libraries as physical collections.
H. Information sources, supports, channels. > HO. e-books.
Full Metadata:Show all fields
ID Code:5987
Deposited By:Armstrong, Chris
Deposited On:04 Apr 2006
Last Modified:19 Nov 2008 10:11
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