@misc{eprints35987,
          volume = {36},
          number = {4},
          author = {Chris Armstrong and Louise Edwards and Ray Lonsdale},
           title = {Virtually There? E-books in UK academic libraries},
       publisher = {Emerald},
         journal = {Program : electronic library and information systems},
           pages = {216--227},
            year = {2002},
        keywords = {e-books, Bibliographical access, JISC, Publishers, Higher Education, academic libraries},
             url = {http://eprints.rclis.org/5987/},
        abstract = {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). }
}