?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Virtually+There%3F+E-books+in+UK+academic+libraries&rft.creator=Armstrong%2C+Chris&rft.creator=Edwards%2C+Louise&rft.creator=Lonsdale%2C+Ray&rft.subject=EB.+Printing%2C+electronic+publishing%2C+broadcasting.&rft.subject=D.+Libraries+as+physical+collections.&rft.subject=HO.+e-books.&rft.description=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%2C+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%3A+the+Joint+Information+Services+Committee+(JISC).+&rft.publisher=Emerald&rft.date=2002&rft.type=Journal+Article+(Print%2FPaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Feprints.rclis.org%2F5987%2F1%2FArmstrongEdwardsLonsdaleProgram_Ebooks_article_2002_final.pdf&rft.identifier=Armstrong%2C+Chris+and+Edwards%2C+Louise+and+Lonsdale%2C+Ray+Virtually+There%3F+E-books+in+UK+academic+libraries.+Program+%3A+electronic+library+and+information+systems%2C+2002%2C+vol.+36%2C+n.+4%2C+pp.+216-227.+[cited+var+currentTime+%3D+new+Date()%3Bvar+month+%3D+currentTime.getMonth()+%2B+1%3Bvar+day+%3D+currentTime.getDate()%3Bvar+year+%3D+currentTime.getFullYear()%3Bdocument.write(month+%2B+%22%2F%22+%2B+day+%2B+%22%2F%22+%2B+year)].+Available+from+WWW%3A+http%3A%2F%2Feprints.rclis.org%2F5987%2F.+[Journal+Article+(Print%2FPaginated)]&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Feprints.rclis.org%2F5987%2F