| creators_name: | Armstrong, Chris |
| creators_name: | Edwards, Louise |
| creators_name: | Lonsdale, Ray |
| type: | journalp |
| datestamp: | 2006-04-04 |
| lastmod: | 2008-11-19 09:11:33 |
| status_changed: | 2008-11-19 09:11:33 |
| userid: | 3338 |
| metadata_visibility: | show |
| countries: | GB- |
| title: | Virtually There? E-books in UK academic libraries |
| ispublished: | pub |
| subjects: | EB |
| subjects: | D. |
| subjects: | HO |
| full_text_status: | public |
| keywords: | e-books, Bibliographical access, JISC, Publishers, Higher Education, academic libraries |
| 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). |
| date: | 2002 |
| date_type: | published |
| publication: | Program : electronic library and information systems |
| volume: | 36 |
| number: | 4 |
| publisher: | Emerald |
| pagerange: | 216-227 |
| linguabib: | en |
| refereed: | TRUE |
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| document_url: | http://eprints.rclis.org/5987/1/ArmstrongEdwardsLonsdaleProgram_Ebooks_article_2002_final.pdf |
| lang_full_codex: | en |