Adapting to E-Books

ISBN-13: 9780415483773 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 287 str.

William Miller;Rita Pellen

Opis

Electronic books are now having a major impact on library collections. This book provides models for acquisitions policies and reports on several surveys of faculty and librarian attitudes toward e-books. It discusses issues in acquiring cataloguing and collection development regarding this important new library resource.

Its subject matter deals with the different types of e-books, statistical data available for e-book usage, the development of e-book collections, learning environments, integrating e-books into local catalogues, acquisitions and usage monitoring of e-books.

This book will be of interest to librarians across all educational sectors, library science scholars and e-book publishers.

This book was published as a special issue of the Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship.

Spis treści

1. Introduction: Moving into the World of E-books 2. E-books and Virtual Learning Environments: Responses to a Transformational Technology 3. E-books in the University of California Libraries 4. Making Sense of E-book Usage Data 5. Ebrary and Two International E-book Surveys 6. Survey Analysis: Ebrary User Survey 7. Faculty Experiences with Electronic Resources 8. Academic E-books: Supply Before Demand in the Life 9. The University of Pittsburgh Study in an Electronic Environment: Have E-books Changed Usage Patterns of Monographs? 10. Mission Possible: E-books and the Humanities 11. Moving from Book to E-book 12. New Types of E-books, E-book Issues, and Implications 13. Integration of Electronic Books into Library Catalogs: The UIC Library Experience 14. Managing Users’ Expectations of E-books 15. Consortia and E-books: Expanding Access and Defining Business Models 16. From Print to “e”: An Industry Perspective

O autorze

William Miller, Rita Pellen