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Academic E-Books : Publishers, Librarians, and Users.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Charleston Insights in Library, Archival, and Information Sciences SeriesPublisher: West Lafayette, IN : Purdue University Press, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (373 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781612494289
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Academic E-BooksDDC classification:
  • 025.174
LOC classification:
  • Z692.E4A24 2015
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction to Academic E-Books -- Publishers' and Vendors' Products and Services -- 1. An Industry Perspective: Publishing in the Digital Age -- 2. The Journey Beyond Print: Perspectives of a Commercial Publisher in the Academic Market -- 3. Production, Marketing, and Legal Challenges: The University Press Perspective on E-Books in Libraries -- 4. Delivering American Society for Microbiology E-Books to Libraries -- 5. Platform Diving: A Day in the Life of an Academic E-Book Aggregator -- Librarians' Challenges -- 6. University of California, Merced: Primarily an Electronic Library -- 7. Patron-Driven Acquisitions: Assessing and Sustaining a Long-Term PDA E-Book Program -- 8. Use and Cost Analysis of E-Books: Patron-Driven Acquisitions Plan vs. Librarian-Selected Titles -- 9. E-Books Across the Consortium: Reflections and Lessons From a Three-Year DDA Experiment at the Orbis Cascade Alliance -- 10. The Simplest Explanation: Occam's Reader and the Future of Interlibrary Loan and E-Books -- 11. Developing a Global E-Book Collection: An Exploratory Study -- Users' Experiences -- 12. A Social Scientist Uses E-Books for Research and in the Classroom -- 13. The User Experience of E-Books in Academic Libraries: Perception, Discovery, and Use -- 14. E-Book Reading Practices in Different Subject Areas: An Exploratory Log Analysis -- 15. Library E-Book Platforms Are Broken: Let's Fix Them -- Case Studies -- 16. A Balancing Act: Promoting Canadian Scholarly E-Books While Controlling User Access -- 17. Of Euripides and E-Books: The Digital Future and Our Hybrid Present -- 18. Transitioning to E-Books at a Medium-Sized Academic Library: Challenges and Opportunities-A Feasibility Study of a Psychology Collection.
19. E-Books and a Distance Education Program: A Library's Failure Rate in Supplying Course Readings for One Program -- 20. Mobile Access to Academic E-Book Content: A Ryerson Investigation -- 21. E-Reader Checkout Program -- 22. Out With the Print and in With the E-Book: A Case Study in Mass Replacement of a Print Collection -- Epilogue -- Contributors -- Index.
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Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction to Academic E-Books -- Publishers' and Vendors' Products and Services -- 1. An Industry Perspective: Publishing in the Digital Age -- 2. The Journey Beyond Print: Perspectives of a Commercial Publisher in the Academic Market -- 3. Production, Marketing, and Legal Challenges: The University Press Perspective on E-Books in Libraries -- 4. Delivering American Society for Microbiology E-Books to Libraries -- 5. Platform Diving: A Day in the Life of an Academic E-Book Aggregator -- Librarians' Challenges -- 6. University of California, Merced: Primarily an Electronic Library -- 7. Patron-Driven Acquisitions: Assessing and Sustaining a Long-Term PDA E-Book Program -- 8. Use and Cost Analysis of E-Books: Patron-Driven Acquisitions Plan vs. Librarian-Selected Titles -- 9. E-Books Across the Consortium: Reflections and Lessons From a Three-Year DDA Experiment at the Orbis Cascade Alliance -- 10. The Simplest Explanation: Occam's Reader and the Future of Interlibrary Loan and E-Books -- 11. Developing a Global E-Book Collection: An Exploratory Study -- Users' Experiences -- 12. A Social Scientist Uses E-Books for Research and in the Classroom -- 13. The User Experience of E-Books in Academic Libraries: Perception, Discovery, and Use -- 14. E-Book Reading Practices in Different Subject Areas: An Exploratory Log Analysis -- 15. Library E-Book Platforms Are Broken: Let's Fix Them -- Case Studies -- 16. A Balancing Act: Promoting Canadian Scholarly E-Books While Controlling User Access -- 17. Of Euripides and E-Books: The Digital Future and Our Hybrid Present -- 18. Transitioning to E-Books at a Medium-Sized Academic Library: Challenges and Opportunities-A Feasibility Study of a Psychology Collection.

19. E-Books and a Distance Education Program: A Library's Failure Rate in Supplying Course Readings for One Program -- 20. Mobile Access to Academic E-Book Content: A Ryerson Investigation -- 21. E-Reader Checkout Program -- 22. Out With the Print and in With the E-Book: A Case Study in Mass Replacement of a Print Collection -- Epilogue -- Contributors -- Index.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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