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Let the Patron Drive: Purchase on Demand of E-books [PDF]

The Serials Librarian, 2011
Purchas on demand is an emerging e-book collection development model that can help academic libraries satisfy their patrons' changing needs. In this session, Jonathan Nabe and Andrea Imre of Southern Illinois University Carbondale described their implementation of a purchase-on-demand e-book collection developed on MyiLibrary, with content from Ingram ...
Jonathan Nabe, Andrea Imre, Sanjeet Mann
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Demand-Driven Acquisition E-books Have Equal Cost Per Use as Print, but DDA Has Much More Active Use Overall

Evidence Based Library and Information Practice, 2015
A Review of: Downey, K., Zhang, Y., Urbano, C., & Klinger, T. (2014). A comparative study of print book and DDA e-book acquisition and use. Technical Services Quarterly, 31 (2), 139-160. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07317131.2014.875379 Abstract
Laura Newton Miller
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Notes on Operations: A Scenario Analysis of Demand-Driven Acquisition (DDA) of E-Books in Libraries

Library Resources & Technical Services, 2015
Demand-Driven Acquisition (DDA) has been commonly adopted by academic libraries in the United States for acquiring e-books in recent years. Implementation of the e-book DDA model varies by library. This paper introduces and demonstrates a scenario analysis approach for libraries to evaluate, identify, and select a DDA plan that works best for them ...
Yin Zhang, Kay Downey, Cristóbal Urbano, Tom Klingler   +3 more
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Virtuelle Lehrbuchsammlung und E-Books-On-Demand als Facetten der Hybridbibliothek: zwei innovative Services der Universitätsbibliothek der Medizinischen Universität Wien [PDF]

, 2010
Jahrestagung der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für medizinisches Bibliothekswesen (AGMB)
Bruno Bauer
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E-Books on Demand (EOD): Sonderangebot zum Jahresende

Archivalia
"Vom 24. November bis 7. Dezember 2025 bieten vierzehn Bibliotheken des EOD Netzwerks die Digitalisierung von urheberrechtsfreien Büchern aus ihrem Bestand zu einem Sonderpreis von nur 10 CHF oder 10 Euro an." https://www.nb.admin.ch/snl/de/home/ueber-uns/news/eodaktion2025 ...
Klaus Graf
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Establishment of an electronic library in forensic psychiatric wards: a survey of its actual use by forensic inpatients [PDF]

BMC Psychiatry
Background Similar to prison inmates, patients in forensic psychiatric wards may have restricted access to information. From a human rights perspective, improving information access is a desirable objective.
Koji Takeda, Teruyuki Nomura, Mio Suzuki, Sachiko Akita, Kiyoshi Takao, Akiko Tagami, Shin Yasuda, Taro Matsuda, Hiroyuki Wada, Ikuko Arakawa, Takao Suzuki, Emiko Yanagi, Yuka Ichihashi, Kazuhisa Tateyama, Kaori Matsumi, Ichiro Hanada, Ryota Hashimoto, Naotsugu Hirabayashi   +17 more
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A life cycle assessment of e-books and printed books in South Africa

Journal of Energy in Southern Africa, 2016
This paper presents the results of a study comparing the life cycle environmental impacts and cumulative energy demands of reading printed books (print system) with those of reading e-books from an Apple Air iPad (digital system), with a specific focus ...
Vinesh Naicker, Brett Cohen
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Pilot to Program: Demand-Driven E-Books at the Orbis-Cascade Consortium, 1 Year Later

, 2012
James Bunnelle
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Four Years of Unmediated Demand-Driven Acquisition and 5,000 E-Books Later: We Gave ‘Em What They Wanted

, 2014
Karen S. Fischer, Chris Diaz
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Überregionaler Zugang zu E-Books und E-Journals bei ZB MED durch Fernzugrifflizenzen

GMS Medizin – Bibliothek – Information, 2021
The article introduces the ZB MED remote access licenses, the licensed content and how to get the virtual ZB MED card.
Adolph, Claudia, Debus, Christine, Lerch, Anne, Rotermann, Hedwig, Ruhm, Susanne   +4 more
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