Pricing in Channel Book Supply Chain Considering Possibility of Selling E-Book under Fixed and Decreasing Demands [PDF]
The purpose of this research is to determine the optimal wholesale and final prices of printed and electronic books in a dual channel supply chain. Here, a comprehensive sensitivity analysis has been conducted on different supply chain parameters such as
Kamran Kianfar, Mitra PashootaniZadeh
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Let the Patron Drive: Purchase on Demand of E-books [PDF]
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 ...
Sanjeet Mann
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The evolution of an e-book demand-driven acquisition programme at Swinburne University of Technology
In 2006 Swinburne University of Technology became the first library in the world to launch a large-scale implementation of a demand-driven acquisition (DDA) programme for e-books.
Tony Davies
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Establishment of an electronic library in forensic psychiatric wards: a survey of its actual use by forensic inpatients [PDF]
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 +17 more
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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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Überregionaler Zugang zu E-Books und E-Journals bei ZB MED durch Fernzugrifflizenzen
The article introduces the ZB MED remote access licenses, the licensed content and how to get the virtual ZB MED card.
Adolph, Claudia +4 more
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Implementation & Management of a Consortial Demand-Driven E-Books Pilot: The USMAI Experience [PDF]
The article focuses on the demand-driven (DDA) electronic book pilot program by the University System of Maryland and Affiliated Institutions (USMAI) Library Consortium. Topics discussed include focus of the program to identify problems and advantages related to electronic resources, launch of Limited Access/Lending consortial model by Novanet ...
Randall A. Lowe, Lynda Aldana
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Implementing E-Book Demand Driven Acquisition (DDA) At Asbury Theological Seminary
As we explored the potential for DDA, we quickly realized everything that had been promised was not as it appeared.
Don Butterworth +2 more
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Comparison of E-Book Acquisitions Strategies Across Disciplines Finds Differences in Cost and Usage
A Review of: Carrico, S.B., Cataldo, T.T., Botero, C., & Shelton, T. (2015). What cost and usage data reveals about e-book acquisitions: Ramifications for collection development. ALCTS, 59(3).
Laura Costello
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Nowadays, with the growing importance of providing digital services, public libraries offer a wide range of e-books. However, current studies show that reading preferences vary across countries, and identifying e-book demand is therefore difficult.
Viktor Prokop, Jan Stejskal
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