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Library Demand for E-books and E-book Pricing: An Economic Analysis [PDF]
Journal of Scholarly Publishing, 2014 This paper provides an economic analysis of the market in which libraries acquire electronic books (e-books) from publishers. It first analyses the differences between print and e-books and explains how these differences affect the willingness of libraries to pay for e-books.
Stanley M. Besen, Sheila Nataraj Kirby
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E-books in the Czech Republic: Analysis of demand and readers’ behaviour
IFLA Journal, 2021Currently, there is a more frequent replacement of books by e-books, which have become an increasingly viable format and make it easier for readers to read books in a variety of places. Public libraries therefore focus more often on the provision of e-books as one of the components of their digital services.
Viktor Prokop, Jan Stejskal
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Demand for E-books in an Academic Library
Journal of Library Administration, 2006Rather than create a collection solely to support distance learners, libraries should consider the needs of all customers when developing a digital library. The acceptance of digital libraries is dependant upon the conversion of resources to an electronic format that is easy to use and is fully searchable.
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Academic E-books: Supply Before Demand in the Life Sciences?
The Acquisitions Librarian, 2008ABSTRACT The reinvention of the book in digital format raises questions concerning the content, purpose, and structure of e-books and their effectiveness in academic environments. As information professionals, have we asked the faculty what are their requirements for e-book content, how they use e-books, and how e-books should be configured?
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Journal of Library & Information Services in Distance Learning, 2016
ABSTRACTHow does a smaller, fully online academic library offer a wide and deep collection of academic level e-books to its distance learners in a sustainable and affordable way? The State University of New York (SUNY) Empire State College Online Library, with a staff of four, has used demand-driven e-book acquisitions since September 2013.
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ABSTRACTHow does a smaller, fully online academic library offer a wide and deep collection of academic level e-books to its distance learners in a sustainable and affordable way? The State University of New York (SUNY) Empire State College Online Library, with a staff of four, has used demand-driven e-book acquisitions since September 2013.
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A Review of "Getting Started with Demand-Driven Acquisitions for E-Books"
Journal of Web Librarianship, 2016When their library started investigating demand-driven acquisitions (DDA) in 2012, Theresa S. Arndt and her colleagues were unwittingly sowing the seeds for Arndt's recent LITA Guide, Getting Start...
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Getting Started with Demand-Driven Acquisitions for E-Books: A LITA Guide
Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship, 2016As Theresa S. Arndt, author of Getting Started with Demand Driven Acquisitions for E-Books: A LITA Guide, notes, libraries have always sought to purchase materials that users want.
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Slavic & East European Information Resources, 2016
ABSTRACTThe ease and effectiveness of patron-driven (demand-driven) acquisitions has helped to optimize many academic libraries’ acquisitions budgets. Libraries are increasingly turning to e-books as an alternative to purchasing multiple copies. Academic libraries have for years been forced to purchase large packages of e-books that are of questionable
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ABSTRACTThe ease and effectiveness of patron-driven (demand-driven) acquisitions has helped to optimize many academic libraries’ acquisitions budgets. Libraries are increasingly turning to e-books as an alternative to purchasing multiple copies. Academic libraries have for years been forced to purchase large packages of e-books that are of questionable
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