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Let the Patron Drive: Purchase on Demand of E-books [PDF]
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 ...
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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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Library Demand for E-books and E-book Pricing: An Economic Analysis
Journal of Scholarly Publishing, 2014This 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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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 and 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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Slavic and 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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2010
Jahrestagung der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für medizinisches Bibliothekswesen (AGMB)
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Jahrestagung der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für medizinisches Bibliothekswesen (AGMB)
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2011
Am 27. Mai 2011 findet am Zentralen Informatikdienst der Universität Wien ab 9:45 eine Veranstaltung zu E-Books on Demand an der UB Wien, zum Book-Importer von Phaidra und zu juristischen Fragen statt.
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Am 27. Mai 2011 findet am Zentralen Informatikdienst der Universität Wien ab 9:45 eine Veranstaltung zu E-Books on Demand an der UB Wien, zum Book-Importer von Phaidra und zu juristischen Fragen statt.
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A Review of "Getting Started with Demand-Driven Acquisitions for E-Books"
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