Adapting to E-Books
Author | : William Miller |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 290 |
Release | : 2013-09-13 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781317990093 |
ISBN-13 | : 1317990099 |
Rating | : 4/5 (099 Downloads) |
Download or read book Adapting to E-Books written by William Miller and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-13 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Electronic books are now having a major impact on library collections. This book provides models for acquisitions policies and reports on several surveys of faculty and librarian attitudes toward e-books. It discusses issues in acquiring cataloguing and collection development regarding this important new library resource. Its subject matter deals with the different types of e-books, statistical data available for e-book usage, the development of e-book collections, learning environments, integrating e-books into local catalogues, acquisitions and usage monitoring of e-books. This book will be of interest to librarians across all educational sectors, library science scholars and e-book publishers. This book was published as a special issue of The Acquisitions Librarian.