Academic e-books : publishers, librarians, and users /
"Academic E-Books: Publishers, Librarians, and Users provides readers with a view of the changing and emerging roles of electronic books in higher education. The three main sections contain contributions by experts in the publisher/vendor arena, as well as by librarians who report on both the c...
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Purdue University Press,
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Publisher Address: | West Lafayette, Indiana : |
Publication Dates: | [2016] |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Charleston insights in library, archival, and information sciences
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"Academic E-Books: Publishers, Librarians, and Users provides readers with a view of the changing and emerging roles of electronic books in higher education. The three main sections contain contributions by experts in the publisher/vendor arena, as well as by librarians who report on both the challenges of offering and managing e-books and on the issues surrounding patron use of e-books. The case study section offers perspectives from seven different sizes and types of libraries whose librarians describe innovative and thought-provoking projects involving e-books. Read about perspectives on |
Carrier Form: | iii, 360 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: |
9781557537270 1557537275 |
Index Number: | Z692 |
CLC: | G255.75 |
Call Number: | G255.75/A168 |
Contents: | Publishers' and vendors' products and services -- An industry perspective: publishing in the digital age / Nadine Vassallo -- The journey beyond print: perspectives of a commercial publisher in the academic market / Rhonda Herman -- Production, marketing, and legal challenges: the university press perspective on e-books in libraries / Tony Sanfilippo -- Delivering American Society for Microbiology e-books to libraries / Christine B Charlip -- Platform diving: a day in the life of an academic e-book aggregator / Bob Nardini -- Librarians' challenges -- University of California, Merced: primar |