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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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Group Author: Ward, Suzanne M; Freeman, Robert S; Nixon, Judith M
Published: Purdue University Press,
Publisher Address: West Lafayette, Indiana :
Publication Dates: [2016]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Charleston insights in library, archival, and information sciences
Subjects:
Libraries > Special collections > Electronic books
Academic libraries > Collection development
Scholarly electronic publishing
Libraries and electronic publishing
Academic libraries > United States > Case studies
Summary: "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

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