... the study period; to identify the list of highly used publishers and titles in Ebrary Academic Complete during the study period; and to analyze the cost per title used through the comparison of usage and subscription costs. Electronic books Academic libraries E-books Ebrary Business...

... that this is the only published study of institutional usage of the SBA at this time. Academic libraries Acquisition Backlists Ebooks Electronic books Package deals The online revolution in electronic journals changed the lives of academics, students and librarians from the late 1990s onwards...

... subject usage, print overlap, and information management. Kimberly R. Abrams can be contacted at: kabrams@adelphi.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2014 Collection development United States of America Information management Electronic books ebrary The concept...

... was undertaken to determine to what extent our most highly circulated print books had e‐book equivalents. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Electronic books Collection analysis Usage Print books Comparative analysis Collections management Lending services In recent years...

...Rebecca Schroeder Purpose This paper seeks to provide evidence that patron‐driven acquisition is a successful collection development tool. Design/methodology/approach The study used cost, usage, and cost per use as measurements to compare patron‐driven acquired print and electronic books...

...) © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 --> Medical libraries Electronic journals Electronic books Effective acquisition and management of electronic resources have become important for all kinds of libraries, and especially for medical libraries where up‐to‐date information...

... Blummer , B. (2006), “ E‐books revisited: the adoption of electronic books by special, academic, and public libraries ”, Internet Reference Services Quarterly , Vol. 11 No. 2 , pp. 1 ‐ 13 . Connaway , H. and Wicht , H. (2007), “ What happened to the e‐book revolution...

...; libraries must continue to invest in new ways of delivering content. Originality/value This is the first study on e‐book reader lending services in libraries. Electronic books Reading Collections management Although e‐book readers have been available for more than ten years...

... of collaboration between 12 learned societies, more than 90 publishers, and librarians at the University of Michigan's Scholarly Publishing Office. It is by scholars for scholars. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Electronic books Collections management Digital libraries The American...

...Jane Stephens; Pauline Melgoza; Gang (Gary) Wan Purpose The purpose of this paper is to determine the overall currency of electronic books in the Safari database; to determine currency and release policies of the individual publishers who contribute books to the Safari database; to compare...

... Collections management Electronic books Electronic journals This book is a practical guide for librarians involved in the process of evaluating, choosing, managing, and purchasing electronic resources for their libraries. This includes digital objects such as electronic books, electronic journals...

..., and the evaluation of the effectiveness of online resources. Therefore, a consortium was a requisite model for the libraries and Korea Education & Research Information Service (KERIS) has played an important role in Korea in organizing this. Electronic books University libraries Collections...

...Michael Levine‐Clark Purpose To identify levels of awareness and patterns of usage of electronic books by scholars in the humanities. Design/methodology/approach A survey of the University of Denver community assessed knowledge about and usage of electronic books. The results for humanists...

..., has over 80 academic bookshops in the UK. © MCB UP Limited 2000 Library services HERON eLib Copyright Electronic books This paper is a revised and updated version of a presentation given at the eLib Information Ecologies conference at York, in December 1998. It gives...