...Jeong‐Hyen Kim; Ji‐Hyun Moon Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate the characteristics of Korean books by analysing their “work types” based on the Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR) model. Design/methodology/approach A total of 1,000 Korean books were...

...Robin Yeates If the individual's perception of happiness lies on a spectrum from pleasure through personal fulfillment to something more spiritual, then the concept of the book stretches from a type of unique work of art through mass‐produced objects to something more virtual (less virtuous...

...Chris Armstrong; Louise Edwards; Ray Lonsdale This article presents the results from a recent survey into the provision of electronic books within academic libraries in the UK. Where relevant the results are supplemented by data from two other surveys concerned with e‐book provision and electronic...