...Douglas McGee Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide an assessment of a one-year pilot exploring the joint purchase of e-books via demand-driven acquisition (DDA) conducted by engineering librarians from seven members of the Borrow Direct interlibrary loan partnership. Also provided...

...David Michael Baker; Catherine S.Y. Kwok; Diana L.H. Chan; Ada S.M. Cheung; Ming Kan Wong Purpose – This paper aims to evaluate the impact of three concurrent demand-driven acquisition (DDA) programs on e-book collection development at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST...

...Mark Kluzek Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to report on current interlending and document delivery of e-books and e-journals in the UK and analyse the challenges encountered in such practices, using the experiences at King's College London as an example. Design/methodology/approach...

... with interlending and document supply as well as such related matters as resource sharing and open access. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 E‐books Copyright Open access Big deals Use data Public libraries As more and more articles become freely available on the web so do...

...Joanne Percy Purpose This paper aims to explore current trends in e‐book lending in US academic libraries and describes the Kindle pilot for interlibrary loan at Eastern Washington University. It also seeks to examine previous e‐reader pilots at the University of Nebraska‐Omaha, and the Douglas...

...Cherié L. Weible; Helen F. Sullivan Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the challenges ILL librarians are faced with when trying to borrow or lend e‐books through traditional interlibrary loan channels, especially in the context of international lending and borrowing. Design...

...Harald Müller Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the laws and legal concepts that form the basis for library book lending and how those concepts do or do not apply in the e‐book environment. Design/methodology/approach The author surveys relevant legal concepts as defined...

.... Originality/value This is the only regular literature review that focuses on document supply. The piece attracted 365 comments in three days! The process is described in detail working with their chosen vendor, Ebook Library (EBL). The authors conclude that: In another critical article...