..., as the author points out: Mike McGrath can be contacted at: mike@mikemcgrath.org.uk 09 03 2016 09 03 2016 16 03 2016 © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2016 Emerald Group Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Document supply ILL Open access Ebooks Big Deals...

... on the scanning of about 150 journals, reports, Web sites and blogs. Findings – Nearly all material reviewed is freely available, continuing the trend of increasing OA. As always, these days, much is happening on the OA front. Big deals and Scholarly Communications are reviewed along with ebooks, users...

... technologies that support their tradition of sharing while accounting for the uniqueness of ebooks. Originality/value – This paper aims to initiate a discussion and brainstorming process within libraries which can honor the tradition of interlibrary loans by applying it to electronic books. © Emerald...