... Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Academic libraries Electronic books Library management Ebooks Backlists Weeding Acquisition United States of America Most librarians involved in the acquisition of ebooks have seen large ebook packages from well‐known academic publishers...

... Digital Publishing Forum (2011b) , publishes quarterly statistics on wholesale electronic book sales. The numbers have been steadily rising all decade but the last couple of years have seen an unprecedented rise, with the last quarter dramatically outpacing all previous ones. The increasing number...

... edited or created, libraries could save time and money in book replacement activities. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Libraries Acquisitions and mergers Electronic books United States of America 2010 has seen a resurgence of interest in e‐books with sales being driven...

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... systems Electronic books Electronic journals Libraries Open access Intellectual property Digital Information: Order or Anarchy? is indeed a timely publication as it brings to the fore many of the current issues surrounding the creation and dissemination of digital information. Some...

... Group Publishing Limited 2011 Libraries Electronic books Electronic media Copyright law Libraries must be wary. Academic libraries will soon be faced by the problems with e‐books. Although a seemingly benign problem, libraries will have to deal with a multitude of copyright issues...

... information and ignored content not pertinent to their immediate concerns. Broad‐scale studies of usage statistics reveal, moreover, wide variations across the disciplines (Bailey, 2006 ; Christianson, 2005). © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Electronic books Academic libraries Customer...

... which are not books, (but) mere tangible shadows of their old visceral selves. As this evolution continues, is the plethora of electronic e‐book readers and hand‐held, multi‐functional devices designed to download and read electronic books changing the reading habits of college students? Conversely...

.... An e‐invention yet to be imagined. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Electronic books Academic libraries Library users Students There is nothing more exciting than watching a new development evolve from conception to reality, even if that reality is still unfinished...