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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824565803321

Titolo

The no shelf required guide to e-book purchasing / / Sue Polanka, editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, Ill., : ALA TechSource, 2011

ISBN

0-8389-9255-2

1-283-37029-8

9786613370297

0-8389-9254-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

62p. ; : ill

Collana

Library technology reports, , 0024-2586 ; ; v. 47, no. 8

Altri autori (Persone)

PolankaSue

Disciplina

025.17/4

20

025.174

Soggetti

Electronic books

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- About the Editor -- Contents -- Chapter 1-Purchasing E-books in Libraries -- Chapter 2-Consortial Purchasing of E-books -- Chapter 3-Academic Library Dilemmas in Purchasing Content for E-readers -- Chapter 4-Open Access E-books -- Chapter 5-The E-textbook Revolution -- Chapter 6-Digital Textbooks -- Chapter 7-Water on a Hot Skillet -- Contributors.

Sommario/riassunto

This issue of "Library Technology Reports" provides strategies, best practices, and case studies for meeting the unprecedented legal, technological, and vendor challenges that come with e-book purchasing.