What Happened to the E-book Revolution? : The Gradual Integration of E-books into Academic Libraries

Connaway, Lynn Silipigni; Wicht, Heather

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“…Indeed, Connaway and Wicht contend that the lack of standards in e-book publishing and the morass of platforms, purchasing models, and usage models are largely responsible for the slowness of libraries to integrate e-books into their offerings and systems. In contrast, e-journals were incorporated into library services much more rapidly (9).…”

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An Unusual Approach to Marketing E-Books: An Instructional Course on the Hospital's Learning Management System

Sievert

2013

Journal of Hospital Librarianship

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A library serving two small community hospitals promoted the use of its new electronic book collection in various ways, which included a mandatory course that was mounted on the hospitals' learning management system. Results of this effort indicate that, in the short term, the electronic books course increased usage of the collection significantly. However, the results also show that a small collection may not retain the interest of some library patrons. Still, the learning management system is a powerful way to reach the maximum number of library users to increase their awareness and understanding of library resources.

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An Unusual Approach to Marketing E-Books: An Instructional Course on the Hospital's Learning Management System

Sievert

2013

Journal of Hospital Librarianship

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“…Academic libraries have been somewhat slow to adopt e-book collections, especially compared with their rapid adoption of online journals (Connaway & Wicht, 2007;Jackson, 2008), but the pace of ebook collection and use seems to be accelerating. Miller (2011) reported a 93% increase in academic library e-book collections since 2010.…”

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Are Print Books Dead? An Investigation of Book Circulation at a Mid-Sized Academic Library

Rose-Wiles

2013

Technical Services Quarterly

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“…Safari and SpringerLink, and Ebook Library and full views and downloads of books no longer protected by copyright laws. For a detailed discussion of this history see the article by Connaway and Wicht (2007) and Zeoli (2013).…”

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Introduction to Academic E-Books

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Freeman²,

Ward³

2015

Academic E-Books

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IntroductionAcademic librarians have planned for, experimented with, and generally been waiting for the e-book revolution as a solution to many library challenges and for the advantages the e-book provides to users. Unlike its print counterpart, an e-book can never be lost, marked-up or worn out. It does not take up any shelf space, so saves the overhead on the building. It does not require a staff member (or self-check kiosk) to check it out or to check it back into the library. Student assistants are not needed to reshelve it or to make sure it is on the right shelf and in the right order. Just the savings in staff time of scanning the bar codes for an inventory and re-shelving the misshelved books make e-books very attractive to librarians. Another advantage is that librarians do not even need to purchase e-books before users begin to check them out. Instead they can load the catalog records into the online catalog and wait to see which books are borrowed; then pay after there has been demonstrated use. The e-book has great advantages for the users also. In many cases, an e-book can be checked out by multiple users at the same time and is available wherever and whenever the user needs it. However, perhaps the most valuable advantage is that every single word and phrase in an e-book is searchable. Indexing systems, library online catalogs and search engines like Google Books now help users find, or discover, the content inside e-books.The reader does not need to know which book has the information needed, instead he can use a search engine and go to the exact page and sentence with a few clicks.With so many advantages, it seems logical that librarians would be eager to switch from purchasing books in print to embrace the electronic format. However the transition to e-books in academic libraries has not been a smooth or quick one and the reasons are myriad and complicated. Aware that this is still a time of transition and that there are many issues surrounding the e-book, the editors set out to present the state of e-books in academic libraries today. They invited knowledgeable publishers and librarians to write about the current challenges, successes, and trends. In addition, there is a section that analyzes new data about user interaction with e-books and an essay written by a teaching faculty member who uses and encourages her student to use ebooks. Literature ReviewTo set the stage, a literature review is in order to identify the challenges facing the e-book revolution. The major problems can be summed up in two statements: (1) lack of sufficient content and (2) users' stated preference for printed books in many cases. Although time will eventually solve the lack of content problem, librarians still face the issue that many users prefer printed books. The reasons for this preference are complicated, but the literature suggests that the primary reason is that in-depth reading of an e-book is difficult, partly because of poor interfaces, but primarily because the ebook is not a printed book. Background on e-b...

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What Happened to the E-book Revolution? : The Gradual Integration of E-books into Academic Libraries

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An Unusual Approach to Marketing E-Books: An Instructional Course on the Hospital's Learning Management System

An Unusual Approach to Marketing E-Books: An Instructional Course on the Hospital's Learning Management System

Are Print Books Dead? An Investigation of Book Circulation at a Mid-Sized Academic Library

Introduction to Academic E-Books

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