dc.contributor.author | Emde, Judith | |
dc.contributor.author | Kottman, Miloche | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2009-05-28T21:22:56Z | |
dc.date.available | 2009-05-28T21:22:56Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2009-05-28T21:22:56Z | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1808/5233 | |
dc.description.abstract | The University of Kansas Libraries initially experimented with electronic books through a NetLibrary purchase of around 9600 books beginning in 2002. In subsequent years, collections of reference materials and historical content have been licensed, e.g. Oxford Reference Premium; Literature Online. Confronted with an offer too good to refuse last year, the Libraries purchased Springer e-book content from 2005-2007 and negotiated to receive all future publications electronically. As the market continued to develop with additional aggregators and publishers offering content, the collection development librarian organized a study group to review the various options and packages offered. We organized trials, webinars, and on site visits for three aggregators: ebrary, EBL and MyiLibrary and reviewed how publishers were offering access to their e-books. This presentation will examine results of our study by highlighting the following issues: digital rights management, technology, interfaces, purchase/subscription options, and perpetual access. We are also interested in how academic libraries market their e-book content and plan to survey if Voyager libraries are employing features to promote e-books through their catalogs. | |
dc.description.sponsorship | Ex Libris South Central Users Group 2008 Conference, Wichita, KS October 9-10, 2008 | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.subject | Electronic books | |
dc.title | The E-Book Dilemma: a Study of Aggregator and Publisher Options to Deliver Electronic Book Content | |
dc.type | Presentation | |
kusw.oastatus | na | |
dc.identifier.orcid | https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5595-5910 | |
kusw.oapolicy | This item does not meet KU Open Access policy criteria. | |
dc.rights.accessrights | openAccess | |