Abstract
This 165 page international study looks closely at how academic libraries are using eBooks. It helps librarians to answer questions such as: how fast is eBook spending growing? Which eBook purchasing models are growing fastest?
Subscription models that allow unlimited access” pay per view models?
Outright ownership? Other models? What percentage of eBook purchases are through consortia? What percentage direct from publishers? What percentage through aggregators?
The report also gives detailed data on spending on various major players such as OverDrive, ebrary, EBSCO, Baker & Taylor, EBL and many others. It is particularly rich on data about eBook purchases from academic presses. The study also looks at the growth of tablet computing in academic libraries, at the use of eBooks in course reserve, at purchases of eDirectories and eTextbooks, and other issues in academic library eBook purchasing and deployment
Publication Date
2014
Publisher
Primary Research Group Inc.
Document Type
Book
Recommended Citation
Primary Research Group, "Academic Library Use of eBooks" (2014). Reference. 5.
https://scholars.unh.edu/reference/5
Rights
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