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ER&L sweets & swag Speakers: Michael Levine-Clark & Christopher C. Brown In Dec 2008, they added all the print and ebooks for university press publisher A, and the duplication is primarily in the frontlist. They did the same for an STM publisher B in Jan 2009. The have gathered circ data that is compiled [...] Speaker: Sarah Forzetting & Gabrielle Wiersma They are sending bib records to their book supplier weekly in order to eliminate duplication of format and other ebook packages. This might be helpful for libraries that purchase ebooks through publisher platforms in addition to through their vendor. One of the challenges of ebook acquisition is that publishers [...] “Selectors are more fussy about the [ebook] platform than the students.” – Nancy Gibbs [...] 12 May 2011 |  collection development, ebooks, patron-driven acquisitions, vlacrl |  ebook, library |
1  Speaker: Ken Breen (EBSCO) In 1997, ebooks were on CD-ROM and came with large paper books to explain how to use them, along with the same concerns about platforms we have today. Current sales models involve purchase by individual libraries or consortia, patron-driven acquisition models, and subscriptions. Most of this presentation is a sales pitch [...] I’ve been thinking about the whole debacle over the past few days, and imagining what living models would work best for libraries, publishers, and authors. I am thinking specifically of popular works, as they are a different breed and have different uses than academic works. The problem is that we keep trying to treat ebooks [...] |
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