Building and managing e-book collections : a how-to-do-it manual for librarians

Are you looking for a best practices guide to developing policies and procedures for acquisition, purchase, collection development, cataloging, and retention of e-books? Beginning with a short history of e-books and a review of the e-book publishing industry and its effect on library's selectio...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kaplan, Richard , 1954- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : Facet Publishing , c2012
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. The electronic book - beginnings to the present
  • 2. E-Book publishing - a view from the industry
  • 3. E-Book publishing - the view from the library
  • 4. E-Books in public libraries
  • 5. Selecting E-Books
  • 6. Licensing of E-Books
  • 7. Budgeting for E-Books
  • 8. Cataloging, locating, and accessing E-Books
  • 9. Assessment and evaluation of E-Book collections