Challenges in managing e-books collections in UK academic libraries
✍ Scribed by Chris Armstrong; Ray Lonsdale
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 182 KB
- Volume
- 29
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1464-9055
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✦ Synopsis
This paper reports on research into issues surrounding the collection management of e-books in tertiary education libraries in the UK. Focus groups were conducted with university librarians representing three disciplines-business and management; engineering; and health and medicine, and librarians in post-16 education. Semistructured interview schedules were employed, and the proceedings were recorded and transcribed. The research identified the types and levels of e-books required. The nature of bibliographical control and the selection, acquisition, modes of access, and issues surrounding the licensing of e-books were delineated. The study identified problems associated with these fields and confirmed the need for a national model licence.