The no shelf required guide to e-book purchasing /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Chicago, IL : ALA TechSource, ©2011.
Description:	1 online resource (59 pages) : illustrations.
Language:	English
Series:	Library technology reports, 0024-2586 ; v. 47, no. 8 Library technology reports ; v. 47, no. 8.
Subject:	Electronic books -- Library resources -- Purchasing. Electronic information resources -- Purchasing. Libraries and electronic publishing. Acquisitions (Libraries) Collection development (Libraries) Acquisitions (Libraries) Collection development (Libraries) Libraries and electronic publishing. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11125201

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Other authors / contributors:	Polanka, Sue.
ISBN:	9780838992548 0838992544 9780838992555 0838992552 0838958362 9780838958360 9780838958360
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:	"The increasingly important role that e-books and e-readers are playing in libraries makes it essential for librarians to get a handle on the ins and outs of e-book purchasing. Sue Polanka has compiled an expert-authored series of articles for this issue of Library Technology Reports that provide strategies, best practices, and case studies for meeting the unprecedented legal, technological, and vendor challenges that come with e-book purchasing"--Splash page.
Other form:	Print version: No shelf required guide to e-book purchasing. Chicago, IL : ALA TechSource, ©2011 9780838958360

Table of Contents:

Purchasing e-books in libraries : a maze of opportunities and challenges / Sue Polanka
Consortial purchasing of e-books : Orbis Cascade Alliance / Susan Hinken and Emily J. McElroy
Academic library dilemmas in purchasing content for e-readers : debit cards, sales tax, and workflow issues / Eleanor I. Cook
Open access e-books / E.S. Hellman
The e-textbook revolution / William D. Chesser
Digital textbooks : a state-level perspective on affordability and improved learning outcomes / Stephen R. Acker
Water on a hot skillet : textbooks, open educational resources, and the role of the library / Greg Raschke and Shelby Shanks.

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