Tag Archives for E-books
The secret lives of ebooks : A paratextual analysis illuminates a veil of usage statistics
The paratextual study leads to a closer investigation of the usage statistics themselves and concludes that despite industry standards, they are not calculated consistently across vendor platforms and that while these data are invisible to researchers outside of the library, … Continue reading
Free Reading Zones: Transforming Access to Books through Technology
This issue of Library Technology Reports explores Free Reading Zones (FREZ), which are designated areas that provide people free and uninterrupted access to e-books through sponsorships. The report sheds light on what FREZ is, how it came about, who’s behind … Continue reading
ProQuest enriches Ebook Central platform user experience
ProQuest has again teamed with students and other researchers to make the experience of using the Ebook Central platform more efficient, effective and valuable. The popular ebook platform has enhanced its book detail pages to boost usability with simplified workflows, … Continue reading
Applying Quantitative Methods to E-book Collections
Issue demonstrates that it is possible to hone quantitative skill sets and develop an evaluation framework for e-book collections based around readily available quantitative data sources regardless of the size of an individual library system or equipment budget. Read More
The evolution of an e-book demand-driven acquisition programme at Swinburne University of Technology
In 2006 Swinburne University of Technology became the first library in the world to launch a large-scale implementation of a demand-driven acquisition (DDA) programme for e-books. At that time, the 34,000 e-books made available through the EBL DDA programme accounted … Continue reading