|
Online Learning News and Research
|
Thursday, July 19, 2001
http://www.dlib.org/dlib/july01/snowhill/07snowhill.html E-books and Their Future in Academic Libraries An Overview D-Lib Magazine July/August 2001 Volume 7 Number 7/8 Lucia Snowhill, Social Sciences Collection Coordinator Davidson Library University of California, Santa Barbara Abstract The University of California's California Digital Library (CDL) formed an Ebook Task Force in August 2000 to evaluate academic libraries' experiences with electronic books (e-books), investigate the e-book market, and develop operating guidelines, principles and potential strategies for further exploration of the use of e-books at the University of California (UC). This article, based on the findings and recommendations of the Task Force Report [1], briefly summarizes task force findings, and outlines issues and recommendations for making e-books viable over the long term in the academic environment, based on the long-term goals of building strong research collections and providing high level services and collections to its users....
Comments:
Post a Comment
Online Learning News Blog Archives OTEL - Ray's Home Page - Notebook - UIS Online - U of I Online - UIS Home Fair Use |
Online Learning Update 
