Adapting to E-books

This book provides models for acquisitions policies and reports on several surveys of faculty and librarian attitudes toward e-books. It also discusses certain issues in acquiring cataloguing and collection development regarding this important new library resource.

• 1 Introduction: Moving into the World of E-books p. 1 William Miller
• 2 E-books and Virtual Learning Environments: Responses to a Transfromational Technolgy p. 5 David Ball and Jill Beard and Barbara Newland
• 3 E-books in the University of California Libraries p. 23 Jim Dooley and Martha Hruska and Lorelei Tanji
• 4 Making Sense of E-books Usage Data p. 33 John Cox
• 5 ebrary and two International E-book Surveys p. 53 Marty Mullarkey
• 6 Survey Analysis: ebrary User Survey p. 71 Allen Mckiel
• 7 Faculty Experiences with Electronic Resources p. 87 Allen Mckiel
• 8 Academic E-books: Supply Before Demand in the Life Sciences? p. 139 Barb Losoff
• 9 The University of Pittsburgh Study in an Electronic Environment: Have E-books Changed Usage Patterns Of Monographs? p. 151 Rickey D. Best
• 10 Mission Possible: E-books and the Humanities p. 165 Tony Horava
• 11 Moving from Book to E-book p. 193 Reeta Sinha and Cory Tucker
• 12 New Types of E-books, E-book Issues, and implications for the Future p. 207 Aline Soules
• 13 Integration of Electronic Books into Library Catalogs: The UIC Library Experience p. 229 Kavita Mundle
• 14 Managing Users' Expectations of E-books p. 249 Elizabeth Kline and Barbara Williams
• 15 Consortia and E-books: Expanding Access and Defining Business Models p. 257 Timothy Cherubini and Sandra Nyberg
• 16 From Print to "e": An Industry Perspective p. 271 James Gray
• Index p. 281