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E-Book Technology and Its impact on Libraries
2006
As of September 2006 19,000 free e-books are available from the Project Gutenberg Online Book Catalog and over 2 million e-books are downloaded each month from the Gutenberg web site . Academic and scholarly libraries are preparing for a significant shift from physical to electronic material presentation within the next few years. Within this context, we review some recent developments in e-book and its impacts on academic libraries.
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An overview of electronic books: a bibliography
The Electronic Library, 2005
PurposeThe purpose is to bring together all bibliographic references of the published literature on electronic books (e‐books) and related technologies in one source so that it will save time for others in conducting literature searches and reviewing the developments.Design/methodology/approachThe information included in this bibliography is collected systematically from all the published sources in the world such as journal articles, conference papers, conference proceedings, books, reports and PhD theses on e‐books until the last quarter of 2004. Mainly it covers e‐books, e‐books publishing, the impact of e‐books on different types of users, e‐book publishing techniques and trends, e‐book user interfaces and other technologies related to e‐publications.FindingsAs computer usage continues to grow exponentially, the desire of users to use electronic publications (e‐publications) has also increased tremendously. This has led to the publication of materials in electronic form as e‐pub...
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In this article the author addresses various aspects regarding the feasibility of library lending services for electronic books (e-books). She suggests that several conditions make e-books difficult to incorporate into library collections, particularly at academic libraries. Topics include lack of interoperability among e-book reader formats, compliance with the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), and digital rights management of e-books by publishers and vendors