E-book Collections, SPEC Kit 313 (October 2009)

Anson, Catherine; Connell, Ruth R.

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A note about the survey:
The beauty of the SPEC survey format is that the questions provide solid quantifiable data
while the comments sections make those data real. Many of the concerns that libraries have
about the e-book industry turn up again and again in comments in the various sections of
the survey. These issues, named and nuanced in the comments, are at the heart of developing
changes in the library world.
The term e-book itself shows up in the survey responses and documents in a variety of
forms indicating a lack of standardization: e-book, e-Book, E-Book, E-book, ebook, eBook,
Ebook, electronic book. The more accepted the term, the more stable the format of the term.
For the purposes of this survey, the term e-book was defined as an electronic text publication,
excluding journal publications and textbooks, made available for any device (handheld or
desk-bound) which includes a screen.*
This SPEC Kit does not address the e-textbook movement on college campuses and only
marginally touches on library-digitized works.
*Modified from the definition proposed by Chris Armstrong, Louise Edwards, and Ray Lonsdale in “Virtually
There? E-books in UK Academic Libraries,” Program—Electronic Library and Information Systems 36, no. 4 (2002): 216–27.
E-version: http://eprints.rclis.org/5987/ p 2.

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SPEC Kit 313: E-book Collections (October 2009) resources

E-book Information for Staff
University of Alberta
Ebooks Experience Assessment Questionnaire Results. ....................................................156
University of Florida
Update on the E-Book Summit .......................................................................................163
Vanderbilt University
Library Staff News ........................................................................................................164
E-book Information for Users
University of Florida
Getting Started With NetLibrary. ....................................................................................166
McMaster University
Frequently Asked Questions – e-Books. ..........................................................................167
University of Minnesota
Knovel Tutorials. ............................................................................................................168
E-book Usage Statistics
University of Minnesota
Netlibary eBook Usage Stats. .........................................................................................170
Netlibary Most Popular Titles. ........................................................................................171
Springer eBook Usage Stats............................................................................................ 172
University of Virginia
Statistics Report 2007/2008 “Use and Cost of Electronic Resources: Electronic Books”. ....173
Selected Resources
Books and Journal Articles...............................................................................................179
Web Sites........................................................................................................................180

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Page 75Representative Documents click to expand contents

Page 77Collection Development Policies click to expand contents

Page 97Limiting Catalog Searches to E-books click to expand contents

Page 103Catalog Records for E-books click to expand contents

Page 109E-book Collection Lists click to expand contents

Page 133E-book Reader Loan Policies click to expand contents

Page 137E-book Promotion: Blogs click to expand contents

Page 147E-book Promotion: News Announcements click to expand contents

Page 151E-book Promotion: Newsletter Articles click to expand contents

Page 155E-book Information for Staff click to expand contents

Page 165E-book Information for Users click to expand contents

Page 169E-book Usage Statistics click to expand contents

Page 177Selected Resources click to expand contents

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