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Copyright --- License agreements. --- Libraries and electronic publishing. --- Copyright --- License agreements --- Libraries and electronic publishing --- Acquisition of electronic information resources --- Electronic information resources --- Electronic information resources

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Ebooks are coming of age in education, as this exciting collection commissioned by Jisc demonstrates. Case studies, reflecting ebook success stories across the higher and further education sectors, include: - An innovative app to encourage ebook take-up in a Welsh college. - A partnership between a library and research centre to create open access monographs and midigraphs. - Several examples of creative negotiations with ebook publishers. Insight chapters address hot topics in the ebook universe, including: - The changing world of access to scholarly digital content in the mobile environment. - The challenges faced by the library as online distance learning moves from margin to mainstream. - How ebooks have the potential to meet a wide range of accessibility needs. - Experimentation with ebooks as a shared service. This collection will provide inspiration and guidance to institutions as they develop projects and services to support students and researchers and will be of interest to library practitioners, publishers, ebook vendors, information professionals, teachers, lecturers and students. Jisc, in collaboration with Ubiquity Press, is pleased to be making this publication available open access on a CC-BY licence.

Electronic books --- Education, Higher --- Libraries and electronic publishing. --- Academic libraries --- Computer-assisted instruction.

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Sue Polanka brings together a variety of professionals to share their expertise about e-books with librarians and publishers. Providing forward-thinking ideas while remaining grounded in practical information that can be implemented in all kinds of libraries, the topics explored include an introduction to e-books and their different types, an overview of their history and development, e-book technology, why e-books are good for learning, and how librarians can market them to a wide range of users.--[back cover].

Libraries and electronic publishing. --- Electronic books. --- Books in machine-readable form --- Digital books --- E-books --- Ebooks --- Online books --- Books --- Electronic publications --- Electronic publishing and libraries --- Electronic publishing

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Many in the world of scholarship believe open access will be the engine of transformation leading to more culture, more research, more discovery, and more solutions to small and big problems. This collection will help readers understand the open access movement, open data, open educational resources, open knowledge, and the opportunities for an open and transformed world they promise. Includes an overview of how it is evolving in the US, Canada, Europe, and Asia; and more.

Documentation and information --- Industrial and intellectual property --- Higher education --- Graphics industry --- Open access publishing. --- Communication in learning and scholarship. --- Libraries and electronic publishing. --- Institutional repositories. --- Open educational resources.

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Contributors from across the breadth of the e-book world offer their perspectives on what s happening now and what to expect in the coming months and years.

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