TY - BOOK ID - 64290646 TI - Trade eBooks in Libraries. PY - 2017 VL - 172 SN - 9783110309706 9783110396201 9783110309805 311030970X 3110309807 3110309815 3110396203 PB - De Gruyter DB - UniCat KW - Libraries and electronic publishing KW - Collection development (Libraries) KW - Acquisitions (Libraries) KW - Electronic books KW - Livres numériques. KW - Bibliothèques KW - Acquisitions. KW - Libraries KW - Libraries and electronic publishing. KW - Electronic books. KW - Bibliothèques KW - Bibliothèques et édition électronique KW - Acquisitions (Bibliothèques) KW - Livres numériques KW - Special collections KW - Fonds spéciaux UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:64290646 AB - With the advent of downloadable retail eBooks marketed to individual consumers, for the first time in their history libraries encountered an otherwise commercially available text format they were prevented from adding to their collections. Trade eBooks in Libraries examines the legal frameworks which gave rise to this phenomenon and advocacy efforts undertaken in different jurisdictions to remove barriers to library access. The principal authors provide a general historical overview and an analysis of library/eBook principles developed by a variety of library associations and government reviews. In addition, experts from twelve countries present summaries of eBook developments in their respective countries and regions. ER -