THE NATIONAL E-BOOKS OBSERVATORY PROJECT: EXAMINING STUDENT BEHAVIORS AND USAGE

摘要

The Joint Information Systems Committee National e-Books Observatory Project will assess the impacts, observe behaviors, and develop new models to stimulate the U.K. higher education e-books market. The project has licensed a collection of e-books that are highly relevant to U.K. higher education in four disciplines and will evaluate the use of the e-books through deep log analysis. Knowledge acquired during the project will be shared with publishers, aggregators, and libraries to help encourage the development of an e-book market that has appropriate business and licensing models.