BUILDING AND MANAGING E-BOOK COLLECTIONS: A HOW-TO-DO-IT MANUAL FOR LIBRARIANS

摘要

E-books represent a unique challenge to libraries of all types. Public, K-12, academic, and special libraries must all create policies and assign staff to deal with selecting, purchasing, and administering e-books within their collections. One of the latest volumes in the Neal-Schuman How to Do It series is Building and Managing E-Book Collections, edited by Richard Kaplan. This ambitious work outlines the history and development of e-books and elaborates on the many complexities inherent in their selection, purchase, and use. This volume is an effort to walk librarians through the many decision points surrounding e-books.