Issues in Book and Serial Acquisition, 'What's Past is Prologue,' Charleston Gaillard Center, Francis Marion Hotel, Embassy Suites Historic Downtown, and Courtyard Marriott Historic District — Charleston, SC, November 6-10, 2017

摘要

To examine the ever-changing library market, the Carnegie-Mellon-funded Charlotte Initiative has been studying the eBook market with conventional academic usage as its model. The Initiative has three stated goals: First, to achieve irrevocable acquisition and access of eBooks in the academic setting. The second goal is to allow unlimited simultaneous users for eBooks. Finally, to secure freedom from Digital Rights Management issues like proprietary formats and the restricted access to content. Presenters from the various organizational teams and librarians made reports as to the progress and current status of the initiative including a major literature review.