stands for electronic book
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What unique challenges and benefits exist when lending ebooks compared to traditional print books?
With libraries in the constant struggle to remain relevant and useful to their patrons and seeing eBook use rise, what are some unique challenges and benefits facing libraries when integrating eBooks ...
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Setting up eBooks lending programs at a local public library
My local library, in a small town, currently does not offer eBooks. When I asked them if they have plans to support offering books electronically, they said they have no clue how to go about getting ...
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Do digital comics play a role in a library's acquisitions policy?
The explosion in popularity of graphic novels and of comic spin-offs (movies etc) seems to make this a good time for 'comics' to start taking more of a slice of the acquisitions budget.
With ...
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Circulating mobile devices
How are libraries managing mobile devices for patrons?
Are any circulating Kindles, Nooks, etc. or offering classes to the public for these?
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How are ebooks lent out from a library?
The ebooks I have seen are downloadable from the Internet, in common formats such as pdf and djvu. I can store them in my computer as long as I wish, and read them any time I want.
I am curious about ...
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How do I access full resolution scans from the Internet Archive?
I'm working on a workflow for extracting images (especially) from Internet Archive book scans and I'm wondering if someone has already written up a way (using the API) to access the full resolution ...
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Viability of Virtual libraries
Are there any academic libraries that have gone completely virtual (book-less) with the entire collection digital/online? Is this actually possible?
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What impact does Patron-Driven Acquisition have on library budgets?
Patron-driven acquisition (also known as demand-driven acquisition) enables libraries to have many more ebooks discoverable, without the need to purchase them up front. The user triggers a purchase ...
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Ebooks: to be checked out from a library no more than 26 times?
In an article at http://articles.latimes.com/2011/mar/07/business/la-fi-ebooks-20110307 it is said that some publisher
does not allow its e-books to be checked out from a library more than 26 ...
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Are there tools available specifically designed to compare ebooks?
I was reading an article recently about the changes between Mitt Romney's hardcover first edition of his book 'No Apologies' and his later paperback edition. In this article there was some ...
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How do you identify electronic resources actually purchased via Patron Driven Aquisitions vs. those available?
With vendors like ebrary, EBSCO, etc. providing Patron Driven Acquisitions models, libraries are loading thousands (tens of thousands, really) of records for items they do not actually hold, ...
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Increasing the number of simultaneous users on e-books?
Given that there is an increased load on e-book references during exam periods, is it a sound decision to acquire as many licenses for simultaneous use as needed?
Are there flexible plans available ...
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Where do I find example data for MARC records to import into Koha?
I'm working in a online library and I need put some example Marc records in my Koha to make a demo. I downloaded some MARC records (.mrc, .mrk) but when I import them, there are no matching fields and ...
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Is Google Books subscribable to librarians?
Is Google Books subscribable to libraries, just like link.springer.com to libraries?
Google Books have a large collection of scanned ebooks. Thanks!
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Which ebook lending patforms exist and how do they differ?
Answers to the question how ebooks are lent out from a library mentioned some platforms or vendors such as Overdrive and Freading - I also know Onleihe from German public libraries. Is there a ...
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What are the main difficulties of handling ejournals and ebooks compared to print journals?
Besides the difficulty of managing ejournals and ebooks compared to print versions. Why is eresource management, keeping a accurate knowledge base etc is so hard?
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Software for indexing digital books and documents and make their texts searchable [closed]
I'm looking for preferably free software that will allow one to search a private collection of PDF's and other document and e-book formats for words or sentences in the book.
My purpose is to ...
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Do American Mathematical Society and Academic Press have ebooks for subscribers?
I know that link.springer.com offer ebooks downloadable to subscribers.
Do American Mathematical Society and Academic Press have ebooks for subscribers?
Thanks!
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The manuscript Summa Logicae (William of Ockham)
The Summa Logicae (Latin, in English it's the Sum of Logic) is a textbook on logic by William of Ockham. There are articles about the Summa Logicae in Wikipedia and in Logicmuseum.
It was published ...
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Any good free software for making Ebook? [closed]
Making my first Ebook and I have found FlexPaper and MegaZine3, is there more software like these?
