1. Managing e-Resources & Licensing

e-books, information-seeking behavior, circulation analysis, usage studies

1. Identify elements in bibliographic records associated with e-book usage.

2. Critically examine the benefits of using content-enriched bibliographic records for e-books in order to evaluate them for application in their own settings.

Enhancing bibliographic records with contents and summary notes increases their accessibility in the online catalog. Does this accessibility lead to increased usage? A use study of e-books with and without enhanced bibliographic records was conducted in a large university library to answer this question.