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Making Value Judgments: eBook pricing for Access and Ownership
Conference Track
2. Collection Development & Assessment
Keywords
ebooks assessment
Learning Objectives
describe the differential range of costs represented within and among major ebook acquisition options, apply evaluation strategies to assess the value of components of their current ebook collections, better understand the relative cost and value of leased versus owned ebooks
Abstract
Academic libraries face a range of eBook acquisition options including subscription, package purchase, title-by-title purchase, and their hybrids: demand driven acquisition and evidence-based selection. We will examine pricing and usage information from a sample of libraries in an attempt to quantify the relative value provided by each option.
Presenters
![[photo]](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/9801633662aeed4fbb3383eff9103f23.png?d=https://proposalspace.com/images/no_photo.png&r=PG&s=50 "Michael Levine-Clark, University of Denver")
Michael Levine-Clark, University of Denver
![[photo]](https://8ca84662c5b8f0cff50d-4baaaf97d63fd7b01243e1b1c57f0cc1.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/692/profile_e3347fa5d4b01cc6afdf9f914cfaa900.png "Jason Price, SCELC")