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S34 - Global E-book Collection Development: Challenges and Opportunities
Conference Track
1. Managing e-Resources & Licensing
Learning Objectives
Better understand acquisitions models for developing area studies e-book collections, challenges to acquiring and accessing vernacular e-book content, and note issues for more in-depth consideration.
Abstract
Academic libraries have largely embraced the pursuit of e-book content as a priority because of user demand and shifting collection philosophies. E-book marketplace challenges include variability of acquisition models and uncertainties related to standards and publisher and vendor practices. A largely unexplored aspect concerns e-book collection development for international and area studies specifically non-English language content.
Presenters
![[photo]](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/73a6aec77c6e5efd45fb7e7043c7c4bf.png?d=https://proposalspace.com/images/no_photo.png&r=PG&s=50 "Dracine Hodges, The Ohio State University")