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Ebrary's aggregated collections cover academic disciplines including business and economics, computers, technology and engineering, humanities, life and physical science, and social and behavioral sciences. Founded in 1999, ebrary is privately held and is headquartered in Palo Alto, California. It had 2,700 subscribers (mostly libraries) at the end of 2009. |
Ebrary's aggregated collections cover academic disciplines including business and economics, computers, technology and engineering, humanities, life and physical science, and social and behavioral sciences. Founded in 1999, ebrary is privately held and is headquartered in Palo Alto, California. It had 2,700 subscribers (mostly libraries) at the end of 2009. |
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Allen W. McKiel, the director of libraries at Northeastern State University, looked at the response of 550 libraries worldwide using ebrary. He found three broad patterns. First, librarians are deciding about optimizing access to content that is relevant to their own institutions. Second, ebook collections and the research opportunites that they provide are poorly by many of the faculty and students. Third, more librarians are participating in the distribution of econtent. McKiel predicted that academic libraries will play an increasing role in epublication for their institutions.<ref>Barbara Brynko, "Global Survey Offers Insight Into Libraries' Use of Ebooks," ''Information Today'' Jul/Aug2007, Vol. 24 Issue 7</ref> |
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* [http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/instruct/guides/ebrary.html University of California, Berkeley, Library. "Getting started with ebrary"] |
* [http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/instruct/guides/ebrary.html University of California, Berkeley, Library. "Getting started with ebrary"] |
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* "First Global Faculty E-book Survey Results," ''Edutech Report'', Dec2007, Vol. 23 Issue 12 |
* "First Global Faculty E-book Survey Results," ''Edutech Report'', Dec2007, Vol. 23 Issue 12 |
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* [http://www.ebrary.com/corp/ Ebrary website] |
* [http://www.ebrary.com/corp/ Ebrary website] |
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Revision as of 20:55, 24 December 2009
Ebrary is an online database of full texts of over 43,000 scholarly books. It is available at many academic libraries and provides a set of online database collections that combine scholarly books from over 435 academic, trade, and professional publishers. It also includes sheet music (9,000 titles) and government documents.
Ebrary contains a suite of reference tools and a rich collection that includes books, journals, magazines, maps, and other publications. Illustrations are included. Users gain access through a subscribing library and can browse, view, search, copy, and print documents from their computers.
Ebrary's aggregated collections cover academic disciplines including business and economics, computers, technology and engineering, humanities, life and physical science, and social and behavioral sciences. Founded in 1999, ebrary is privately held and is headquartered in Palo Alto, California. It had 2,700 subscribers (mostly libraries) at the end of 2009.
Allen W. McKiel, the director of libraries at Northeastern State University, looked at the response of 550 libraries worldwide using ebrary. He found three broad patterns. First, librarians are deciding about optimizing access to content that is relevant to their own institutions. Second, ebook collections and the research opportunites that they provide are poorly by many of the faculty and students. Third, more librarians are participating in the distribution of econtent. McKiel predicted that academic libraries will play an increasing role in epublication for their institutions.[1]
References
- Babson College Library, "ebrary: Electronic Books" online
- Fialkoff, Francine. "The Book Is Not Dead," Library Journal, (June 15, 2009) Vol. 134 Issue 11
- Godwin-Jones, Robert. "E-Books and the Tablet PC," Language, Learning & Technology Vol. 7, 2003
- Raisinghani, Mahesh S. "Wireless Library Aids Student Productivity," T H E Journal Vol. 30, 2002
- Walshe, Emily, and Marilyn Rosenthal, "ebrary" Long Island University Library (2006) online
- University of California, Berkeley, Library. "Getting started with ebrary"
- "First Global Faculty E-book Survey Results," Edutech Report, Dec2007, Vol. 23 Issue 12
Notes
- ^ Barbara Brynko, "Global Survey Offers Insight Into Libraries' Use of Ebooks," Information Today Jul/Aug2007, Vol. 24 Issue 7