Document Type

Article

Publication Date

12-2013

Publication Title

Against the Grain

Volume

25

Issue

6

First page number:

22

Last page number:

26

Abstract

For the purposes of this article, the definition of an eBook lending platform is one that contains eBooks from multiple publishers that patrons may browse and checkout. Though these platforms have eBooks that allow for multiple and simultaneous users, in general they have a one-book, one-user model. Details about the major eBook lending platforms for academic libraries, eBook lending platform characteristics, why and how an academic library would license one, and finally what the future of this rapidly changing environment may hold are explained in this article.

Keywords

Academic libraries; Digital rights management; Electronic books; Electronic book readers; Electronic publishing; Libraries; Library users; Piracy (Copyright); Publishers and publishing

Disciplines

Collection Development and Management | Library and Information Science

Language

English

Permissions

Copyright Against the Grain. Used with permission.

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