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.
Repository Citation
Novak, J.
(2013).
eBook Lending Platforms.
Against the Grain, 25(6),
22-26.
https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/lib_articles/445