ACQNET: Survey of E-book providers

From: Eleanor Cook <cookei_at_appstate.edu> Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2008 22:34:43 -0500 To: acqnet-l_at_listproc.appstate.edu

Date:  Tue, 04 Dec 2007 11:00:34 -0500
From:  Thomas Guignard <thomas.guignard_at_epfl.ch>
Subject: Survey of E-book providers

Dear colleagues,

The EPFL Central Library is catering for the needs of the EPFL, one of
Europe's leading technical universities. E-books have been part of our
services since more than two years, acquired in the form of big
"packages" directly from publishers (Elsevier, Wiley, SpringerLink,
etc.)

What is currently missing is a way for us to efficiently purchase
selected titles in electronic format. Most editor-owned databases don't
allow us to easily add a single title to our subscribed content.

We are therefore currently reviewing several e-book management tools
(EBL, Echo, MyiLibrary, Knovel, NetLibrary) that could enable us to
purchase e-books on a single title basis.

I wanted to know if there was any other academic library facing the same
task. We would be eager to share our knowledge and profit from the
experience of other libraries around the world. If you are in a similar
situation or interested in sharing your knowledge on these matters, you
can contact me directly at thomas.guignard_at_epfl.ch

Thank you in advance for your help.

Best regards,

--
Dr Thomas Guignard
EPFL Central Library
Collection development

EPFL-AA-DAF-SISB, BI
CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
email: thomas.guignard_at_epfl.ch
tel:   +41 21 693 21 42

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