Re: Individual e-book purchases

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Date: Thu, 15 May 2014 12:48:03 -0400
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We have not done e-books but some market studies and other documents in
PDF. The providers said we can share with all our faculty and students. We
mounted them on a server behind our single sign on routed through LDAP. The
link from the catalog required people to sign in to our systems to get
access.

Brian


Brian C. Gray, MLIS
Team Leader, Research Services
Librarian: Chemical Engineering and Macromolecular Science & Engineering
Email: brian.c.gray_at_case.edu
Kelvin Smith Library 201-K

Office hours in Nord Hall: http://researchguides.case.edu/profile/bcg8

Case Western Reserve University
Kelvin Smith Library
11055 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio 44106-7151
Phone: (216) 368-8685
Fax: (216) 368-3669


On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 2:31 PM, <acqnet-l_at_lists.ibiblio.org> wrote:

>  Hi Acqneteers,
>
> We've started getting requests for individual e-books in PDF format that
> aren't part of a package or service.  It's easy enough to buy and download
> them, but we're wondering what to do with them next.  If we put them on a
> server we'd be distributing something for free.  Printing them out or
> burning to disc seems clunky.  Any ideas from the collective wisdom?
>
> Paul
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