From: Diane Harvey <dh164_at_umail.umd.edu>
ALCTS SCHOLARLY COMMUNICATION DISCUSSION GROUP
Sunday, January 11, 9:30 - 11:00 a.m.
Sheraton - Ponchartrain B
TOPIC: USER ACCEPTANCE OF ONLINE BOOKS
Presenters Eileen McIlvaine and Bob Scott will discuss the findings of
Columbia University's Online Book Evaluation Project. The project
repackaged a variety of books (reference works, textbooks, monographs,
anthologies) from several publishers and made them available in electronic
form in order to study use and analyze costs. Discussion will focus on
project findings about how users use online books and the implications for
electronic publishing and digital libraries.
Contact: Diane Harvey, University of Maryland Libraries, dh164_at_umail.umd.edu
Diane Harvey Phone: 301-405-9120
Bibliographer for Social Sciences Fax: 301-405-9191
and Journalism
0131 McKeldin Library
University of Maryland
College Park MD 20742-7011
Lynn F. Sipe
Associate Dean, Faculty Affairs, Info. Services Division
University of Southern California, Doheny Library 100
Los Angeles, CA. 90089-0182
LSipe_at_calvin.usc.edu 213/740-2929 FAX 213/749-1221
Received on Tue Dec 23 1997 - 09:15:13 EST