Sentences with phrase «electronic ebook library»

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Libraries use different systems for ebook lending, many of which don't communicate effectively with one another — so if a publisher chooses one platform over another, many libraries will have to do without their titles in electroLibraries use different systems for ebook lending, many of which don't communicate effectively with one another — so if a publisher chooses one platform over another, many libraries will have to do without their titles in electrolibraries will have to do without their titles in electronic form.

There are also at least three popular eBook devices that have compatible apps for your phone, so if you decide you'd like a larger screen later, you can still access your electronic library.

Then having made a clear statement of their role in the ebook world — they should place that firmly within the context of what libraries offer in printed books — they must not lose sight of print in pursuit of electronic.

Back in April Simon & Schuster announced that it will donate a free electronic copy of Academy Award — winning producer Brian Grazer's new book, A Curious Mind: The Secret to a Bigger Life, to school and public libraries for every ebook or hardcover book sold at retail, up to 5,000 copies.

While I'd guess the publisher's markup for library use of 25 loans of an ebook far exceeds the single - copy price of the same book, I'd also be curious about the capital and administrative costs of housing and handling / shipping especially in a large multi-branch system, that don't exist for electronic loans.

I often end up buying or getting from the library the print version of ebooks I own for them, as both boys want to read the hard copy rather than the electronic version.

In «Integrating and Balancing E & P: Big Picture Issues Made Real,» moderator Michael Santangelo, Electronic Resources Analyst in the Collection Development Department at the Brooklyn Public Library led panelists through a discussion covering several challenges that libraries face as demand for ebooks continues growing, even as collection budgets get cut or remain flat.

The focus on electronic publishing and access through libraries to digital editions (ebooks) has been intense, particularly in recent months.

Odilo, a leading eBook provider in Europe and Latin America, has partnered with Electronic Information Solutions Inc. (EISI), Philippine's leading provider of library automation, information management, copy cataloging, library security systems, and subscriptions to eJournals and eBooks.

One thing I've wondered about electronic libraries is why ebooks would ever need to be on hold instead of being instantly downloadable — why are we using a physical - goods model for non-physical borrowing?

Granted, those business segments are still dwarfed by OverDrive's core business: 95 % of all U.S. public libraries use the company's technology to lend out ebooks, audiobooks and other electronic content — content that disappears when the lending period ends.

It makes ebook collection management fast and easy, saves your time and keeps your electronic library safe.

When the Harvard libraries Committee on Electronic Resources and Services (to which I was a representative) began to entertain the thought of purchasing ebooks, my number one concern raised with the committee was the accessibility of various ebook readers.

You can also do no - cost searches for library holdings of criminal procedure codes in public catalogs such as WorldCat.org, AMICUS (Canada), COPAC (UK union catalog), and the Karlsruhe Virtual Catalog (Germany, Austria, Switzerland, all national catalogs worldwide, electronic full texts / eBooks, book trade, including second - hand, used books),

Although price and licencing issues can be a factor, from a library point of view online eBooks generally can be managed in the same way as other electronic databases.