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The availability of e‐books: examples of nursing and business

Sarah Pomerantz (Swirbul Library, Adelphi University, Garden City, New York, USA)

Collection Building

ISSN: 0160-4953

Article publication date: 19 January 2010

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Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to determine whether aggregator packages might be appropriate to replace or supplement print collections in business and nursing, it aims to identify e‐book equivalents for print books acquired for an academic library's collections.

Design/methodology/approach

This paper provides a list of the library's acquisitions in two disciplines checked against e‐book aggregators' holdings. The comparison is analyzed and discussed.

Findings

The results confirm findings of a previous study showing that less than one‐third of print books acquired for this library's nursing and business collections have e‐book equivalents available from aggregators, so the aggregators' holdings do not strongly match the library's collecting profile.

Research limitations/implications

The present study applies previous research to a different type of collection, and tests previous conclusions.

Originality/value

This paper contributes to assessment of the value of e‐book collections for academic libraries.

Keywords

Citation

Pomerantz, S. (2010), "The availability of e‐books: examples of nursing and business", Collection Building, Vol. 29 No. 1, pp. 11-14. https://doi.org/10.1108/01604951011015240

Publisher

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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