Growing competition for libraries
Susan Gibbons
(Susan Gibbons is Director, LSTA‐funded EBook Evaluation Project and Digital Initiatives Librarian, University of Rochester, Rush Rhees Library, New York, USA. E‐mail: sgibbons@rcl.lib.rochester.edu)
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Abstract
This article begins with an analysis of Questia’s online collection of digitized books and articles. Although the collection is not found to be a strong one, Questia’s strength lies in its ability to utilize the digital format to overcome many of the barriers and inconsistencies that undergraduate students encounter in a traditional brick‐and‐mortar academic library. Librarians can learn a lot from Questia and perhaps use that knowledge to improve their own services.
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Citation
Gibbons, S. (2001), "Growing competition for libraries", Library Hi Tech, Vol. 19 No. 4, pp. 363-367. https://doi.org/10.1108/07378830110411989
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
Copyright © 2001, MCB UP Limited