Open Access E-Books in Academic Libraries
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2012-10-26
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Virginia Libraries Association Annual Conference
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How are open access e-book collections identified and described? This presentation addresses the types of freely accessible electronic books, sources for them, and metadata workflows for adding them to the catalog. Additionally, we address larger questions such as the role of academic libraries in an increasingly open environment.
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open access, e-books, collection development, metadata, licensing, academic libraries