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Transitioning to Electronic Books: A Guide for Learning Resource Centers

Learn about acquiring and managing e-books in a university library setting. Gain insights into e-book acquisition, cataloging, and availability. Reduce photocopying with e-books. Explore e-book possibilities across faculties. Engage with publishers and adapt to the E-book world for efficient library management.

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Transitioning to Electronic Books: A Guide for Learning Resource Centers

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  1. Transition Folio to Electronic Books Acquiring E-Books for the Learning Resource Centre (LRC) Roel TillyContract Manager University LibraryUniversity of Maastricht

  2. University of Maastricht • 12000 Students • 3500 Staff • University Library • Site Randwijck (RWK) Health-Medicine-Life Sciences Psychology • Site Inner-city Law Economics and Business Administration Cultural-Social Sciences

  3. University Library Learning Resource Centre (LRC) Project: Transition Folio to E Scope of the project: • Gain experience in handling E-Books • Acquisition • Cataloging • Availability • Cut down on photocopying activities • Introduction to Faculty of the E-book possibilities in all aspects • Gain commitment at Faculty level

  4. LRC Randwijck Health-Medicine-Life Sciences and Psychology • 6000 volumes • 1800 Titles • 60 publishers • 10 titles per publisher • 50 % Textbooks

  5. Current Book Acquisition Policy • Bookseller A Dutch publications (local) • Bookseller B Foreign publications • Ad hoc Incidental Materials

  6. Acquiring E-Books a challenge Folio world was clear • Budgets • Number of books • Conditions E-Book world is a relatively new field • Current booksellers not fully into STM E-books • Booksellers market not clear on: • Access policies • Archival functions (perpetual continuity) • Costs models

  7. Questions/Comments? Thank you Roel Tilly R.Tilly@maastrichtuniversity.nl STM panel April 2009

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