UKeiG Workshop: Getting to grips with developing and managing e-book collections schedule

Wednesday 16th May 2012

• An introduction to e-books in libraries

  This introductory course opens the door to a new electronic format and is designed to support librarians who are beginning to set up e-book collections. In the last ten years, there has been an unprecedented growth in the publishing of e-books with an increasing array of different types available for all sectors. The programme will give you the opportunity to explore different e-books including a range of commercially-published and free reference works, monographs, textbooks, and fiction. Examples will include individual titles and also collections of e-books, such as those offered by Questia, Credo, MyiLibrary and Oxford University Press. The course will also facilitate consideration of the new opportunities e-books offer for librarians and users in academic, public and special library and information services, and will explore some of the significant collection management and promotional issues which challenge information and library staff.

  At 9:30am to 4:30pm, Wednesday 16th May