No Shelf Required 2: Use and Management of Electronic Books - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1856048306 ISBN 13: 9781856048309

Publisher: Facet Publishing, 2012

Synopsis

This book provides advice on best practices for the use and management of e-books. With their explosive sales and widespread availability over the past few years, e-books have definitively proved that they’re here to stay. In this sequel to her best-selling book, No Shelf Required: E-books in libraries, Sue Polanka dives even deeper into the world of digital distribution. Contributors from across the e-book world offer their perspectives on what’s happening now and what to expect in the coming months and years. Included in this invaluable resource are:

• guidelines for performing traditional library processes such as cataloguing, weeding, archiving, and managing e-book accessibility for users with special needs
• coverage of topics such as the e-book digital divide and open-access publishing
• case studies from a range of academic, public, and school libraries, offering first hand accounts of what works, what doesn’t, and why
• discussions of the emerging model of the electronic-only library and the rich possibilities of enhanced e-books.

Readership: All librarians will want to familiarize themselves with the wealth of advice in this volume on best practices for use and management of e-books.

About this title

About the Author

Sue Polanka created the award-winning blog No Shelf Required about the issues surrounding e-books for librarians and publishers. The blog led to the publication of ALA Edition's No Shelf Required: E-books in Libraries in 2011. Polanka is the Head of Reference and Instruction at the Wright State University Libraries in Dayton, Ohio and the Vice President/President Elect of the Academic Library Association of Ohio. She has served on Booklist's Reference Books Bulletin Editorial Board for over ten years, serving as Chair from 2007 - 2010. Her column on electronic reference, "Off The Shelf," appears quarterly in Booklist. She was named a Library Journal 2011 Mover and Shaker for her work with e-books.

Edition details

• Publisher: Facet Publishing
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1856048306
• ISBN 13: 9781856048309
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 280
• Editor: Polanka Sue