Survey of Academic Library Leadership: Plans for eBooks
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The 77-page study presents data from a survey of 96 North American academic library directors, deans and university librarians about their plans for use of eBooks. The study gives detailed data on current and planned expenditures, as well as plans for spending on particular aggregators and publishers, The study also provides data and insight into the number of libraries with consortia agreements for eBook purchases, their view of purchases of eBooks directly from publishers rather than through aggregators, and the extent to which they feel eBooks will replace or substitute for print book spending in the future. In addition, survey participants discuss how they view the capabilities of their library patrons in finding and accessing the library eBook collection, and the impediments that they feel discourage the growth of their eBook collections. The study helps its readers to pinpoint the types of libraries eager to expand their eBook collections, maintain them, or contract them. The study presents data for many specific vendors.