Partly Cloudy With a Chance of Entertainment: An Academic Library's Experience With a Popular Reading Ebook Resource

Julia Proctor, Sandra Barstow

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Abstract

Ebooks pose many challenges in library collection development, mostly due to the lack of standards and the many different platforms available. These challenges are faced by both public and academic libraries, but the challenges inherent in collecting popular reading ebooks can be different from the challenges that come with collecting scholarly ebooks. This article describes the purpose and processes behind an academic library, University of Wyoming Libraries, providing popular reading ebooks to its faculty and students, and focuses on the experience of being a 3M Cloud Library early adopter.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)401-411
Number of pages11
JournalJournal of Library Administration
Volume53
Issue number7-8
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Public Administration
  • Library and Information Sciences

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