An exploration of ebook selection behavior in academic library collections

McKay, Dana; Hinze, Annika; Heese, Ralf; Vanderschantz, Nicholas; Timpany, Claire; Cunningham, Sally Jo

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-33290-6_2

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McKay, D., Hinze, A., Heese, R., Vanderschantz, N., Timpany, C. & Cunningham, S.J. (2012). An exploration of ebook selection behavior in academic library collections. In 2nd International Conference on Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries, TPDL 2012, Paphos, September 23-27 2012, (pp. 13-24). Paphos, Cyprus.

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Abstract

Academic libraries have offered ebooks for some time, however little is known about how readers interact with them while making relevance decisions. In this paper we seek to address that gap by analyzing ebook transaction logs for books in a university library.

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2012

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Springer-Verlag

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