Developments in the Library E-content Marketplace

Аннотация

Here we are, four years later, and we aren’t yet ready to press the easy button. Purchasing e-books in many ways has been streamlined, but it still remains a labyrinth of licensing agreements, business models, and prices. Before we take a closer look at the content for this issue of Library Technology Reports, let’s do a quick review of some of the e-content purchasing innovations and experiments from the last four years.