The Berkman Center’s David O’Brien, Urs Gasser, and John Palfrey have just posted a 29-page “briefing paper” on the various models and licenses by which libraries are providing access to e-books. It’s not just facts ‘n’ stats by any means, but here are some anyway: “According to the 2011 Library Journal E-Book Survey, 82% of… Read more »
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Top ten trends
The Association of College & Research Libraries’s Planning and Review Committee has posted what a February survey of the literature and of its members reveals as the top ten trends affecting libraries “now and in the near future.” They list them in alphabetical order: Academic library collection growth is driven by patron demand and will… Read more »