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 E-books @ UWIC Helen Blockwell & Julie Neenan abc
Our e-book collection abc Annual subscription: Purchased outright: =1564 =2056
Netlibrary WHELF collectionNo of accesses - 2009 abc
Cardiff School of Sport and ebooks abc
The “Typical” Sport Student Approx 1600 of them Majority undergraduates aged 18-22 IT literate abc
The School’s Move Towards “E” Electronic submission on dissertations Increase in electronic journals Electronic where possible please! abc
Ebook Positives – Part 1  Consistently high usage… abc
Ebook Positives – Part 2! Different platforms not a problem Spreading the word abc
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The Future Less Space  +  Less Money  +  Remote Learning = More ebooks please! abc
Our Challenges… (1) Selection: Supplier overload, procedures, pricing, new editions? Acquisitions: MARC records, TALIS (grrr), e-ISBNs, catalogue everything? abc
Our Challenges… (2) Access: Interface overload, DRM, Resource discovery, mobile applications? Review: Usage stats, collection dev. policy abc
Opportunities abc ,[object Object]

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