Academic library user attitudes towards e-books
As academic libraries ramp up their investments in e-book collections and experiment with a growing range of purchasing models, they need to know more about how their users view e-books, and what expectations users bring to library collections. In 2007–2008, a research team conducted a study using Q-methodology to identify opinions about e-books among the population of library users at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio....
College and Research Libraries, preprint, July 2012
http://crl.acrl.org/content/early/2011/08/26/crl-288.full.pdf
You can get that at the library?
Gregory Karp writes: “Libraries have always been great money savers because of all the books and periodicals you can borrow and use for free. Offerings at libraries can vary widely, so the only way to know all that yours offers is to check out the website or visit in person. But here's a sampling of some unusual services you might find, with help from ALA President Molly Raphael.”...
Chicago Tribune, Aug. 26
http://www.chicagotribune.com/site/newspaper/business/sc-cons-0825-karpspend-20110826,0,4241463.column
