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eBooks and Libraries: Stuck between user and publisher

In the UK, the #ebooksos campaign aims to address the adverse impacts that e-book publishing practices have on libraries. The campaign inspired the UKB* members of the Collection Management Group to write a memo. Alie Bijker and yours truly have written an article based on this memo.

See this article in Dutch including clickable links in the archive of informatieprofessional.nl.

Here you’ll find the English translation made by the Library Communications team of the Technical University of Delft: e-books and libraries: Stuck between user and publisher 

 

If you have ideas, feedback or other comments I’d very much like to hear them. You can leave a comment or e-mail me directly.

 

*The UKB is a partnership of Dutch University Libraries and The Royal Library of the Netherlands.