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Minitex News articles tagged with "Ebooks" (47):

EBSCO eBooks Academic Subscription Collection: April 2016 Changes

On April 15th, EBSCO will make updates to the Academic North American Collection eBook subscription.

Help Hub website collects information about how to access and read ebooks

The Help Hub website, located at econtentleaders.com, collects information on how to access ebooks from the 3M Cloud Library and OverDrive. The site also features information about devices such as the iPad, Kindle Fire, and Google Nexus.

Open eBooks for Children in Need

From Open eBooks to educators, librarians and program leaders working with children and youth from in-need families

EBSCO Announces New University Press Ebook Collection

University Presses represent the work of scholars from the world’s top universities, and their scholarly monographs are the culmination of the most advanced research in their fields.

ProQuest Introduces “Access-to-Own” Demand-Driven Ebook Acquisition Model

from a ProQuest news release:

New model applies rental spend toward ebook ownership

Library Journal Releases 2015 Ebook Usage Report on Public Libraries

Library Journal released the sixth annual survey on ebook usage in US public libraries.

An introduction to the report gives a preview of the 100+ page report:

Total Boox and New Ebook Pricing Models

The shift to ebooks has wrought many changes in the library market. Most of them haven't worked to our advantage. But there are some interesting new business models.

Minitex Public Library Node meeting 2015

This year’s Public Library Node meeting was well-attended, as Minitex and Minnesota public libraries came together to celebrate the successful completion of the MnLINK Gateway RFP and the announcement of OCLC’s WorldCat Discovery being chosen as the new end-user interface for the next g

ALA Releases Library Privacy Guidelines for E-book Lending and Digital Content Vendors

The American Library Association's Intellectual Freedom Committee (IFC) recently released their "Library Privacy Guidelines for E-book Lending and Digital Content Vendors."