Re: Book chapters on Reserve?

["Martha Tucker" <mtucker@u.washington.edu>]

And Springer EBooks packages allow unlimited use anytime.  You do have to
buy the whole subject (or more) package each year though.

Martha Tucker, Librarian
UW Libraries/Mathematics Research Library
Seattle, WA  98195-4350
www.lib.washington.edu/math


----- Original Message -----
From: "Karen Akins" <Karen_Akins@tamu-commerce.edu>
To: <liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 6:38 PM
Subject: RE: Book chapters on Reserve?


> Ebook Library (EBL) is set up to do this.  You set up a chapter
> for a chosen amount of time for unlimited use. (Normally each use
> counts against your total uses for the year).  You can only have
> one chapter of a book at a time on reserve.
>
> We haven't had many faculty choose to use this yet, but it is a
> reason we sometimes favor them as a vendor when purchasing
> individual e-books.
>
> Karen Akins
> Reference Librarian, Sciences & Collection Development.
> Texas A&M University-Commerce
> Karen_Akins@tamu-commerce.edu
> 903-886-5728
> Knowledge is a renewable resource
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu
> [mailto:owner-liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu] On Behalf Of Hamaker, Charles
> Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2008 10:01 AM
> To: liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu
> Subject: Book chapters on Reserve?
>
> I find it incredibly inefficient that generally you can't put an
> e-book chapter on reserve because you can't access the chapters
> in a book that way. Some licenses for e-books while permitting
> "printed course packs" inclusion seem to exclude electronic
> course packs behind secure systems (like blackboard). You have to
> make a physical copy and scan it (the logic of which escapes me)
> for reserves use or course use in a secure network environment.
> Or have an inefficient link to the "whole" book electronically.
> (I'm talking about situations where appropriate fees for
> electronic access have been paid, sometimes even for multiple
> simultaneous user access.) The "format" is driving some ludicrous
> practices.
>
> So let's create an eBook system for academic libraries that make
> it impossible for faculty to do what they do when it comes to
> reserves or course readings, i.e. use chapters as if they were
> articles.
>
> Chuck Hamaker
> Associate University Librarian Collections and Technical Services
> Atkins Library
> University of North Carolina Charlotte
> Charlotte, NC 28223
>
>