E-book: The emergence, purchasing methods and library return on investment / Che Zainab Hj Abdullah

This paper presents a perception study on e-book selection practices and its relationships with library's return on investment Return on Investment (ROI) is one method for measuring the value of a library's collections and services. The paper focuses on common practices of e-book selection...

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Main Author: Abdullah, Che Zainab
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Faculty of Information Management 2015
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Online Access:http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/14470/
http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/14470/1/AJ_CHE%20ZAINAB%20HJ%20ABDULLAH%20TINTA.pdf
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Summary:This paper presents a perception study on e-book selection practices and its relationships with library's return on investment Return on Investment (ROI) is one method for measuring the value of a library's collections and services. The paper focuses on common practices of e-book selection regarding support distance education, sustainability and the introduction of patron driven acquisition (PDA) in developing e-book collection.