What happened to the E-book revolution?: The gradual integration of E-books into academic libraries

Journal of Electronic Publishing

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Connaway, Lynn Silipigni ^a   Wicht, Heather L ^a  

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Author keywords

Collection development:digital publishing; E books:electronic books:ebooks:digital books:academic libraries; Google books library projects:e book providers:ebook providers

Indexed keywords

EID: 45349100904     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10802711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3998/3336451.0010.302     Document Type: Review

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