Analysis of e-book use: The case of ebrary

ELPUB 2010 - Publishing in the Networked World: Transforming the Nature of Communication, 14th International Conference on Electronic Publishing

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 315-329

  Al, Umut ^a   Soydal, Irem ^a   Tonta, Yaşar ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Collection development; Collection management; E book use; Ebrary; Hacettepe University Libraries

Indexed keywords

COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT; COLLECTION MANAGEMENT; E-BOOK USE; EBRARY; UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES;

COMMUNICATION; DIGITAL LIBRARIES; ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING; LIBRARIES; MEDICINE; WORLD WIDE WEB;

ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT EXCHANGE;

EID: 84865852609     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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