Today and in Perpetuity: A Canadian Consortial Strategy for Owning and Hosting Ebooks

Journal of Academic Librarianship

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 423-428

  Horava, Tony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Consortia; Ebooks; Licensing; Local hosting; Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885481265     PISSN: 00991333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acalib.2013.04.001     Document Type: Article

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