"The Ebook Elephant in the Room" at ALA Annual 2012

June 26, 2012

The conference session addressed the challenges facing librarians as they develop their e-collections.

“rule number one with collection development: when it comes to ebooks, you’re not just buying content. No longer can you just decide, ‘I would like this book.’ You have to buy content wrapped in a container; you have to buy content wrapped in software, ” said Sue Polanka, head of reference and instruction for the University Libraries, Wright State University.

Recap via The Digital Shift>>