Monday, June 18, 2007

Ebrary global ebook survey

"The results from global eBook survey completed by 583 librarians
throughout the world is now publicly available no cost. Anyone
interested in receiving a copy may register here or visit the ebrary booth (#1000) at the 2007 ALA Annual Conference exhibit, June 23-26 in Washington D.C."


Nothing revolutionary here but clear signs in the responses of the successful evolution of books into a model where also being provided digitally is the normal....

1: 1/3 of the libraries have over 50k ebooks
3: Nearly 1/2 think current usage is good or better
9: Netlibrary is clear market leader amongst aggregators - ebrary numbers are exaggerated as it conducted the survey
10: Librarians are aware that direct from publishers can have a distinct value...
11: 1/4 accept duplication
12: Both purchase and subscription not either/or....
17-24: How do publishers feel about supplying content to libraries to delivery on local platforms?

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