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?

Get content, get digital

A very interesting commentary from Galley Cat on a item in Publisher's weekly.

The irony of these "content-led" companies removing the sources of content is ultimately less interesting than the irony that perhaps one of the reasons that this is happening is that too many of the content creators and enablers simply don't get or don't want to get digital....