E-Content

EDUCAUSE Library Items for E-Content

What do Librarians Need to Know About MOOCs?

April 1, 2013

Over the past several months, the proliferation of MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) has been hailed as a potent defense against the rising cost and insular culture of attending a traditional c…

Sustaining Our Digital Future: Institutional Strategies for Digital Content

January 30, 2013

This UK report, commissioned by the Strategic Content Alliance and undertaken by Ithaka S+R, "Sustaining Our Digital Future: Institutional Strategies for Digital Content", tells of how …

E-books: Developments and Policy Considerations

October 29, 2012

"Books are undergoing a massive transformation from being a physical object to something electronic, or an "e-book". And while e-book sales still make up only a small proportion of…

The New Supply Chain and Its Implications for Books in Libraries

September 5, 2012

Joseph J. Esposito is an independent management consultant. Kizer Walker is Director of Collection Development at Cornell University Library. Terry Ehling is Associate Director, Project …

Academic Libraries: 2010 First Look

December 13, 2011

The Academic Libraries: 2010 First Look summarizes services, staff, collections, and expenditures of academic libraries in 2- and 4-year, degree-granting postsecondary institutions in the 50 sta…

The User-Driven Purchase Giveaway Library

October 7, 2010

© 2010 David W. Lewis. The text of this article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 License ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ …

E-Science and Data Support Services

August 19, 2010

This study draws on data from 57 of 123 ARL member libraries (a 46% response rate for the survey). Over 75% of survey respondents reported that their institution either provides infrastructure or…

Building "Above-Campus" Library Services

August 5, 2010

© 2010 Paul N. Courant and John Wilkin. The text of this article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ ). …

Sustainable economics for a digital planet: Ensuring long term access to digital information

March 23, 2010

Digital information is a vital resource in our knowledge economy, valuable for research and education, science and the humanities, creative and cultural activities, and public policy. But digital…

Digital Books and Your Rights: A Checklist for Readers

February 24, 2010

After several years of false starts, the universe of digital books seems at last poised to expand dramatically. Readers should view this expansion with both excitement and wariness. Excitement be…