Jo, 

It's not just you. Ten subject librarians commented on the same defects in our collection development meeting this morning. 


Susan Raidy-Klein 
Collection Development & Acquisition Librarian 
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth 
285 Old Westport Road 
N. Dartmouth, MA 02747 
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Sent: Friday, March 9, 2012 2:24:58 PM 
Subject: Re: EBSCO releases its first academic eBook subscription collection 

From: "Flanders, Jo" <[log in to unmask]> 
Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2012 23:20:18 +0000 

Is it just me or does this collection seem a bit underserved for an 
academic collection? There are many titles included in the 
collection, but the titles are more indicative of public library 
material. I did not find many titles I would consider important to 
have for our university library. The publication dates also appear 
"dated" for quite a few titles, making the information outdated or no 
longer relevant. Frankly, I do not consider this to be a very 
comprehensive collection for the amount of money it will cost. 

Jo Flanders 
Assistant Professor 
E Resource/Serials Librarian 
Miller Center Library 
St. Cloud State University 
St. Cloud, Minnesota 
320 308 2064 
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From: Ann Okerson <[log in to unmask]> 
Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2012 07:35:36 -0500 

Info courtesy of Gary Price at INFOdocket, 

This is a significant e-book aggregation. 

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http://www.prweb.com/releases/EBSCOeBook/Academic/prweb9255338.htm 
http://www.ebscohost.com/ebooks 

"eBook Academic Subscription Collection is offered on an annual 
subscription basis with unlimited access to the content. Each title is 
offered with unlimited users allowing more users access to each title 
in the collection. As with all eBooks available from EBSCO, eBook 
Academic Subscription Collection will integrate seamlessly with all 
EBSCOhost content. Users will be able to search the collection on its 
own or side-by-side with other EBSCOhost databases." 

[Clip] 

"Libraries are able to purchase titles to add to their permanent 
collection. Forthcoming options include the ability to make titles 
available via Patron-Driven Acquisition (PDA), to be purchased only 
if/when users need them and to lease titles libraries only need for a 
short time." 

_gary 

Gary D. Price, MLIS 
Information Industry Analyst 
Co-Founder and Editor, INFOdocket.com and FullTextReports.com 
Librarian http://INFOdocket.com http://FullTextReports.com