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 [log in to unmask] 508-999-8666 ----- Original Message ----- From: "LIBLICENSE" <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] 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 The publication dates also appear "dated" for quite a few titles, making the information outdated or no longer relevant.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 [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- 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. ***************** 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