TY - JOUR AU - Frigimelica, Giovanna PY - 2017/09/15 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Purchasing e-book packages for university libraries JF - JLIS.it JA - JLIS.it VL - 8 IS - 3 SE - Articles DO - 10.4403/jlis.it-12381 UR - https://www.jlis.it/index.php/jlis/article/view/134 SP - 191-202 AB - <p class="Standard">The criteria to guide the selection in the varied publishing and commercial landscape of e-books concern many aspects, from platform contents to functionalities, from <em>business models to digital right management. It</em><em> i</em><em>s </em><em>not easy</em><em> to establish the best model </em><em>among</em><em> those offered</em><em>, and information needs</em><em> change from a library to another. The article examines </em><em>the </em><em>elements </em><em>to take into account</em><em> before the </em><em>acquisition</em><em> and </em>during the monitoring activities, such as title price, use cost, collections’ updates. In particular, the paper analyses the parameters that led to the acquisition of some e-book packages of large academic publishers and access data over 12 months.</p> ER -