What is it about?

This study aims to identify e‐book equivalents for print books acquired by Central Science Library, University of Delhi.

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Why is it important?

This study provides some constructive suggestions which may help librarians to explore ways to spend the budget for collection development of e‐books in a more appropriate way.

Perspectives

Libraries have paucity of budget which require proper justification to spend. This study provides the in‐depth quantitative analysis according to title‐by‐title selection to find e‐books equivalent. The findings and discussion can be helpful for the libraries in collection development. Similar type of study can be done for other libraries.

Mr Ankur Pant
DESIDOC

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This page is a summary of: Availability of e‐books in science: case study of University of Delhi, The Electronic Library, May 2013, Emerald,
DOI: 10.1108/el-12-2010-0159.
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