Upcoming Event: eBook Licensing in Europe and the Vanishing Library? - LIBER Europe
Kirstine's bookmarks 2021-07-20
Summary:
Unaffordable prices, an inability to buy eBooks due to a refusal to sell, bundling of unwanted titles in packages, and restrictions on research copying all affect access to eBooks in all types of libraries.
Confidentiality clauses in contracts between publishers and universities are also making understanding how the eBook market functions more challenging, and obscuring whether public money is being well-spent.