Alternate Assignment Article EBooks

I apologize for my absences on campus this week. My mother had major surgery and I needed to be there for her. Surgery went very well and she is doing much better as of today. I love ODU and I'm so sorry for not being able to attend the meetings. 

Here is my summary of the E-books article:

Summary of Ebook Business Models

By Mirela Roncevic 

     This Ebook article basically discussed the Ebook availability within the library environment. It states that to keep up with the current times, technology, and cost, Ebook might be the logical way to go. The article also discusses different formats of Ebooks and their costs; such as the Patron-driven acquisition (PDA) format which is the most talked about version and is just beginning to be used by certain academic libraries. The cost of the PDA version would be limited to the information that patrons uses and need. This would mean the content that gets used, gets purchased saving on wasted money on content/information not needed by the patrons. The other version discussed is the short-term loans (STL). STL is a version that allows libraries a good solution to obtain access to content they wouldn't otherwise be able to afford. The STLs are similar to the PDAs models in that the patron;s demands ultimately drive how the library spends its budget. The main different is the ST:Ls are rental agreements not contracts for ongoing access, unlike PDAs which need a contract for a certain period. STLs could save money on an academic library's budget by short term rentals.  There are many factors that are to be considered when purchasing ebooks within the library, the main focus would be to discuss the vendors terms and agreements that would be upheld if the library decides to purchase from the vendor.


Roncevic, M. (2013, June). Ebook Business Models the complete array of factors.
     Dispatches from the Field, Technology, 23. http://americanlibrariesmagazine.org