E-book availability of print titles

Submitted on Tue, 2012-11-06 14:40

Hello,
I really love the increasing availability of ebooks, especially with regard to new acquisitions. I'd love to be able to enjoy the same level of access to ebooks of titles that the university has print editions of. For example, this title - https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=z4lLEBqTP2wC&ganpub=k3709... is available as an ebook, but it is also on loan for a while. I don't want to recall the book - it appears to have been borrowed very recently, and recalling books causes an inconvenience. I always feel like I'm being mean when I do so. I'd rather both myself and the person who has the book now enjoy it, and an ebook edition would do the trick. I know that not everyone likes or can use ebooks, but ebooks seem like a nice backup option for print editions. Does the library have any plans to purchase ebook licenses for titles that are available in print?

Comments

Submitted on Fri, 2012-11-09 12:19.

Thank you for your feedback. May I also say that your consideration of others' needs is admirable!

We have looked into the possibility of an institutional licence for the title, and unfortunately, one is not available (as a library, we are not able to purchase ebooks if only personal licencing is offered).

The Library welcomes suggestions, so if there are other titles of interest, we are happy to investigate them too.

Either post another message, or contact your subject librarian - see: http://www.library.uq.edu.au/contacts/librarians/

Regards,
Majella Pugh
Collections and Information Resources Service