Presence of e-books in the collections of university libraries

• Autor(a) principal: Fenerick, Gabriele Maris Pereira
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Outros Autores: Silva, Marcia Regina, Damian, Ieda Pelógia Martins
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Informação & Informação
• Texto Completo: https://ojs.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/informacao/article/view/20828
• topic: Information Access; Digital Libraries; Academic Libraries.; Acceso a la Información; Bibliotecas Electrónicas; Bibliotecas Acadêmicas.; Acesso à Informação; Bibliotecas Digitais; Bibliotecas Universitárias.

Introduction: The current library configuration has been modified. The main point of change relates to dematerialization of their collections, namely the creation of digital archives. Although the presence of e-books such information environments is increasingly common, there are still many issues to be discussed in relation to the acquisition and access to these resources. Objective: To analyze the presence of e-books in the collections of international national university libraries and to raise issues related to the acquisition and dissemination of these works. Methodology: This is a qualitative research with literature review, it analyzed of the websites of these libraries and it was applied questionnaires sent by e-mail to the responsible for the libraries of the institutions surveyed. Results: The results show weaknesses in the way of management and dissemination of digital collections. These problems directly impact on the development of digital collections, access and ownership information. Conclusions: With increasingly reliant users, it is important that they are involved in making decisions related to the selection of e-books, as well as they have knowledge of the works that make up the collection of libraries process.