ebrary, a ProQuest business, has announced that 45 percent of its customers are diversifying acquisition models to provide their researchers with a breadth and depth of high-quality, relevant e-books. Many customers subscribe to Academic Complete as an affordable base collection with unlimited access and continued growth and expand the collection with other models including patron driven acquisition, perpetual archive, and short-term loans. Academic Complete claims to be the industry’s first and most scholarly subscription product with over 75,000 titles.
Diversification is a key component of ebrary’s strategic approach to e-book acquisition based on three steps - Transition, Diversify and Streamline. As libraries are transitioning from print to digital, and as more books are published digitally, diversifying models and streamlining ordering are becoming a necessity.
ebrary representatives will be on hand to discuss the company’s new approach to strategic e-book acquisition at the ALA (ProQuest booth #2000) from June 22-25, in Anaheim, CA.
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