E-books and research technology provider ebrary, US, has announced the ability to download e-books onto multiple devices including the Kindle, iPad, iPhone, laptops and other devices. With this initiative, the company seeks to provide researchers with access to authoritative information whenever and wherever they need it. Additionally, the company has announced that a dedicated mobile application is in development and slated to ship later this year.
The growing demand for downloading has been substantiated by a recent ebrary survey of more than 1,000 librarians. 92 percent respondents found that providing offline access to e-books more or equally important than providing online access. 32 percent responded that their libraries currently provide offline reading options. While 19 percent stated that their libraries provided tethered access (not downloaded) to mobile devices, 95 percent did not think that tethered mobile access obviated the need for offline mobile access.
Searching within a title, selecting page font, and navigating the table of content ranked the highest for desired functionality for offline mobile access.
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