interesting article on ebooks and libraries. Available from the Local Government Library Technology (LGLibTech) ebooks page (links below).

1 Libraries (academic and public) should rent not buy ebook for loan to users

‘Not such a radical idea anymore: it's a rental’. By David Swords and Mike LoGreco (ProQuest)

"Demand-Driven Acquisition (DDA) could do for libraries and books what Netflix has done for movie watchers and films". "While perpetual purchase for archival purposes remains integral to the role of many institutions, the phenomenon many of us have enacted at home, of buying and storing, has mostly been replaced by renting and subscribing. So it’s not that far-fetched an idea for libraries, too – it’s a logical evolution"

Links to this article and others are on the Local Government Library Technology (LGLibTech)  ebooks page,

‘Business models’ section:

http://lglibtech.wikispaces.com/E-Books#Business%20models%20&%20devices

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