Report
An investigation into free ebooks
- Abstract:
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Hundreds of thousands of electronic texts are freely available on the internet, and many of them are texts which are used in colleges and universities in the UK. A report was commissioned by the JISC E-books Working Group to investigate the following questions:
* What sorts of free e-books are available which are relevant to FE and HE in the UK?
* Are they of sufficient quality for use in teaching and learning?
* What is required to deploy them in the curriculum?
* Can we save money by using free e-books instead of buying print books or commercial e-books?
* Who are the actual and potential users of free e-books, and what are the possible uses?
* To what extent can free e-books be converted to other formats, and assimilated into other resources or collections?
The final report was produced in March 2003 and presented to the JISC. All of the information regarding the project can be found in this final report.
- Publication status:
- Published
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- Publisher:
- Arts and Humanities Data Service
- Publication date:
- 2004-01-01
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- Deposit date:
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2012-11-15
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- Copyright holder:
- Berglund et al
- Copyright date:
- 2004
- Notes:
- © Ylva Berglund, Alan Morrison, Rowan Wilson, Martin Wynne.
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