Ebooks and Interlibrary Loan: Licensed to Fill?

Abstract

# Ebooks and Interlibrary Loan: Licensed to Fill? Increasingly, libraries of all types and sizes are now adding electronic book (ebook) titles to their collections. A survey was used to explore the implications of ebook licensing and interlibrary loan use. Among academic libraries in the United States a widespread preference for handling print books was found along with a need for more information about ebook interlibrary loan rights at one's own institution and a means to identify format type available from potential lending libraries.

Los derechos del lector digital: revisión sistemática de la literatura

“…También se han recogido datos que indican que para muchos usuarios las páginas de préstamo digital en las bibliotecas (préstamo gratuito) son tediosas por la cantidad de pasos que hay que realizar para acceder al libro y poco útiles por el escaso catálogo ofrecido (Frederiksen, et al 2011). De hecho, muchas de las páginas de descarga ilegal revisadas implican un coste adicional por libro, coste que los usuarios prefieren asumir por su facilidad de uso en vez de acudir al catálogo digital de la biblioteca.…”

Licensed to Share: How Libraries Are Handling Electronic Journal Article Requests

“…ERM products could be more widely adopted by libraries and their content shared with ILL departments to facilitate e-journal article sharing. External communication is hindered by confusion, misunderstanding, and a lack of knowledge about rights vis-a-vis licenses (Frederiksen et al, 2011). Libraries first need to know their local licenses and then communicate these licenses to other libraries in order to share e-journal articles effectively.…”

Herding Cats: Challenges in Interlibrary Loan Lending of E-Journal Articles

“…Brown (2012) also concentrated on borrowing by examining pay-per-view access over traditional ILL borrowing, finding that pay-per-view could be effective in relation to copyright payment. Frederiksen, Cummings, Cummings, and Carroll (2011) looked into lending but did so for e-books. It is important to remember that a borrowing request can only be filled if a lender exists, and lending is far more complicated in the context of e-journals.…”