E-books are full-text electronic versions of published books that can be read on special hand-held devices or computers. This paper discusses what e-books are, their advantages and disadvantages, e-book technologies and market players and the role of e-books in libraries. It concludes that the loan of e-books has the potential to reduce inter-library loan (ILL) traffic.

abstract introduction: introduction: traditionally, the central library of any university is the main source of scientific data retrieval for respective faculty members. exploration of rate and pattern of such usage makes it possible to promote the quantity and quality of library services and increasing the efficacy of faculty members' activities. objective: to determine the rate of usage ...

This paper summarizes the author’s positions on a number of user interface design issues for electronic books (e-books). It proposes a definition and genre classification for e-books, and suggests feature priorities for each genre. It also describes a pattern language approach adopted from architecture to express user interface design guidelines for e-books.

This paper reports on early progress with the use of immersive virtual reality technology for trauma surgery training. We discuss our technical goals and the application area, and then describe our work to date. The need to create a system that can be used by overworked, highly time-constrained surgeons and surgical trainees has affected many of our decisions, from the type of displays used to ...

Göteborg University Library has signed a contract with netLibrary providing users on the University’s network access to 500 copyrighted electronic books. These electronic books represent “the third wave” at our Digital Librarythe earlier "waves" of resource networking were bibliographic databases and electronic journals. The project is funded by the university board and was started in 2001 afte...

Electronic books are not yet heavily used because they still do not offer sufficient benefits. The Slicing Book approach is a new approach to electronic books offering personalized electronic textbooks for learners. Books are split into slices and the logical relationship between those slices is made explicite, e.g. what slice builds on knowledge provided by what other slices. This knowledge ca...

This article describes an ongoing project on the use of electronic books (e-books) in a higher institution and starts with a discussion on the diversity of e-book definitions to address misconception of its concept. Then, the advantages and associated technology such as hardware, software, formats, and standards are detailed. Comparisons between formats, a discussion on where e-books can be acq...

Electronic books are not yet heavily used because they still do not offer sufficient benefits. The Slicing Book approach is a new approach to electronic books offering personalized electronic textbooks for learners. Books are split into slices and the logical relationship between those slices is made explicite, e.g. what slice builds on knowledge provided by what other slices. This knowledge ca...

This paper summarizes the author's positions on a number of user interface design issues for electronic books (e-books). It proposes a de nition and genre classi cation for e-books, and suggests feature priorities for each genre. It also describes a pattern language approach adopted from architecture to express user interface design guidelines for e-books.