The Challenges Involved in the Use and Sharing of E-Books in Academic Libraries
Keywords:
Restrictions, e-reader, digital rights management, e-book, licensingAbstract
This article analyses existing cut-off points on review, printing, downloading, dissemination, and interlibrary advance in post-optional libraries, just as new writing on digital book sharing and use in libraries. It additionally takes a gander at what these cut-off points mean for the leasing of digital book per users and other cell phones from libraries. Prohibitive authorizing provisions, exclusive programming and record designs, computerized privileges the board (DRM), and the single-client plan of action utilized by numerous digital book makers are among the most major issues.
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