Abstract
Serials: The Journal for the Serials Community has been digitised and can be accessed in full on this website. All content is freely available on an open-access basis. Serials was published between 1988 and 2011. In 2012, the journal was retitled and is now published as Insights: the UKSG journal.
Highlights
Most libraries currently offer electronic resources that are accessed through secure online sites and conform to specific security measures
In the autumn of 2008, librarians at the Beatley Library of Simmons College received a grant to purchase two e-readers in order to explore the possibility of incorporating e-readers into an academic library environment
By limiting the device to the library staff, the study could focus on the usability of the device without needing to investigate the cataloging of the devices or the circulation of the devices to patrons
Summary
Most libraries currently offer electronic resources that are accessed through secure online sites and conform to specific security measures (range of accepted IP addresses, passwords for authorized users, etc.). This third e-reader, identified as the ‘Daily Edition’, will have a seven-inch touch screen and a 3G wireless connectivity feature similar to the Amazon Kindle During these announcements Sony noted that these readers would work with the OverDrive system to allow library patrons to borrow e-books for the reader. Amazon introduced their device, the Kindle, in 2007. There are sites that provide e-books under Creative Commons license.[12] As each device has a specific group of formats they can use, an acquisitions librarian will need to make sure the book’s format will work on the e-reader. One librarian commented “the feeling that you can get (almost) any book, anywhere, anytime is empowering as a reader.” The librarians did see a value in developing a larger study that included faculty and students to see if the community would use the devices as part of their research at the library
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