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The primary results of the project
- More Institutes of higher education gained access to more Finnish e-textbooks are available for HE institutions
- 250 e-textbook titles during the pilot
- participating publishers willing to provide new titles after the pilot
- New lisensing models which allow multiple simultaneous users and take into account the high usage peaks of e-textbooks
- Better usability of ebooks, for both end users and the library acquisition management
We hope that the experiences from this project will benefit all, with more publishers selling e-books to libraries, with models that work for all parties.
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- E-book licensing models suitable for textbooks were developed
- The usability of e-books was improved
- Finnish publishers’ awareness of e-books increased
Additional information on the project
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Licensing models for e-textbooks in Finland. Presentation at Nordic E-book conference, 2.10.2015, Copenhagen, and SLiC eBooks Conference, 9.10.2015, Glasgow.
Contact person: Paula Mikkonen, National Library of Finland, paula.mikkonen (at) helsinki.fi
FinELib office: [email protected]
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