Collection Services are now purchasing e-books in preference to print where appropriate. Records for these have started to appear in increasing numbers in the catalogue over the last two weeks. The use of these e-books has raised a number of questions. Library IT and Collection Services staff are actively working on getting answers to some of these questions and and have created some help pages on the Library’s wiki, concentrating initially on EBL e-books.

In the meantime two important things to tell users about EBL are:
1) We recommend the use of Adobe Acrobat version 9
2) We strongly recommend that on campus, and on a shared computer (eg in a student lab) users select the Read Online option and not the Download option.

Library staff will have access to the Adobe Digital Editions, the download software, next time they login, see the Counterculture posting for instructions on setting it up.

We would encourage front-line staff to try using these e-books and send any questions or feedback that arise to Library IT and Collection Services. A training session is being organised for front-line and other interested Library staff on Tuesday 13th April at 2pm. Please book online if you wish to attend.

Cynthia.