Purpose – This study provides insights into the early market for e‐books in the UK through survey research with members of a large online panel. Design/methodology/approach – Data were collected from an online panel established by a leading commercial internet research company. Members of...

Purpose – To describe work by the Library and Information Statistics Unit (LISU) based at Loughborough University to support decision making by managers in academic information and library services in the UK in the realm of providing access to scholarly information through serials....

Purpose – To determine whether Canada's university research capacity could be increased in quantity, breadth and depth of published scholarly information available to academic researchers, especially through the use of e‐journals and cooperatively negotiated pricing and licensing of them....

Purpose – To present both the pros and cons that may come from Google's recent effort to digitize vast collections from five large research libraries. Design/methodology/approach – Presents several questions and issues relevant to libraries and suggests what impact Google Print may have in...