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Tiêu đề
The secret lives of ebooks: A paratextual analysis illuminates a veil of usage statistics
Tác giả
Harwell J.H.; Gallagher E.
Năm xuất bản
2020
Source title
Convergence
Số trích dẫn
1
DOI
10.1177/1354856517751379
Liên kết
Tóm tắt
This study applies the method of paratextual analysis to six electronic books, or ebooks, in an academic library collection at a small liberal arts college. Two books are selected from each of three platforms: ebrary, EBSCO, and SpringerLink. The characteristics of each book are described, including design and readership, as well as 2 years of usage statistics from the specific library, and altmetrics where available. The paratextual study leads to a closer investigation of the usage statistics themselves and concludes that despite industry standards, they are not calculated consistently across vendor platforms and that while these data are invisible to researchers outside of the library, there are also essential elements that librarians mistakenly take at face value when comparing ebook usage from multiple vendors. © The Author(s) 2018.
Từ khóa
Academic libraries; COUNTER; ebooks; paratext; paratextual analysis; usage statistics; vendor platforms
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Nơi xuất bản
SAGE Publications Ltd
Hình thức xuất bản
Article
Open Access
Nguồn
Scopus