Ebook collection practices

One of the goals of this paper is to gain a mutual understanding of the various acquisition and lending models that are available today, and the key players influencing these models. [...] Much of the basis of the writing in the university and college sections of this paper draws on the results of that survey. [...] He is a former President of both the Canadian Library Association and the Ontario Library Association and is a popular speaker on the topics of positive organizational culture, leadership, technology and trends affecting the future of libraries. [...] The reasons for such a difference are speculative but are likely to include the high cost of importing French-language material, the relatively low cost of many published children’s books (which constitute many of the public library purchases), a sense of cultural protectionism, and a society that does not rely as heavily on American-published material. [...] The difference may have to do with the fact that Amazon requires specific and proprietary formatting of ebooks for use on the Kindle device.6 Due to the popularity of Amazon’s Kindle e-reader in the United States, American public libraries must provide digital materials in Amazon’s proprietary format if they hope to attract users.