?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Fdocuments.el-una.org%2Fid%2Feprint%2F186%2F&rft.title=E-Book+Focus+Group%3A+Ex+Libris%2FELUNA%2FIGeLU+Recommendations+and+Requirementsfor+E-Book+Functionality%0D%0A&rft.creator=Anderson%2C+Ivy&rft.creator=Anand%2C+Eddie&rft.creator=Ayris%2C+Paul&rft.creator=Flecker%2C+Dale&rft.creator=Nunnenmacher%2C+Lothar+&rft.creator=Streefkerk%2C+Marco&rft.creator=Tibbetts%2C+Margery&rft.creator=Wolven%2C+Bob&rft.creator=Younger%2C+Jennifer&rft.creator=Beir-Arie%2C+Oren&rft.creator=Sanders%2C+Shlomo&rft.creator=Spruch%2C+Yohanan&rft.creator=Harnish%2C+Kathryn&rft.creator=Koppel%2C+Ted&rft.subject=General+Topics&rft.description=After+years+of+hype+accompanied+by+only+desultory+growth%2C+the+number+of+e-books+available+on+the+Internet+has+suddenly+begun+to+grow+dramatically.+Sources+of+growth+include+not+just+traditional+book+publishers%2C+but+also+mass+digitization+by+players+like+Google%2C+library-based+digitization+such+as+Making+of+America+and+the+Million+Book+Project%2C+and+open+access+initiatives+around+the+world.+Libraries+will+need+to+manage+and+provide+appropriate+access+to+these+books.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe+coming+of+e-books+will+have+implications+for+most+of+the+systems+Ex+Libris+offers.+Ebooks+provide+a+number+of+challenges+different+than+those+of+e-journals.+The+scale+is+much+larger+(millions+of+e-books+versus+a+few+tens+of+thousands+of+e-journals).+Books+are+%E2%80%9Cbibliographically%E2%80%9D+more+complex+versions%2C+editions%2C+manifestations)%2C+which+demands+more+sophisticated+discovery+and+elivery+functions.+Identifiers%2C+critical+in+linking+applications%2C+are+spottier+and+more+complex.+And+free+content+is+much+more+common+in+the+e-book+world%2C+challenging+established+workflows+and+information+flows+supporting+library+acquisition%2C+cataloging+and+access.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe+Focus+Group+discussed+the+nature+of+the+evolving+e-book+environment%2C+and+analyzed+in+some+depth+the+issues+raised+by+e-books+in+four+areas%3A+discovery%2C+linking%2C+management%2C+and+delivery.+It+identified+new+requirements+necessary+to+support+e-books+within+Ex+Libris%E2%80%99s+products+and+ranked+these+in+terms+of+their+short-term+and+long-term+importance+(see+Appendix+A+for+full+details+of+the+ranking+process+and+results).+&rft.publisher=ELUNA&rft.date=2008-02-25&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdocuments.el-una.org%2Fid%2Feprint%2F186%2F1%2Febfg_20080429.pdf&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdocuments.el-una.org%2Fid%2Feprint%2F186%2F2%2Febfg_exlibris_response_to_the_report.pdf&rft.identifier=++Anderson%2C+Ivy+and+Anand%2C+Eddie+and+Ayris%2C+Paul+and+Flecker%2C+Dale+and+Nunnenmacher%2C+Lothar++and+Streefkerk%2C+Marco+and+Tibbetts%2C+Margery+and+Wolven%2C+Bob+and+Younger%2C+Jennifer+and+Beir-Arie%2C+Oren+and+Sanders%2C+Shlomo+and+Spruch%2C+Yohanan+and+Harnish%2C+Kathryn+and+Koppel%2C+Ted++(2008)+E-Book+Focus+Group%3A+Ex+Libris%2FELUNA%2FIGeLU+Recommendations+and+Requirementsfor+E-Book+Functionality.++Project+Report.+ELUNA.+++++