The Age of Ebook Acquisition - Tools and Trends

Ebooks are an accepted and expected format for quality research and academic content. As a result, ebooks are a fast-rising portion of library collections and budgets. ProQuest is leading the technology and distribution of scholarly aggregate ebooks around the globe. This report on both ebook purchasing and usage, with insight into publishing trends, the ebook lifespan, and factors that drive the industry, shows a few surprises and a glimpse of an exciting future of opportunities for ever-increasing value to library services. Theological libraries are heavily affected by this story, but are also active participants. EBL and ebrary report data show trends across the ANZTLA group returning great value using a combination of acquisition tools, including the demand-driven acquisition (DDA) model. This report shows actual figures with examples to describe: theological ebook content analysis, overall comparison of ebooks in the bigger picture compared to five years ago, collective ebook usage details (e.g. unique titles, users, loans, frequency, length), and the return on investment value of acquisition models.