E-book Publication Dates: Do I Just Not Get It?

The author comments on the trend of publishers using the date of digitization for monographs in a Demand-driven Acquisition (DDA) collection as publication dates. She discusses her experience of a keyword search, explains how a dated content get into a collection, and cites the benefits of spurious...

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Main Author: Marilyn Geller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Alberta Library 2014-09-01
Series:Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship
Online Access:https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/istl/index.php/istl/article/view/1616
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