Abstract
This article describes how NC LIVE, a large, statewide, multi-type library consortium piloted new models for funding and purchasing a shared ebook collection that concentrated on books published by local publishers. Although the pilot is still being evaluated, the consortium counts the project as a success in that 200 libraries statewide gained unlimited simultaneous user access to more than 1,200 titles not previously available in libraries. NC LIVE is now working with publishers and a platform provider to move the ebook pilot into its next phase as a full-fledged ebook program. The aim of this article is to describe the process used, major decision points, and the challenges and opportunities NC LIVE experienced throughout the development of its Home Grown Ebook Collection in hopes that others interested in similar models might benefit.
Recommended Citation
Morris, Jill
(2015)
"Home Grown Ebooks: North Carolina’s Collaborative Ebook Pilot Project,"
Collaborative Librarianship: Vol. 7:
Iss.
1, Article 5.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.du.edu/collaborativelibrarianship/vol7/iss1/5