Electronic Resources in Medical Libraries: Issues and Solutions

Abstract

Effective acquisition and management of electronic resources have become important for all kinds of libraries, and especially for medical libraries where up-to-date information is crucial. This collection, jointly edited by a practicing librarian and a professor of library science (Elizabeth Connor) and a retired librarian from Penn State University (Sandra Wood), is a contains ten papers dealing with issues related to electronic access and utilization of e-resources. These issues include collection development, pricing, open access, licensing, publisher liability, usage statistics and others.