Chapter 7: Water on a Hot Skillet
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5860/ltr.47n8Abstract
The rise of emerging technologies and the evolving needs of scholars have emboldened libraries to experiment more directly with digital scholarship. This chapter of The No Shelf Required Guide to E-book Purchasing examines the problems associated with print textbooks and how electronic textbooks, although still an emerging technology, provide a viable future alternative.
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