assessing the impact of electronic course texts on print sales and library hard copy circulation
DESCRIPTION
This report looks at the impact of free at the point of use course text e-books licensed for the Observatory project on publisher’s retail sales and library circulation data. It is an extremely interesting report that uses transparent data.TRANSCRIPT
Final Report, November 2009
Assessing the impact of electronic course texts on print sales and library hard copy circulation
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Funded by JISC, JISC Collections provides its members with a catalogue of free and subscription-based online resources such as e-journals, e-books, full text databases, digital images, online film and geospatial data. Core to the service provided by JISC Collections is the quality evaluation of online resources, the expert negotiation process and the efficient national licensing undertaken for each online resource. JISC Collections always strives to widen accessibility to online resources, save its members time and money and to evolve licensing in line with members needs and the digital environment.
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5 Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test: z=-0.49, p=0.96
6 Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test: z=-2.023, p=0.043 7 Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test: z=-2.103, p=0.035 8 Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test: z=-1.352, p=0.176 9 Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test: z=-1.481, p=0.139
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Version 1.1, December 2009