id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt crl-16475 Georgas, Helen The Case of the Disappearing E-Book: Academic Libraries and Subscription Packages 2015-11-01 16 .pdf application/pdf 8338 328 49 The benefits of such a model for libraries are many: it is less expensive than purchasing e-book titles individually, it includes a broad range of titles by many different publishers covering many different subjects, it allows for simultaneous access by multiple users, it eliminates the need to purchase print copies of a book, and it allows for remote 24/7 access to content. It may be that academic librarians should discourage the use of subscription-based e- books as course materials and focus their attention on promoting the use of truly owned, or perpetual access, e-book titles. cache/crl-16475.pdf txt/crl-16475.txt