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Vol. 19, No. 1, October 2001


Contents


ASSIGN NEWS

Update
Heather Dawson, ASSIGN Secretary
1
UK Data Archive visit
Heather Dawson, ASSIGN Secretary
2
 

SPECIALFOCUS: E-BOOKS AND E-PUBLISHING

Evaluations
 
The book goes electronic
Andrew Cox, LITC, South Bank University
5
The e-bookreading experience: nasty or nice?
Conrad Taylor, Independent Teacher
11
Electronic books as learning tools: designing for usability
Ruth Wilson, University of Strathclyde

14

   
Matters arising
Starting to think about e-books? Some key issues for consideration
Louise Edwards, DNER Collections Manager and Hazel Woodward, University Librarian, Cranfield University
19
Bibliographical access for electronic monographs
Chris Armstrong, Information Automation Limited and Ray Lonsdale, University of Wales, Aberystwyth
23
PELICAN: working on a solution to the pricing problem
R.L.Hardy, C. Oppenheim and I. Rubbert, Loughborough University
27

HERON's role in copyright clearance for digital course readings
Helen Pickering and Joan Hughes, University of Stirling

31
   
Initiatives  
The Academic Library.com: Pluto Press's e-book initiative
Julie Stoll, Pluto Press
36
The global site: critical gateway to world society and politics
Martin Shaw, University of Sussex
39
Social science on the net
E-book publishing; New developments
Heather Dawson, SOSIG Government and Politics Editor
42

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