eBooks

  • PDF, the Preferred Digital Format for Ebooks

    As we purchase digital textbooks and content, one opportunity for improvement that we hear about is the format of the content. Users tend to want the content in true PDF form so that it is easier to find assigned readings and to match cited pages within a source. It is common for professors to assign… Continue reading

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  • Free & Low-Cost Course Materials

    At our law library we maintain one print copy of each required textbook for a semester. To meet this service our access services department reviews a list of required textbooks for the coming semester. We check these against what we currently have in our collection and then create a list of textbooks that we need… Continue reading


  • Digital Casebooks

    For law school libraries that provide required textbooks as part of their course reserve services, it is a good time to review various features of digital casebooks. While some vendors sell bundled packages of casebooks, this post is about casebooks purchased as individual ebooks for library patron use. Libraries can purchase Aspen casebooks individually in… Continue reading

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