What you are paying, who you are paying it to, and what to ask before the next renewal.
Why a library ebook can cost more than the consumer copy and still expire. A short guide to comparing licenses, terms, and your own invoices.
Ebooks
Move the sliders and see what your library actually pays to lend a digital book. The interactive companion to Follow the Dollar, with every number sourced.
Ebooks
Part of the Digital lending record
A patron asks why she can't save the ebook she borrowed from Libby. You explain it disappears when the lending period ends. She asks why. You realize you've never fully explained why. Here's the answer.
Ebooks
Part of the Digital lending record
At this year's Library Insights Summit, a librarian named the reason small-press books rarely make it onto library shelves. The diagnosis was sharp. The advice stopped one step short of it.
Library systems