How the Covid-19 pandemic accelerated an e-book crisis and the #ebooksos campaign for reform

Anderson, Yohanna ORCID: 0000-0001-5276-6137 and McCauley, Cathal ORCID: 0000-0002-0849-9059 (2022) How the Covid-19 pandemic accelerated an e-book crisis and the #ebooksos campaign for reform. Insights the UKSG Journal, 35 (13). pp. 1-8. doi:10.1629/uksg.586

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Abstract

This article sets out the problems with the e-book market and the origins and work to date of #ebooksos, a librarian-led campaign for a fairer e-book market for libraries. While many of the issues identified predated the Covid-19 pandemic, the rapid pivot to remote teaching and learning and the subsequent change in working cultures it precipitated brought these issues to a head. The article is primarily about the academic context as the authors are academic librarians, but the e-book library crisis applies to all sectors and the #ebooksos campaign aims to represent them all. While it is recognized that change will take time, as with related change in areas such as open access and the movement of journals from print to online, this underlines, rather than diminishes, the need for the campaign to keep highlighting the problems and to work with colleagues and stakeholders to deliver an approach to e-books that is equitable and sustainable. The #ebooksos campaign is in its infancy and thus this article presents a snapshot of a work in progress at the vanguard of librarianship and information work.

Item Type:	Article
Article Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Yohanna Anderson has been extensively cited in Chapter 2 of Moody, G. (2022) Walled Culture: How Big Content Uses Technology and the Law to Lock Down Culture and Keep Creators Poor. BTF Press. 306 pp. ISBN 978- 946459495-9, 7.67 USD (paperback); ISBN 978-946459849-0 (ebook).
Uncontrolled Keywords:	ebooks; Covid; #ebooksos; library; publishing; licensing
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Subjects:	L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB2300 Higher Education L Education > LT Textbooks Z Bibliography. Library Science. Information Resources > Z004 Books. Writing. Paleography Z Bibliography. Library Science. Information Resources > Z665 Library Science. Information Science Z Bibliography. Library Science. Information Resources > ZA Information resources > ZA4050 Electronic information resources
Divisions:	Professional Services > Libraries and Student Support
Research Priority Areas:	Society and Learning
Depositing User:	Yohanna Anderson
Date Deposited:	10 Aug 2022 08:41
Last Modified:	13 Jun 2023 13:56
URI:	https://eprints.glos.ac.uk/id/eprint/11447

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