E-Book Services

According to Wikipedia Encyclopedia, e-book is “an electronic (or digital) version of book. The term is used ambiguously to refer to either an individual work in digital format, or a hardware device used to read books in digital format”.

An e-book can be accessed at any hour of any day.

In year 2005, Pustaka recently subscribed 200 e-Book title in an effort to increase digital contents for Pustaka users.

Features

• Most books are viewed in HTML and PDF format
• Provides powerful text searching of every word in the book
• Link from the Table of Contents and the Index of the book
• An embedded dictionary linked to every word in each e-book
• e-Books can be viewed by using only a PC with web browser and internet connection
• Unlimited number of readers can access these e-books at the same time

Benefit

• Offer 24x7 availability, remote access outside the physical library, there is no “library closed” time
• Accessibility from anywhere- from home, from office etc, which makes it useful for distant education learning
• Will never be lost, damaged, stolen or overdued
• The first choice for information transmission between authors, publishers and users across the world as there is no posting involved
• No freight charges
• Users get the information immediately rather than having to wait for weeks
• Enriches the digital library and enhances the library role in the e-Age
• Provides useful usage statistics for library management
• Tremendous cost saving:

-cataloguing and physical processing tasks of printed books

-physical circulation and follow-up with past-due books

-theft, mutilation and replacement risks of printed books

-shelving, re-shelving and shelf-reading tasks of printed books

-provision of library shelf spce for printed books