{"id":15,"date":"2018-07-11T19:21:15","date_gmt":"2018-07-11T19:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.library.ualberta.ca\/collections-information\/?page_id=15"},"modified":"2024-10-01T16:52:13","modified_gmt":"2024-10-01T16:52:13","slug":"books","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.library.ualberta.ca\/collections-information\/books\/","title":{"rendered":"Books"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Electronic format should be considered the default preference for all monographs whenever possible<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>To request a book, use the <a href=\"https:\/\/web.library.ualberta.ca\/recommend_purchase\/index.cfm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Recommend a Purchase<\/a> form. This form is for all University community members, including UAL staff.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To see all requests, visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/staff.library.ualberta.ca\/toolstemplates\/reserverequest\/monographorders\/reports\/MonographOrdersReadOnly.php\">mono orders database<\/a> (viewable by UAL staff).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To see <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1DNxgtG24QEqDczCiED8scZGxp-iFvyHFU-eLZzZwS1I\/edit?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\">turnaway and mediated request titles, visit the list<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\nThe University of Alberta Libraries acquires ebooks in the following ways:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Purchase of large, multi-title packages from a single publisher &nbsp; <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Subscriptions to large, multi-title, multi-publisher packages, usually via an aggregator platform <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Purchase of individual ebooks, usually via our preferred supplier for English monographs (ProQuest).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Here&#8217;s a visual overview of how our different English-language monograph processes work together<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"757\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.library.ualberta.ca\/collections-information\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/English-language-book-ordering-processes-Augus-2019-1024x757.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.library.ualberta.ca\/collections-information\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/English-language-book-ordering-processes-Augus-2019-1024x757.png 1024w, https:\/\/sites.library.ualberta.ca\/collections-information\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/English-language-book-ordering-processes-Augus-2019-300x222.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.library.ualberta.ca\/collections-information\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/English-language-book-ordering-processes-Augus-2019-768x568.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.library.ualberta.ca\/collections-information\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/English-language-book-ordering-processes-Augus-2019-1200x887.png 1200w, https:\/\/sites.library.ualberta.ca\/collections-information\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/English-language-book-ordering-processes-Augus-2019.png 1240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>More detailed information is available through the following links:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/guides.library.ualberta.ca\/ebooks\">Ebooks LibGuide<\/a>:&nbsp;Currently being updated by the CSU Team, this guide provides information for common ebook scenarios, such as wanting to assign an ebook as a required course textbook.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/a\/ualberta.ca\/document\/d\/1Rj4PhNqJXEpglNbhrnGVcNDz-PRGpdubVe1YWBvw8PI\/edit?usp=sharing\">Ebook packages<\/a>: Holdings information for packages we are currently purchasing directly from publishers. These publishers are excluded from our approval and PDA plans<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1nE3tUt6p24Xn-LsCxDQSw5kHVOxYgkg6pBWNQS1uTc8\/edit?usp=sharing\">Guidelines for the selection of ebooks<\/a><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1NUCsZt4QxBhTN3BM_uYsAPkxD-3KPFrYaZKN6338jhQ\/edit?usp=sharing\">Ebook cataloguing codes<\/a>:&nbsp;These codes are used by our ebook cataloguers to track which packages individual ebooks belong to&nbsp;(Item Cat 2 field in Workflows)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Electronic format should be considered the default preference for all monographs whenever possible The University of Alberta Libraries acquires ebooks in the following ways: Here&#8217;s a visual overview of how our different English-language monograph processes work together: More detailed information is available through the following links:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-15","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","clearfix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.library.ualberta.ca\/collections-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.library.ualberta.ca\/collections-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.library.ualberta.ca\/collections-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.library.ualberta.ca\/collections-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.library.ualberta.ca\/collections-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/sites.library.ualberta.ca\/collections-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2813,"href":"https:\/\/sites.library.ualberta.ca\/collections-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15\/revisions\/2813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.library.ualberta.ca\/collections-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}