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标题：Mapping of E-books in Science & Technology: An Analytical Study of Directory of Open Access Books
其他标题：Mapping of E-books in Science & Technology: An Analytical Study of Directory of Open Access Books
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作者：Vanita Khanchandani ; Moveen Kumar
期刊名称：DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology
电子版ISSN：0976-4658
出版年度：2017
卷号：37
期号：3
页码：172-179
DOI：10.14429/djlit.37.3.10692
语种：English
出版社：DESIDOC, Ministry of Defence, India
摘要：A detailed study of e-books in Science and Technology indexed in Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB) till May 15, 2016 is presented. Open access publishers, licenses and language-wise distribution of e-books indexed in DOAB is examined. The data collected only on the subjects listed in DDC-23 under Science and Technology domain. The results depicts that there are 1052 e-books indexed in Science and Technology in DOAB. The collection includes e-books that are both made-digital and born digital. Maximum books are on health sciences and published in English only. Mostly e-books have creative commons license. Moreover, Frontier Media SA is the most active open access e-book publisher. The study shall be helpful to library and information professionals as well as open access publishers.
关键词：Library and Information Science; Open Access;E-books ; Open Access (OA) ; Science and Technology (S&T) ; Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB) ; Internet Technology