E–Books collection development in Academic Libraries with special reference to Banaras Hindu University Varanasi

Abstract

Advantages of E-Book is accepted by most internet users, who have high expectations for searching all electronic material, while librarians appreciate the progress this represents for reference service. Internal hyper linking and more frequent updating of content add to electronic books appeal, and e-books can also be usefully linked with other library resources, such as the catalog or a Meta search engine. In an academic environment there are some obstacles in using e-books. It is the reasonability of academic staff and librarians imparting the use of E-books to their users. This study clearly explained the advantages and problems of E-books and discussed about the e-Books which is available in BHU.