A Report on the Survey of the eBooks and eLending in African Countries

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dc.contributor.authorAllen, Margaret
dc.contributor.authorKaddu, Sarah
dc.date.accessioned2025-04-24T10:16:19Z
dc.date.available2025-04-24T10:16:19Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractThe rise of eBooks and eLending in some regions such as north America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand libraries are facing a number of significant challenges in accessing eBook content and eLending to their users. Lack of access to content, varied pricing models, subscription licensing and privacy concerns are examples of the challenges faced by libraries. Whilst the situation in many parts of the world are well understood, the extent of eBooks, and eLending and the particular challenges for African libraries is less clear, particularly outside of academic libraries. Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent. It is about 30.2 million kmĀ² (11.7 million sq mi) including adjacent islands. It covers six percent of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4 percent of the total land area. With 1.1 billion people as of 2013, it accounts for about 15% of the world's human population. The continent is surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, both the Suez Canal and the Red Sea along the Sinai Peninsula to the northeast, the Indian Ocean to the southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. The continent includes Madagascar and various archipelagoes. It has 54 fully recognized sovereign states (UN Report, 2010).
dc.identifier.citationAllen, M., & Kaddu, S. (2014). A Report on the Survey of the eBooks and eLending in African Countries. IFLA International Leaders Programme, Group, 3.
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.ifla.org/files/assets/alp/leadership/ebook_responses_report_march_2014.pdf/1000
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/handle/123456789/11117
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherIFLA International Leaders Programme
dc.titleA Report on the Survey of the eBooks and eLending in African Countries
dc.typeArticle
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