| Summary: | <p>Hundreds of thousands of electronic texts are freely available on the internet, and many of them are texts which are used in colleges and universities in the UK. A report was commissioned by the JISC E-books Working Group to investigate the following questions:</p> <p> * What sorts of free e-books are available which are relevant to FE and HE in the UK?</p> <p> * Are they of sufficient quality for use in teaching and learning?</p> <p> * What is required to deploy them in the curriculum?</p> <p> * Can we save money by using free e-books instead of buying print books or commercial e-books?</p> <p> * Who are the actual and potential users of free e-books, and what are the possible uses?</p> <p> * To what extent can free e-books be converted to other formats, and assimilated into other resources or collections?</p> <p>The final report was produced in March 2003 and presented to the JISC. All of the information regarding the project can be found in this final report.</p>
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