Eric Sven Hellman

As e-books emerge into the public consciousness, ⁰́₋Open Access⁰́₊, a concept already familiar to scholarly publishers and academic libraries, will play an increasing role for all sorts of publishers and libraries. This chapter discusses what Open Access means in the context of e-books, how Open Access e-books can be supported, and the roles that Open Access e-books will play in libraries and in our society.