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January 27th, 2010
The Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC) has agreed to acquire the complete ScienceDirect eBooks collections through Elsevier for 2008, 2009, and 2010, in addition to Wiley-Blackwell eBook titles covering the 2008 and 2009 publishing years.
As a result, libraries and patrons in CIC member institutions – including Purdue – will be able to access over 1,300 titles across 18 science, technical and medical subject areas through Science Direct, and approximately 2,200 titles through Wiley-Blackwell.
In addition to Purdue, CIC member institutions include Indiana University, Michigan State University, Northwestern University, Pennsylvania State University, University of Illinois, University of Iowa, University of Michigan, University of Minnesota and the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Access to these eBook collections provides member patrons with access in the library or remotely, any time, as well as powerful search and browse tools.
At Purdue, the collection will soon be available through the Purdue Libraries catalog, searchable on the Purdue Libraries homepage at www.lib.purdue.edu or by visiting http://catalog.lib.purdue.edu.
Investing in eBook collections supports the Purdue Libraries initiatives to move towards more digital resources and to look for cost-effective alternatives to acquiring and owning printed materials.
CIC chose to acquire the eBooks collections based in part on a careful analysis of current ebook usage among consortium member institutions. Participating schools found “that when they worked together to make a critical mass of content accessible, it was immediately noticed and used by faculty and students,” said Kim Armstrong, Assistant Director, CIC Center for Library Initiatives.
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Sources: PRNewswire and CLI e-News
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