March 5, 2013
University Press Ebook Offers
University Press Scholarship Online
Oxford's University Press Scholarship Online is offering titles from the 2011-2013 ebook collection. Collections are available by year (2011-2013), by publisher (11), and by subject (25). Pricing is based on the familiar Oxford 5-level pricing tiers based on FTE. The offer is a "more-the-merrier" type of deal with greater discounts based on increased number of participants:
· Up to 49 libraries (15-25% off tiered list, depending on collection purchased)
· 50-74 libraries (25-35% off tiered list, depending on collection purchased)
· 75-99 libraries (35-45% off list, depending on collection purchased)
The participating publishers are:
· American University in Cairo Press
· University of California Press
· University of Chicago Press
· University of Edinburgh (UK) Press
· University Press of Florida
· Fordham University Press
· Hong Kong University Press
· University Press of Kentucky
· University of Manchester (UK)
· Oxford University Press
· Policy Press (from the University of Bristol in the UK)
Minitex is working with a group of consortia via Lyrasis to extend this University Press Scholarship Online offer. Please contact Rita Baladad for more information.
De Gruyter/Harvard University Press
De Gruyter is offering two collections – titles from 2013 and titles from 2011-2012 from Harvard University Press. The collections come wtih no DRM and unlimited use. De Gruyter has priced these collections on their nine Carnegie-based tiers. The 2013 collection contains 166 titles, and the 2011-2012 collection contains 231 titles.
Minitex is pleased to be working with a group of consortia to extend this De Gruyter/HUP offer sponsored by ARL. It is a "the-more-the-merrier" type of deal. There are two participation levels set to achieve discounts for the collections; they are as follows:
· 15-29 Libraries
· 30+ Libraries
If you are interested in a title list and pricing, please contact Anne Hatinen.