Not exact matches
Consortia of
academic libraries (includes groups of universities that share access or large state ‐ wide licenses)
Unlike LSCA where only public
libraries were eligible for grants, LSTA funds are available to school
library media centers,
academic libraries, qualified private / research
libraries, special
libraries,
library consortia,
libraries in residential and correctional institutions as well as public
libraries.
Another 6 million have been preserved by the Eastern
Academic Scholars» Trust, a
consortium of 60
libraries from Maine to Florida.
A
consortium of 10
academic libraries in Nova Scotia, Novanet, has negotiated a deal with publishers to allow the sharing of ebooks among
libraries as freely as they share print books.
Novanet — a
consortium of 10
academic libraries founded in 1988 — has negotiated a new deal with publishers to allow the sharing of electronic books among
libraries as freely as the sharing of print books.
Today's updated matrix (PDF file) provides a complete list of the distributors that each publisher uses and fuller information about
library consortium access, including specifics for public,
academic, and school
library access.
The Tampa Bay Library
Consortium (TBLC), which represents 113 public,
academic, school, and special
libraries in the Sunshine State, has brought on a full - time videographer to serve each branch, and the
consortium as well.
A glance at how
libraries buy is also striking: 62 % of public
libraries and 58 % of
academics now buy ebooks via a
consortium, and 37 % and 76 % also buy ebooks independently.