Consortia of academic libraries (includes groups of universities that share access or large state ‐ wide licenses)
Not exact matches
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.
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.