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You Mean There’s A Way Around This License?

Posted by Tim on 25 September, 2007 in Products and Services

The bane of many a collection development or acquisitions librarian’s existence is the myriad licenses required for acquiring electronic resources. Cooperative arrangements, like those available through SOLINET for many resources, can help ease the burden, but couldn’t there be an even easier way?
Enter SERU: A Shared Electronic Resource Understanding. SERU is a [...]

SOLINET and eBooks: Summer Milestones

Posted by Tim on 17 August, 2007 in Products and Services

Spring and summer of this year were heady times for ebook afficianados (and yes, it does appear that eBooks are developing a following!). It seemed like every week something significant was coming out in the ebooks arena. ebrary and Springer issued new reports on ebook adoption and efficiencies for libraries and their users. [...]