From celeste.feather at lyrasis.org Tue Sep 6 14:14:13 2016 From: celeste.feather at lyrasis.org (Celeste Feather) Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2016 18:14:13 +0000 Subject: [Lyrarl] Knowledge Unlatched 2016 Message-ID: Colleagues, I?d like to share the recent announcement from Knowledge Unlatched about the new KU Select 2016 Collection of Open Access scholarly ebooks. 54 scholarly publishers, including 21 North American university presses, are providing 343 titles for KU Select 2016. Features of the KU Select 2016 Collection include: * 343 titles available: 147 front list (published from Nov 2016-April 2017) and 196 backlist (published between 2005-2015) * 14 subject packages: Anthropology, Archaeology, Classics, Economics & Management, History, Information Science, Languages & Linguistics, Literature, Media & Communications, Music, Philosophy, Political Science, Sociology, Theology & Religion * Flexible title pick and choose option * Publishers provide a 35% discount off list price for purchases of additional formats * Selected by 40 librarians in 12 countries from an initial list of 681 potential titles * Unlatched books are available on Creative Commons licenses as fully downloadable PDFs * Hosting and preservation by OAPEN and HathiTrust. Also preserved by CLOCKSS and Portico * Institutional usage statistics for books in KU Select 2016 will be provided in 2017 Libraries may register now at the new Library Portal to receive updates and to pledge support for titles in KU Select 2016. Final pledges are due by January 31, 2017. Supporting libraries may pledge for either: 1) The complete KU Select 2016 collection of 343 titles (both front list and backlist) for $10,780 - with a minimum pledge required of 90%, or $9,702 OR ? 2) The KU Select 2016 front list collection only of 147 titles for $8,085 - with a minimum pledge of 90%, or $7,277 LYRASIS is providing support for KU in North America and will be providing invoices to libraries for their pledged amount. For additional information: ? Register to attend an upcoming webinar ? At A Glance brochure, FAQ, Prospectus, Title List, Pricing Table, and Governance Strategy documents are all available at http://www.knowledgeunlatched.org/download/ If you have any questions, I will be glad to discuss Knowledge Unlatched with you. I regard it as a promising, innovative, game-changing program that is establishing a sustainable path to Open Access for high quality scholarly monographs. Thanks. Celeste Celeste Feather Senior Director of Licensing and Strategic Partnerships celeste.feather at lyrasis.org 800.999.8558 x2954 (toll-free) 678-235-2954 (direct) celeste.feather (Skype) [cid:D9C43C04-DF4E-467C-B0BC-358EF417F998] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 4483 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: From Sharla.Lair at lyrasis.org Wed Sep 7 11:51:06 2016 From: Sharla.Lair at lyrasis.org (Sharla Lair) Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2016 15:51:06 +0000 Subject: [Lyrarl] Cornell Open Message-ID: Greetings: The following is an announcement from Cornell University Press about the launch of their new open access portal for classic out-of-print titles. Please feel free to share the announcement and the accompanying survey with your community. ________________________________ This summer, Cornell University Press launched Cornell Open, a new global open-access portal for classic out-of-print titles from the catalog of Cornell University Press. The project is funded by the newly created Humanities Open Book Program, a collaborative effort between the National Endowment for the Humanities and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Selection Process Cornell University Library and Press staff began the process of selecting the first twenty books to be digitized with the NEH grant by examining over two decades of the library's circulation statistics for influential Press titles which are currently out-of-print. Scholars and subject specialists in selected fields were then asked to evaluate the list of prospective titles using both this quantitative data and their own knowledge of research and teaching needs in their specialty areas, to choose those books of greatest continuing interest and relevance. Subject Areas Currently, twenty titles are available from Literary Criticism and Theory, German Studies, and Slavic Studies subject areas. Cornell University Press plans to digitize 150 books up and through 2019. The next phase will expand access into more subject areas such as Anthropology, Classics, Political Science and more out-of-print titles in Literary Studies. Access Cornell Open titles are available on Cornell Open's website as well as on platforms of collaborative partners JSTOR and Project MUSE. They are soon to be located on HathiTrust and OAPEN in both PDF and EPUB3 formats. Links to purchase print on demand copies will also be available in the near future. Marketing Social media badges have been created to help market these titles to your community. You may use the badges in any way that you like. Access Badges Survey Cornell Open titles are selected based on circulation and impact over time and are encouraged for course use. Is this content useful at your institution? How will you use these titles? What are your thoughts about the Cornell Open Program as a whole? Please give us your feedback by filling out a brief survey. Access Survey You are welcome and encouraged to distribute this survey to other faculty at your institution. Thank you, Sharla Sharla Lair Licensing Program Strategist sharla.lair at lyrasis.org 404-977-0060 cell sharla.lair Skype [LYRASIS] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image002.png Type: image/png Size: 11589 bytes Desc: image002.png URL: From Sharla.Lair at lyrasis.org Thu Sep 29 15:30:20 2016 From: Sharla.Lair at lyrasis.org (Sharla Lair) Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2016 19:30:20 +0000 Subject: [Lyrarl] 2017 Duke University Press e-Duke Books Scholarly Collections Offer Message-ID: Hello everyone. I am excited to announce the 2017 Duke University Press e-Duke Books Scholarly Collections offer. This offer is for their 2008-2017 annual collections, the e-Duke Books Archive (pre-2008 titles), as well as the new e-Duke Books Scholarly Subject Collections for Gender Studies and Latin American Studies. Institutions new to e-Duke Scholarly Books will receive an extra 5% discount if they order by December 15. Additional savings can also be attained through a More-The-Merrier offer, whereby the greater the participation the greater the discount. The deadline for the group offer is February 28, 2017. Please find attached the 2017 pricing and a memo with a full explanation of the offer, including: * Discounts available * Link to ARL/LYRASIS group license * Link to 2017 pricing * Link to survey form to express your interest in purchasing Please let me know if you have any questions, and I will be glad to work with you if you are interested in placing orders for the e-Duke Books Scholarly Collections in 2017. Thank you, Sharla Sharla Lair Licensing Program Strategist sharla.lair at lyrasis.org 404-977-0060 cell sharla.lair Skype [LYRASIS] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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