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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>I am pleased to share with you a report that discusses the usage of the Project MUSE ebooks collections purchased in 2012 under the terms of the ARL/LYRASIS group license. The report is available here:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://bit.ly/16EWTiy">2012 Project MUSE eBook Collection Usage Report</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The number of libraries that have purchased collections under this license continues to grow, and I look forward to analyzing the usage data next year that results from the purchases made in both 2012 and 2013. We can learn a great deal from this activity that will benefit the ARL community and other libraries that are participating in the Project MUSE ebook offer through the ARL Licensing Initiative.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Comments and thoughts are most welcome.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Celeste<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Celeste Feather<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Senior Licensing Program Account Manager<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>LYRASIS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><a href="mailto:celeste.feather@lyrasis.org"><span style='color:blue'>celeste.feather@lyrasis.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>800-999-8558 ext. 2954 (Toll-free)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>678-235-2954 (Direct)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>404-550-6459 (Cell)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>celeste.feather (Skype)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.lyrasis.org/"><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=140 height=46 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01CE8E02.5CA0BD80" alt="cid:image001.png@01CE1341.AA604180"></span></b></a><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Lyrasis/148102075244"><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=24 height=24 id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image002.jpg@01CE8E02.5CA0BD80" alt="cid:image002.jpg@01CE1341.AA604180"></span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/lyrasis"><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=23 height=24 id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image003.jpg@01CE8E02.5CA0BD80" alt="cid:image003.jpg@01CE1341.AA604180"></span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>