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ebrary Academic Complete Renewal 2016-2017

Response Deadline: 
November 7, 2016

Subscription Term

Begins: 

November 1, 2016

Ends: 

October 31, 2017

Renewal pricing (option 1) and a special All Participant Deal (option 2) are now available for ebrary Academic Complete, College Complete, and University Press. BC ELN, COPPUL, The Alberta Library, and the Manitoba Library Consortium are participating in the ebrary renewal.


This is a multi-consortial license involving BC ELN, COPPUL, The Alberta Library, and the Manitoba Library Consortium.


Updates: 

October 11, 2016
Title lists for the University Press Collection have been uploaded below under supporting documentation. In order to give institutions time to explore the trial site and evaluate the title list, the deadline to indicate interest in Option 2 has been extended until November 7 for new subscribers. 
Current subscribers that are interested in a renewal of Option 1, should Option 2 not go forward, should notify BC ELN by October 24 if they have not already done so. There will be no invoices generated until the outcome on the Option 2 decision is confirmed.

Migration FAQ: a Proquest Ebook Central migration FAQ has been added in the Supporting Documentation section below.

There are two options for renewal this year.

Option 1: Current participants are being offered a 0% change on their renewal.

Option 2: There is also an "All Participant Deal" in which all Western Canadian institutions participate to receive the Academic Complete, College Complete and University Press collections on the new Ebook Central platform for approximately 30% more than current combined spend.

While 100% participation on option 2 may not be achieved, the initial responses from libraries will be used to further negotiate with Proquest after the Oct 24 deadline.

 

 

 

 


Overview

Vendor: 
ProQuest
Description: 

Academic Complete

Academic Complete comes with a growing selection of 200,000+ titles that support curricula, graduation rate trends and emerging courses. It provides a continuously expanding collection of multi-disciplinary ebooks delivered on Ebook Central. All titles are selected for quality and relevance, with unique titles from Wiley and DRM-free chapter downloads. It is an affordable, critical mass of multi-disciplinary ebooks with unlimited, multi-user access, powerful research tools and DRM-free chapter download and high-demand titles with unlimited, multi-user access that support curricula, graduation rate trends and emerging courses combined with tools that enhance discovery drive library usage. This collection provides comprehensive coverage with anywhere, anytime access, with useful research tools, offline reading and a mobile-friendly interface. Plus, includes the Books Display Widget and select elements from Syndetics Unbound for greater discovery and usage.

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Response

Current Subscribers: 

Response Instructions

At this time, a indication of interest for Option 1 or Option 2 is required to continue negotations with Proquest.

To indicate your interest in Option 1 or Option 2, BC ELN libraries should contact BC ELN Licensing by the response deadline.

Terms & Conditions

Additional Information

Training Sessions:

Proquest offers recorded webinars as well as dedicated training. Their training schedule is available at:
http://www.proquest.com/go/ProQuestEbookCentralCourses.
 
If you are interested in scheduling a personalized session with one of their trainers please email 
training@proquest.com

Webinars have also been scheduled for the final week of October, first week of November. Please contact BC ELN licensing if you require the schedule and access information.

Help Documentation:

The Ebook Central LibGuide: http://proquest.libguides.com/ebookcentral
 
Online Quick Start link for patrons (with links to additional detail):
http://support.proquest.com/apex/homepage?id=kA140000000Gxj0CAC&l=en_US
 
Printable and customizable Quick Start Guides:
PDF version: http://corpweb.proquest.com/docs/qsg-ebookcentral.pdf
Customizable: http://corpweb.proquest.com/docs/qsg-ebookcentral.doc
 
Videos: http://www.proquest.com/go/ProQuestEbookCentralVideos

A wealth of screenshots to incorporate in your own materials:
http://corpweb.proquest.com/docs/ebookcentral-screenshots.ppt