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UPCC Project Muse eBooks Offer 2018-2019

Response Deadline: 
February 25, 2019

Subscription Term

Begins: 

January 1, 2019

Ends: 

December 31, 2019

Project MUSE eBooks

BC ELN partner libraries can purchase any of the Project Muse E-Book collections through BC ELN, for a consortial discount of 10% plus an additional 6.5% applied when the consortial invoice is prepared. This offer is made nation-wide through Consortia Canada.

This offer is unusual in that Project MUSE expects that most ebook purchases will require a facilitated sales/ordering process with MUSE staff as it may be difficult for a library to figure out how best to get the content most applicable. There is some content overlap among collections; libraries should ask MUSE about this and be clear on what is included in each collection being ordered because MUSE will not adjust pricing due to overlap. Libraries are asked to consult with MUSE directly before making a purchase decision. However, the actual order must come from the consortium to qualify for consortium discounts.

MUSE Contact for libraries is Doug Storm, das@press.jhu.edu, Phone: 217-823-0286.

 


This license is made available through a national site license negotiated on behalf of Consortia Canada by The Alberta Library (TAL). 


Updates: 

From the vendor: 

By the end of 2019, there will be nearly 57,000 ebooks on MUSE, from over 120 distinguished scholarly presses. 

Project MUSE offers access to thousands of books from more than 100 distinguished scholarly publishers in a wide range of subjects within the humanities and social sciences. MUSE offers several purchase and subscription options to accommodate the different research needs and budgets at academic institutions. Participating publishers select the titles they offer on the MUSE platform on an annual basis, and decide through which product models they will make their books available on MUSE.

Book Collections are available for purchase in a variety of options, including collections by subject or by area studies, as complete collections of all titles released on MUSE from a single publication year, archival collections of backlist titles, and supplemental collections of titles added to the MUSE platform after their initial publication year. Purchase of a MUSE Book Collection conveys perpetual access rights and interlibrary loan permission for the included books. Two subscription options, with access but not perpetual ownership or ILL rights, are also available. 

Project MUSE also offers a program of Evidence-Based Acquisition (EBA) of book titles on MUSE. There are currently over 35,000 books in this program.

Further details on MUSE Books, including participating publishers, collection descriptions and title lists, a sample purchase agreement, and free sample book content, may be found at https://about.muse.jhu.edu/librarians/book-products/


Overview

Vendor: 
Johns Hopkins University Press
Description: 

Project MUSE has been a trusted provider of humanities and social science content for the scholarly community since 1995. The MUSE platform offers 100% complete, full-text, journal, book, and related content from over 200 not-for-profit publishers including many of the world's most distinguished university presses, scholarly societies, independent publishers, and academic departments. All content is fully integrated on the MUSE platform for searching and discovery, with the following features:

  • DRM-free
  • Unlimited access and unlimited simultaneous usage
  • Unlimited downloading and printing
  • Responsive mobile interface
  • Compliance with accessibility standards
  • Integration and linking with discovery services
  • Archiving and preservation of all digital content with Portico
  • Reliable 24/7 access
  • Authentication via IP, Shibboleth, referring URL, or secure proxy

Book Collections are available for purchase in a variety of options, including collections by subject or by area studies, as complete collections of all titles released on MUSE from a single publication year, archival backlist titles, and supplemental collections of titles added to the MUSE platform after their initial publication year. Purchase of a MUSE Book Collection conveys perpetual access rights and interlibrary loan permission for the included books.

Project MUSE is excited to announce a flexible and cost-effective new way to acquire scholarly books on the platform. Project MUSE Books Custom Collections offer ultimate choice – libraries may design a targeted collection by filtering our 70,000+ available titles on criteria such as subject, publisher, and publication date, or may more closely curate a collection by making individual title selections. Instantly gain resources to support a new program/major, easily add electronic access for existing print holdings, or quickly address course needs with a collection tailored to instructor requests.

Project MUSE offers open access (OA) books and journals from several distinguished university presses and scholarly societies. Through our open access hosting programs, we are able to offer publishers a platform for their OA content which ensures visibility, discoverability, and wide dissemination. These books and journals are freely available to libraries and users around the world.

A list of Project MUSE book collections and book publishers is available on the vendor's website.

[From vendor]

Last updated: January 4, 2021

 

 

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Response

Response Instructions

To PARTICIPATE, contact BC ELN by Monday, February 25, 2019, indicating which collection(s) you wish to participate in by filling out the book order form below. There is no need to calculate discounts, just fill out the list price for your library's tier.

BC ELN/COPPUL libraries should respond to BC ELN.

Terms & Conditions

Additional Information

Features of the UPCC Book Collections on MUSE include:

  • Unlimited simultaneous usage, printing and downloading
  • DRM-free PDF format, searchable and retrievable to the chapter level
  • COUNTER-compliant usage statistics
  • Free MARC records
  • Simultaneous publication in e and p formats for new titles
  • Perpetual access rights for purchased books
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