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. So 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.
Please note:
- 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.
- A conortium discount of 10% will apply to most collections (except the 'All Books" purchases and "top up" orders). A further 6.5 % discount will apply to the consortium invoice on ALL orders.
- Consortium discounts and special offer discounts cannot be combined.
Updates:
From the vendor:
Pricing for the 2018 Project MUSE Book Collections is now available, including the complete set of nearly 3,000 forthcoming 2018 titles and numerous subject and area studies collections. A highlight of the 2018 offerings is a new subject collection in Public Health, featuring over 50 newly-released books in the field from several of our university press publishers. Presses contributing to the new Public Health subject collection include Johns Hopkins University Press, Cornell University Press. Rutgers University Press, University of Minnesota Press, University Press of New England, and Vanderbilt University Press.
Over 4,000 additional books will be available on the MUSE platform by the end of 2018, bringing the total to more than 54,000 scholarly titles. Wits University Press (based at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa) and Manchester University Press are newly contributing books to collections on the platform in 2018, including both new and backlist titles. Preliminary title lists for the newly-available collections are available on our web site. MUSE publishers continuously submit information on the new books expected for the 2018 collections and title lists will be updated frequently with additional title data.
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 http://muse.jhu.edu/about/order/book_collections.html.
