Wed, February 8, 2017 (All day)
The UC Libraries have agreed to participate in a new Demand-Driven Acquisition pilot program for Books at JSTOR for two years, begun in January 2017. The pilot includes titles from approximately 90 publishers, primarily university presses, and includes English-only frontlist titles published in 2017 and 2018. Pilot titles span all disciplines, with 3,000 available in 2017 and another 3,000 added in 2018, for a total of 6,000 titles accessible.
Free browsing allows for students and faculty to use these ebooks before a consortial purchase of the title. After a number of chapter views or downloads on a particular title across the system, the next use will activate a purchase with unlimited, simultaneous use and perpetual rights for all nine participating campuses (excluding UCSF).
