Scholarly Publishing: Library and Publishing Organizations Partner to Promote Canadian eBook Scholarship

From the Ontario Council of University Libraries:

The Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL) and twelve members of the Association of Canadian University Presses/Association Des Presses Universitaires Canadiennes (ACUP/APUC), in conjunction with eBOUND Canada have partnered to promote and support the availability of Canadian scholarship in ebook format throughout Ontario’s universities.
The agreement reached by OCUL, ACUP/APUC and eBOUND Canada will provide access, via OCUL’s Scholars Portal Books platform to a comprehensive collection of over 3,000 ebooks published primarily between 2007-2012.  The agreement also has a roll-forward licensing provision and it is anticipated the volume will grow to a total of nearly 4,000 titles by 2014.
This collection, which is comprised of ebooks, almost all of which are not currently owned by the OCUL community, will significantly expand OCUL’s ebook holdings of Canadian scholarly works. The agreement provides OCUL with perpetual ownership and local hosting rights on the Scholars Portal Books platform for all of the content provided.
OCUL libraries are committed to building ebook collections that reflect the intellectual richness and diversity of Canadian scholarship. This agreement is a major step toward ensuring this wealth of scholarship is readily accessible and preserved in ebook format for the benefit of the OCUL community. Scholars Portal Books will be the exclusive point of access to the collection, soon to be available to over 290,000 students and faculty at the ten early adopting OCUL libraries currently participating in the deal.  This will ensure they can easily search and use this important gathering of Canadian scholarship, now and into the future.

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