JSTOR’s Open Access Ebook Collection Adds 409 New Titles

March 8, 2017 by Gary Price

From a JSTOR Update Blog Post by Kristen Garlock:

We are very pleased to announce that ANU [Australian National University] Press has made 409 titles available as part of JSTOR’s open access ebook collection at no cost to libraries or users.

2017-03-08_11-28-05 Direct to List of Open Access Ebooks on JSTOR (.xls)
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See Also: Other JSTOR Resources/Programs Open to All

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Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.

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