Taylor & Francis has launched a new eReader with the following enhancements: The new eReader is now live; the older versions of the eReader will be retired on February 16, 2025. Registered users will receive an email in the coming weeks with instructions on any action they need to take. […]
Hello everyone, For two of our large subscription ebook packages, books are added throughout the year (and their accompanying records are added to the catalogue), but removals happen only twice each year. This is an update on removals that will occur in December 2024 and January 2025. Lists of removed […]
The Library Futures organisation has created the following principles for library ownership of digital books: This proposal is actually quite different from the current environment, in which libraries can purchase perpetual access to digital books but there are still limitations on what they can do with those books. In most […]
We’ve updated our statement on the ebook availability of commercial textbooks. While we are able to purchase some course materials in ebook format, the majority of traditional textbooks remain unavailable to libraries except as print books.
We were able to use some endowment funds to subscribe to the Leuven Database of Ancient Books, which collects information on all literary texts in all ancient languages. Cuneiform is not yet covered, nor are the Egyptian Books of the Dead. Please consider adding this database to your libguide where appropriate.