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1.  Arkansas State University purchases entire Books at JSTOR corpus
  
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Date:       Tues, 9 Apr 2013 02:18 pm (EDT)
From:     Sarah Glasser <Sarah.Glasser@ithaka.org>
Subject:  Arkansas State University purchases entire Books at JSTOR corpus
 

Arkansas State University purchases entire Books at JSTOR corpus

Dean B. Ellis Library is first institution to make over 14,000 front- and backlist titles available to patrons

 JSTOR is pleased to announce that Arkansas State University's Dean B. Ellis Library has entered into an agreement to purchase the entire corpus of books available through the Books at JSTOR program. With the launch of Books at JSTOR in November 2012, scholarly monographs from 34 participating presses are now available on the JSTOR platform. Books are cross-searchable with the millions of journal articles and primary sources on JSTOR, linked through a vast network of citations, and contextualized by more than 1 million book reviews on the platform. In addition to making outright purchases, Arkansas State University will supplement its collection by running a demand-driven acquisition program with JSTOR.

 "After intense analysis and evaluation, we are pleased to install Books at JSTOR as the foundation of our e-book collection," commented Jeff Bailey, director of Library Services. "We are committed to providing our students and faculty with the highest quality digital scholarship, and the JSTOR platform continues to meet our needs."

Frank Smith, director of Books at JSTOR, added, "We're delighted to have Arkansas State's commitment and their recognition of the value of the program and the benefits of having access to scholarly books on JSTOR. We think students and faculty at Arkansas State will find many scholarly treasures in the books offered through JSTOR. The books should be a boon for scholarly research, whether for an undergraduate essay or path-breaking journal article or monograph."

For more information, please visit http://about.jstor.org, contact us at participation@jstor.org, or stop by booth #1221 at ACRL.

About Arkansas State University Library
The Dean B. Ellis Library at Arkansas State University serves more than 15,000 students and faculty, and meets the informational and research needs of the university by offering a variety of services, including a wealth of electronic resources. Arkansas State University, located in Jonesboro, AR, is the flagship campus of the Arkansas State University System. The university was founded in 1909 and offers more than 40 degree programs in nearly 150 fields of study.

About JSTOR
JSTOR is a digital library of more than 1,900 academic journals, 14,000 books, and 2 million primary source objects. JSTOR helps people discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content through a powerful research and teaching platform, and preserves this content for future generations. JSTOR is part of ITHAKA, a not-for-profit organization that also includes Ithaka S+R and Portico. For more information, please visit http://about.jstor.org.

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Sarah Glasser
Director, Global Product Marketing
ITHAKA
Tel: 212-358-6419
sarah.glasser@ithaka.org

ITHAKA (www.ithaka.org) is a not-for-profit organization that helps the academic community use digital technologies to preserve the scholarly record and to advance research and teaching in sustainable ways. We provide innovative services that benefit higher education, including Ithaka S+R, JSTOR, and Portico.