MyCopy allows a library’s registered patrons to order soft cover copies, for their personal use, of those Springer eBooks that the library has previously purchased. Initially, 16 selected libraries and research institutions in the USA and Canada take part in the pilot project with more test partners set to join in early 2009.
The MyCopy Pilot is progressing splendidly in the US and Canada. Currently, there are 16 Development Partners enrolled in the program, and 13 additional Development Partners will join the Pilot in January 2009, spanning academic, government, and corporate institutions. MyCopy now boasts close to 11,500 eBooks that can be ordered Print-On-Demand. The market response has been very positive, as can be seen from the testimonial below. Provided that the great success of the Pilot continues, MyCopy will most likely be launched in the US in the 2nd quarter of 2009.
“This project represents a very innovative way in which to look at both publisher and library services for electronic content in the future, and MyCopy is a great value-add to our site license for these eBooks.” ~Wendy Allen Shelburne, Assistant professor, Acquisitions (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
See Frequently Asked Questions about MyCopy, for more information.
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