University of Helsinki
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Helsinki University Library has, together with about 300 other libraries from different countries, acquired 28 e-books accessible to the whole world. The collection acquired consists of international university publishers’ books, mostly in the field of humanities and social sciences.
This kind of acquisition of e-resources is quite unusual. Traditionally university libraries have acquired e-books to be used only with their own universities’ network.This joint OA acquisition is a pilot that is part of the international Knowledge Unlatched –project. Its goal is to enhance open accessibility of scientific literature.The books can be found in the OAPEN online library and publication platform.
One of the goals of the Knowledge Unlatched –project is to lobby the model of open access to the scientific community, research funders, libraries and publishers. The project aims to find answers to “whether it is possible to develop such communication ecosystem that benefits all.”
Please find more information about the project and its benefits for libraries, end users, publishers and writers on the project’s web page