Knovel enters agreement with JISC Collections to make innovative science and
technology resources available to UK University and College libraries
New York, NY, August 1st 2007, Knovel Corporation <http://www.knovel.com/>
is pleased to announce that it has successfully entered into a three-year
agreement with JISC Collections <http://www.jisccollections.ac.uk/> to
provide UK academic institutions with access to Knovel's unique engineering
resources.
JISC member institutions will now benefit from the addition of Knovel to the
JISC Collections portfolio of resources and will be able to subscribe to a
unique collection of resources in science, technology and engineering.
Knovel aids academic teaching, learning and research by providing reliable
resources that are relevant to the subjects taught in academic institutions,
and by enabling precise enquiries to be fulfilled using the optimized search
and interactive tools.
John Dooley, Vice President of Sales at Knovel said: "JISC Collections
provides a significant service to UK academic libraries and we are proud of
the endorsement from JISC that Knovel is an important resource to
universities in the UK and to academic institutions in general. We look
forward to welcoming further UK institutions to our growing list of
prestigious academic subscribers."
Liam Earney, Collections Team Manager at JISC Collections said "We are
delighted to be able to offer universities and colleges in the UK access to
a high quality and dynamic selection of science and technology e-books,
which deliver on functionality and content specific to users' needs. Through
the use of the JISC Model License, it will be possible for undergraduate and
postgraduate students, teaching staff and researchers alike to use Knovel in
a variety of ways to enrich education and research. For example content can
be incorporated within teaching materials and extracts from these resources
can also be used in student assignments and research projects. "
About Knovel
Knovel <http://www.knovel.com/> is an online collection of authoritative
science and technology references used around the world by students,
academics, research staff and practitioners. Knovel subscribers include 62%
of the top 50 universities in the world and 80% of the top US engineering
schools.
Knovel has uniquely optimized content, search, and interactive tools for
specific engineering disciplines. Knovel's content includes material
properties, process and design information, best practices, equations, and
formulas. Interactive tools eliminate human error in technical data use.
More than 1,200 leading reference works and databases from over 40
international publishers and professional societies are integrated for easy
information discovery.
About JISC Collections
JISC Collections <http://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/> was established as a
mutual trading company by the UK further and higher education funding
councils in 2006 to negotiate with publishers of online information and
other owners of digital content. The range of resources licensed for use by
such agreements constitutes a large national collection of online resources
for education and research. JISC Collections is funded by JISC (Joint
Information Systems Committee).
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