NEWS RELEASE
World Scientific Donates E-Books To University of Canterbury Following
Christchurch Earthquake
26 October 2010 – In a recent large-scale donation drive by EBSCO
Publishing following the Canterbury Earthquake in early September, World
Scientific has pledged 500 ebooks to help the Central Library of the
University of Canterbury (Christchurch, New Zealand), in its rebuilding
efforts.
The 7.1 magnitude earthquake created a widespread collapse of the
Library’s bookshelves on all floors of the building, making it
unavailable for access. Students and faculty are temporarily relying on
both the Law Library which houses recovered materials from the Central
Library and online access of materials.
Mr Max Phua, Executive Director of World Scientific, said, “We are
thankful that no lives were lost in the earthquake and firmly believe
that this unfortunate disaster at Christchurch should not be a deterrent
to learning and research. The mission of World Scientific is to serve
the needs of the scientific and academic community. We are therefore
proud to join hands with EBSCO Publishing in ensuring that students and
faculty at the University of Canterbury continue to have access to
quality content as the university goes about rebuilding the library."
The donated eBook titles from World Scientific lie in a broad mix of
Science, Business and Engineering.
XXX
About World Scientific Publishing Co.
World Scientific Publishing is a leading independent publisher of books
and journals for the scholarly, research and professional communities.
The company publishes about 500 books annually and more than 120
journals in various fields. World Scientific collaborates with
prestigious organisations like the Nobel Foundation, US National
Academies Press, as well as its subsidiary, the Imperial College Press,
amongst others, to bring high quality academic and professional content
to researchers and academics worldwide. To find out more about World
Scientific, please visit www.worldscientific.com.
lis-e-resources is a UKSG list - http://www.uksg.org/serials
UKSG groups also available on Facebook and LinkedIn
|