The University Press Library (UPL) is the culmination of a five-year pilot project that addresses the predictability and sustainability problem for university presses through a 100% complete, non-restrictive collection acquisitions business model for academic libraries. The UPL is a digital library of eBook collections from 16 prestigious university presses that are internationally recognized as some of the best presses in the world. 

 

The UPL consists of the complete frontlist collection of coveted university press eBooks selectable by press and by copyright year, including recently digitized and enhanced backlists that provide users with multi/unlimited use. Accessibility and portability are maximized with our DRM-free eBooks. The UPL is an ownership model with a one-time purchase and perpetual rights. 

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DIGITAL EVENTS

The University Press Library was founded with the core mission of bridging gaps between key stakeholders in the academic community. True to this mission, we host, organize, and create a platform for engaging discussions with university presses, consortia, libraries, and service providers. 


 

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March 30, 2021

Curtis Brundy (Iowa State University), Patrick Carr (Connecticut State Colleges & Universities Library Consortium), Patrick Alexander (Penn State University Press), Paige Clunie (Harvard University Press), John Elliott (GOBI Library Solutions ), Steve Fallon (Moderatorz, De Gruyter)

Please join us for a lively panel discussion with university press (Harvard University Press and Penn State University Press), library (Iowa State University), consortium (Connecticut State), and service provider representatives (GOBI) moderated by De Gruyter, on the required collaboration between stakeholders to overcome challenges and support university press eBook acquisition from academic libraries. Topics to be discussed include sustainability, the balance of mission vs sales, the impact from COVID-19 on digital distribution, support for the “low-use scholarly monograph", and much more.


 

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March 15, 2021

Alan Harvey (Director at Stanford University Press), Garrett P. Kiely (Director of University of Chicago Press), Dawn Durante (Editor in Chief at University of Texas Press), Michael Zeoli (Moderator, Senior Adviser, Publisher Strategy, De Gruyter)

University Press publishing was founded with the specific mission to serve the interests of the scholarly community of which they are part. How has that mission evolved and where are we today? How do the missions vary even among the apparently coherent community of university presses? What have been the most significant challenges to the missions since the arrival of digital technology and how has COVID impacted decisions at the presses?
 

De Gruyter’s CARE Standards
 

June 12, 2020
 

Steve Fallon, Linda McGrath, Danielo Methke, Florian Hofbauer, Ann Vaughesen Ana Maria Ion

With De Gruyter’s University Press Library program, libraries can purchase the complete frontlist collection of 14 prestigious university presses in multi-user access.

Learn more about our CARE standards!

Interested in learning more about De Gruyter’s University Press Library?
Contact: David Celano (Sales Director, Americas) david.celano@degruyter.com

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Q&A: De Gruyter University Press Library


June 12, 2020

Steven Fallon, Sharla Lair, Michael Rodriguez, Jessica Morales, Ron Tiessan, Arielle Lomness
 
With De Gruyter’s University Press Library program, libraries can purchase the complete frontlist collection of 14 prestigious university presses in multi-user access.
Interested in learning more about De Gruyter’s University Press Library?

degruyter.com/UPL
 

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De Gruyter’s University Press Library:  a Solution in a Complex E-Book Ecosystem


March 10, 2020
Webinar, in English, ER&L Conference Session

Becky Lisek, Michael Zeoli

This session will detail the complex ecosystem that university presses and libraries navigate in a daily effort to disseminate and sustainably support the creation of high-quality scholarly content. This complex ecosystem led to the creation of a 5-year pilot where complete front lists from select university presses were made available for purchase with unlimited usage, no DRM and perpetual rights to a controlled number of libraries. The results of this pilot and recommended way forward will be shared, with a group discussion on future next steps.

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Strategic Solutions for Overcoming a Complex E-Book Ecosystem: De Gruyter’s University Press Library
 

February 11, 2020
ACRL Choice webinar, in English

David Celano, Ana Maria Ion, Bill Maltarich

This webinar provides an in-depth discussion of the complex—and often conflicting—imperatives that drive library acquisitions models and university press ebook publishing. It brings together librarians, university press representatives, and academic publishing.

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 CARE STANDARDS

At De Gruyter we represent top-tier, prestigious, world-renowned presses and we hold it upon ourselves to have a service-level worthy of such content. In 2020, we created CARE Standards to align the quality of our content with the quality of our service through our four service pillars:
 

CONTENT

  • Metadata upload on a weekly basis

  • Commitment to produce all titles within a library-approved time after publication date
  • Never miss a title with ongoing quality control of metadata and content PDFs
 
ACCESS
  • Access granted to newly uploaded publications on a monthly basis
  • Collections created by copyright year derived from three seasons of publishing 
 
REPORTING
  • Title lists provided three months in advance of publication, including all unlimited use and exclusion (print-only) titles
  • User-behavior reports from COUNTER 5 compliance metrics to new data and analytics tools at the title and subject level
 
eCOLLECTION MANAGEMENT
  • A DRM-free purchase model with no ongoing fees
  • Duplication control
  • Collection targets in OCLC, Alma, and INTOTA
  • Full text indexing in EDS, Summon, and Primo
 
 

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IN PARTNERSHIP WITH GOBI LIBRARY SOLUTIONS FROM
EBSCO

The UPL eCollections are now available on GOBI Library Solutions from EBSCO, through the De Gruyter platform. This newly founded partnership celebrates the distribution of UPL eCollections in the US and Canada. With the addition of the De Gruyter University Press Library eCollections, GOBI Library Solutions customers will be able to acquire even more trusted content and benefit from GOBI’s integrated end-to-end workflow support, including duplication control across all formats and models, customized cataloging records, and one-stop customer service.

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IN OTHER NEWS

The uniqueness of the University Press Library model has warranted recognition from several popular news media, including Inside Higher Ed. 
Read "Ebook Sales Model That Brings Together High-Profile Players".

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THE NEW DEGRUYTER.COM

Fast, stable, secure! The new De Gruyter platform is 600% faster and 100% more secure, offering users seamless access to scholarly research. The redesign aims to give users immediate access to their content at the point of sale.

The new platform is built in-house, allowing us to totally secure your content and enable flexible future developments. 

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MORE INFORMATION

For more information regarding the University Press Library and to learn how it will complement your library, please contact our sales team.  

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