Springer gives New Orleans Univ. Libraries free e-books

["Hamaker, Chuck" <cahamake@email.uncc.edu>]

Tuesday, June 27, 2006
Publisher Gives 10,000 E-Books to 7 New Orleans Colleges Hit by Katrina
By SCOTT CARLSON
http://chronicle.com/daily/2006/06/2006062702t.htm

    SPRINGER, A PUBLISHING COMPANY founded in part in the
    flood-prone Netherlands, is giving seven university libraries
    in New Orleans free, permanent access to more than 10,000
    electronic books.

Librarians and publishers are usually at opposite ends of 
negotiating tables and frequently squabble in public over the 
rising prices of online journal subscriptions. With the gift from 
Springer, the seven Louisiana libraries will get free, permanent 
access to more than 10,000 electronic books, mainly in the 
sciences, technology, and medicine.

The announcement of the gift was made at this year's American 
Library Association conference, held in New Orleans

Chuck Hamaker
Associate University Librarian Collections and Technical Services
Atkins Library
University of North Carolina Charlotte
Charlotte, NC 28223