2022 events 10th February - SHERIF, Licensed 2 Death: a new hope for eBook licensing? - Caroline Ball, @heroicendeavour 30th March - League of European Research Universities (LERU), Ebook crisis UK and Ireland: an introduction to the #ebooksos campaign and a call for international collaboration - Yohanna Anderson, Copenhagen. Click for LERU #ebooksos slides 12th … Continue reading #Ebooksos on Tour – New dates for 2022
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Wiley misfires with an unprecedented PR crisis-management move
Authors rarely know what happens with their works once they have been published so when Wiley recently withdrew over 1300 ebook titles from library collections we and Authors Alliance decided to tell them. Wiley was already under pressure to rethink their practices, thanks to the Library Association of Ireland and others securing coverage in the … Continue reading Wiley misfires with an unprecedented PR crisis-management move
Wiley ebook withdrawals denounced by authors
Authors of the books recently withdrawn from university libraries by their publisher Wiley, are putting their names to a letter co-written by Authors Alliance and #ebookSOS, calling on Wiley to change their practices. The text of the letter can be read here. We’re still working on reaching out to all of the individual authors of … Continue reading Wiley ebook withdrawals denounced by authors
Wiley backtracks – but only for nine months…
Wiley released a statement yesterday announced they would be returning the withdrawn 1,379 ebooks to the ProQuest Academic Complete package in response to librarian, author, student and organisational pressure - but only until June 2023. Whilst #ebookSOS welcomes this news and counts it as a success for our collective action and sustained pressure (with particular … Continue reading Wiley backtracks – but only for nine months…
#ebookSOS makes it into print!
Today sees the publication of Glyn Moody's 'Walled Culture', an important book charting the history of digital copyright, what it means for consumers to no longer own the content they 'purchase', and the social, economic and technological implications of corporate ownership of knowledge and culture. Yohanna, Caroline and Rachel get a mention, as does the … Continue reading #ebookSOS makes it into print!
Wiley: student unions condemn publisher’s actions and editor resigns in protest
In the wake of the Irish library associations' statement on the outrageous behaviour of Wiley (and ProQuest, who apparently sat on the news of the withdrawals for two years before informing libraries), the news has made the Irish press and galvanised student unions. The issue has been reported in the Irish Examiner twice, once on … Continue reading Wiley: student unions condemn publisher’s actions and editor resigns in protest
Irish library associations condemn publisher Wiley’s removal of hundreds of titles from ebook collections – can we expect a similar position from UK sector bodies?
The #ebookSOS campaign applauds and echoes today's joint statement from the Library Association of Ireland, the Consortium of National and University Libraries, the Irish Universities' Association Librarians' Group and the Technological Higher Education Association Librarians' Group, condemning the recent move by Wiley to remove over 1000 key titles from key subscription packages. For further background … Continue reading Irish library associations condemn publisher Wiley’s removal of hundreds of titles from ebook collections – can we expect a similar position from UK sector bodies?
Library Association of Ireland sponsorship : #ebooksos video available in eight languages
To help spread the word, and in response to popular request, our animation is now available in 10 languages (with more to come. If you have any particular request then do please let us know) screenshot of animation Currently available in Irish, Welsh, Danish, Polish, Portuguese, Italian, German, French, Dutch, English The price of the … Continue reading Library Association of Ireland sponsorship : #ebooksos video available in eight languages
Kortext – market manipulation and disaster capitalism?
Today it was bought to our attention that the ebook platform, Kortext has been sending the following to University staff. Keep your eyes peeled for people in purple because Kortext is coming to a campus near you! The student cost of living crisis is real. In fact, according to UUK, more than 50% of students … Continue reading Kortext – market manipulation and disaster capitalism?
Wiley withdrawing key ebook titles from library collections – evidence required please
A conversation was bought to our attention on Twitter a few days ago that went like this - In June my library was told that Wiley would be removing 1,379 ebooks from our subscription packages. Because many of these books were heavily used, we looked into purchasing them with perpetual access but were told they … Continue reading Wiley withdrawing key ebook titles from library collections – evidence required please