NEWS ARCHIVE

Archived Reviews and Notices

2006

Library acquires ACLS History E-Book Project
(The Cole Train, Fall 2006)

“This database is an important addition to the Houston Cole Library's collection, supporting our core curriculum as well as our research needs.”

New in the News: ACLS History E-Book Project
(CAA News, November 2006)

Technology Left Behind—eBook Rollout
(Against the Grain, November 2006)

ACLS History E-Book Project and Rutgers U. Press Introduce ‘Breakthrough’ Ebooks
(Library Journal Academic Newswire, 7/27/06)

Recent, New & Forthcoming Electronic Media, 2006
(Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, April 2006, Vol. 43, No. 8)

The HEB Project has been selected for the Choice feature article on “Recent, New & Forthcoming Electronic Media, 2006.” This highlights “materials appropriate for…and of particular interest to…academic libraries, particularly on the undergraduate level.”

For ACLS E-Book Project, Success Is a Moving Target
(Library Journal Academic Newswire, 3/2/06)

Selected Reference Works, 2005: Electronic Book Collections
(College & Research Libraries, March 2006, Vol 67, No. 2)
(The above article lists the HEB Project alongside other e-book collections such as Ebrary, NetLibrary, and Oxford Scholarship Online.)

ACLS History E-Book
(Renaissance News & Notes, Renaissance Society of America, Winter/Spring 2006)
“The advantages of the collection are obvious. Not only can you read at your leisure and at no extra cost books not in your library, but you now have a way of immediately checking a reference or a passage while sitting at your computer any time of day or night.”

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2005

ACLS History E-Book Project Launches POD Program
(Al-Musharaka, National Institute for Technology & Liberal Education, April 1, 2005)

2005: Confirming the Promise of 2004
(American Libraries online, ALA, March 2005)

Riding the eBook Wave (Against the Grain, Eook Library, February 2005)

2004

“The Information Playground” (Library Journal online, 5/15/04)

(The above article lists the HEB Project alongside other database services such as OCLC, OUP, Lexis/Nexis, The World Bank, etc.)

“Electronic Publication: The State of the Question” (Electronic Publication and the Classics Profession, American Philological Association, May 2004)

“New Titles Push E-Book Possibilities” (Perspectives, American Historical Association, April 2004)

“Industry Roundup: History E-Book Project Launches” (SPARC E-News, Association of Research Libraries, March 31, 2004)
(The above article has been archived offline. For more info, see SPARC enews.)

Review of ACLS History E-Book Project (Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, February 2004, Vol. 41, No. 06)

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