ACLS ebooks receive excellent review (22 . 09 . 2009)
One of IReL's flagship ebook collections, the ACLS Humanities E-Book, has received a rave review from the "Reviews in History" of the Institute of Historical Research, London.
Mark
Herring of Winthrop University traces the history of Humanities E-Book, its
place within the scholarly mission of ACLS, its broad-base coalition of
university presses and learned societies, its emphasis on the quality of the
collection, its user-friendly interface and search engine, innovative XML
titles, very reasonable pricing and its close attention to details such as free
MARC records, citation methods and other metadata. The review gives ACLS and
HEB the highest praise for their work within the digital humanities:
"...ACLS
has gone about its work to put together people and books to create the best
possible site. Suffice it to say that numerous other groups and organizations
work together to make HEB one of the best - if not the best - electronically
accessible sites in the humanities. It surely stands as an equal to JSTOR, MUSE
and other contenders to this throne."
See
the full review at:
http://www.history.ac.uk/reviews/paper/herringm2.html
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