My Collection is Springer’s new evidence based model for eBooks. The Library has purchased the Springer Education and Computer Science My Collection 2019 which gives us access to all 2019, 2018 and 2017 Springer ebooks in these 2 subject collections for 12 months by only paying 30% of their 2019 collection price. After 12 months Springer will provide us detailed data usage reports, and we will then select and purchase only the most relevant titles with continuing access rights up to the amount we prepay. This new eBook model should overcome the restrictions of Springer’s current policy of only selling packages and not allowing individual eBook purchases.
All those eBooks (close to 4,900 titles) are DRM free, unlimited, multiuser access. Individual eBook bibliographical records are available in both the Catalogue and MultiSearch.