Howard University Joins Open Libraries, Embraces Digital Access for Students - Internet Archive Blogs

peter.suber's bookmarks 2021-02-25

Summary:

"Like campuses across the country, Howard University in Washington, D.C., shut down last March when COVID-19 hit. Most of its nearly 6,000 undergraduate students have been remote learning ever since.

Without access to the physical library, demand for e-books has increased.  The university recently joined the Open Libraries program to expand the digital materials that students can borrow. Through the program, users can check out a digital version of a book the library owns using controlled digital lending (CDL)...."

Link:

http://blog.archive.org/2021/02/24/howard-university-joins-open-libraries-embraces-digital-access-for-students/

From feeds:

Open Access Tracking Project (OATP) » peter.suber's bookmarks

Tags:

oa.new oa.howard.u oa.open_libraries oa.cdl oa.internet_archive

Date tagged:

02/25/2021, 16:37

Date published:

02/25/2021, 11:37