• New platform available autumn 2012 enabling full text access to over 3,000 eBook chapters and 185,000 journal articles
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• Library will contain all IET digital research content and house the recently announced open access journal

 

The Institution of Engineering and

Technology (IET) is to further expand its digital offering with a significantly

redeveloped and enhanced Digital Library.

 

 

The new Digital Library, developed on Publishing Technology’s pub2web platform, is designed to improve the speed and

ease with which academic and corporate users can access the IET’s 3,000 eBook

chapters and 185,000 journal articles, which stretch back to 1872. The

redevelopment kick-starts the IET’s major digital strategy and is the first of

a number of platform improvements to be announced over the coming months.

 

 

Launching later this summer, the

Digital Library is part of the IET’s mission to facilitate access to essential

engineering intelligence worldwide. All of the IET’s research content will be

available on the new platform, including the IET’s newly announced open access

journal which will contain articles from some of the world’s leading academics,

free of charge. The platform

will shortly incorporate access to IET.tv and its archive of 3,500 videos.

 

 

New features of the Digital Library

will include easier navigation and quicker access to relevant content. It will

also allow for greater discoverability, improved librarian and customer support

and communication, plus increased authentication options for the user.

Ultimately, the platform will provide a much improved site for existing and

prospective customers.

 

 

Daniel Smith, Head of Academic

Publishing at the IET, said: “We know a big part of the future of academic

publishing is online. The reason for this is clear when you consider that the

IET attracts an international range of authors – online is simply the easiest

way for users of our content to access the information we publish. The move

towards digital also opens up new options when it comes to the content itself.

Users of our platform can blend the content they require by accessing eBook

chapters, journal articles or video on the subjects that they are interested

in. In short, this new platform is a significant step forward and sets the IET

up for future digital expansion.”

 

 

“As we add an open access model to our

existing publishing operations, we expect our user numbers to grow,” commented

Michael Ornstein, VP Sales, Americas

at the IET. “We therefore need a digital platform that matches the needs of our

growing audience while also allowing us to improve the experience of existing

customers. Our mission at the IET is to promote and support essential

engineering intelligence, and this means making sure research is reaching as

many people as possible. We are delighted with the new digital platform and are

confident it will play a key role in helping us achieve our goals.”

 

 

For further information and a demo of

the developing site, please visit IET Inspec on stand 458 at SLA, Chicago on 15-18 July. 

 

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