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SEARCH CONTENT BROWSE LIBRARIANS IN THIS ISSUE: MUSE Accessibility Book Collection Discounts and EBA MUSE at ACURIL Additional Archival Issues June 2017 Changes Coming to Project MUSE   In July 2016 MUSE was awarded a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to develop MUSE Open.   MUSE Open is planned as an open access (OA) platform for monographs in the humanities and social sciences that will add significant long-term value to the lifecycle of scholarly resources. OA book content will be searchable, discoverable, and integrated on the platform with MUSE's journal and book collections.  The deployment of MUSE Open will involve new design and  technological infrastructure of the MUSE platform that will ensure the dissemination, discovery, accessibility, and utility of the works to be found on MUSE Open. A mid-2018 release is expected.   A beta site will be available in early 2018 previewing the new  design and infrastructure. Sign up to receive periodic updates about the development of MUSE Open. Project MUSE and Accessibility MUSE is committed to creating products that are fully accessible to all users. MUSE strives to conform to the AA level of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 and to follow the technical specifications of Section 508 of the US Rehabilitation Act.    1) MUSE meets the AA level of WCAG 2.0 compliance. See the MUSE WCAG 2.0 checklist. 2) Section 508 is measured by the VPAT.  See Project MUSE’s most recent VPAT.  As an aggregator, Project MUSE relies upon collaboration with its participating publishers to ensure that content on the platform meets prevailing accessibility standards. A portion of the MUSE Open grant funding was dedicated to producing educational materials targeted to publishers to assist them in delivering EPUB files that meet the standards promulgated by World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). An Accessibility Guide document is now available to publishers and other interested parties.  Discounted Book Collections Pricing and Evidence-Based Acquisition of Books on MUSE Project MUSE offers a wide variety of collection purchasing options including subject and area studies, interdisciplinary collections, and special sets in subjects including religious studies and political science. Discounted pricing is offered on multi-collection and volume purchases. Books on MUSE are: DRM-free Unlimited simultaneous use, downloading and printing Discoverable in user-friendly PDF chapter format  Nearly 50,000 titles from over 100 distinguished university presses and scholarly publishers are available. MUSE also now offers Evidence-Based Acquisition (EBA) for books. Contact us for more information on EBA or other book purchases.   MUSE First Timer at ACURIL Project MUSE is very pleased to be exhibiting for the first time at the ACURIL (The Association of Caribbean University, Research and Institutional Libraries) annual conference June 4-8, this year in Puerto Rico, booth #28.  MUSE looks forward to meeting many librarians serving the countries in this area.  Journals Back Issues Summary MUSE has been adding back issues over the past few years and all have been added at no additional charge to subscribing libraries. MUSE will continue to add back content. To illustrate the amount of (free) additional content subscribing libraries have received, in 2015 and 2016: over 1,230 archival issues were added 30 journals increased their holdings with archival issues nearly 150 journals now have their complete run on MUSE MUSE at Conferences MUSE will be exhibitng at these upcoming conferences. Please stop by the booth and let us know your ideas for improving MUSE. We do listen to your feedback! ACURIL, Jun. 4-8, San Juan, Puerto Rico, booth #28 NASIG, Jun. 8-11, Indianapolis, IN ATLA, Jun. 14-17, Atlanta, GA ALA Annual Conference, Jun. 22-27, Chicago, IL, booth #1332 CALIBER, Aug. 2-4, Chennai, India IFLA, Aug. 19-25, Wroclaw, Poland Project MUSE The Johns Hopkins University Press 2715 N. Charles St. | Baltimore, MD 21218 USA Phone 410-516-6989 | Fax 410-516-8805 | muse@press.jhu.edu

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