Scientific publisher CRC Press, US, part of the Taylor & Francis Group, is the 2010 recipient of the 'Best eBook Publisher' award from The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP). The award, one of three awarded at the annual ALPSP Annual Conference in Wyboston, UK, on September 9, follows the launch of the new Atypon powered CRCnetBASE in February. The platform also received a 'Highly Recommended' review from CHOICE Magazine.
The ALPSP award, one of the most reputable in the industry, for Best eBook Publisher recognises exceptional expertise, innovation, and enterprise in the publishing of academic or scholarly book content in electronic form.
CRCnetBASE offers subscription and purchase access to over 7,000 scientific and technical eBooks spanning 40 disciplines. The platform allows users to create personalised accounts where they can save queries, place favorite content onto a virtual bookshelf, purchase individual chapters or eBooks, and recommend content to friends.
Institutional account management tools are integrated within the platform. Registered library administrators can view their IP ranges, add additional administrators, download COUNTER usage reports, and personalise their institutions site directly from their user account. In addition to e-books published under the imprint of CRC Press, CRCnetBASE also includes online references from Auerbach and Chapman & Hall.
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