STM publisher Springer has announced that four major universities and research institutions in Sweden have adopted Springer Book Archives (SBA) Springer's retrodigitized eBooks. Chalmers University, the University of Stockholm and KTH The Royal Institute of Technology have purchased the complete English-language selection consisting of more than 56,000 titles in eleven subject collections. The University of Borås has acquired six subject collections.
A significant number of Swedish students will now gain access to tens of thousands of eBooks on Springer's online platform SpringerLink. The investments of these Swedish universities and research institutions underscore a strong digital library strategy, giving their patrons access to a broad range of high-quality eBooks.
Springer Book Archives claims to be the most comprehensive eBook collection in science, technology and medicine and totals around 110,000 eBooks of which about half are in English and half in German. It contains newly digitized titles published by Springer since its founding. This unprecedented collection of scholarly content is available without digital rights management and allows for full-text searchability. The eBooks offer a wide variety of reading options as they can be used on all devices, and can also be ordered through print on demand (POD), including MyCopy.
