Textbooks and e-learning

Special Collections Handbook, Third Edition

The Special Collections Handbook, Third Edition is a comprehensive desk reference providing the essential principles, skills, and knowledge to manage special collections in any setting. 

It covers all aspects of special collections work from preservation to advocacy, and this new edition has been revised and updated to incorporate the many developments in the field including updated guidance on decolonising collections management, working towards zero-carbon preservation, the impact of Covid-19 and new legislation affecting special collections. 

Cambridge Elements

Cambridge University Press has launched a new publishing model to provide an outlet for world-class research and writing that sits outside the traditional formats of book or journal article

Safari

O’Reilly Media’s new version of Safari: O’Reilly’s Learning Platform for Higher Education is now available from ProQuest

Early Arabic Printed Books

 Gale, a library resource provider and a Cengage company, has announced the launch of the final modules of its Early Arabic Printed Books archive for the international higher education market.
 
Early Arabic Printed Books features a number of technological innovations pioneered by Gale to ensure scholars in Arabic-speaking countries and beyond can research the range of content, including interfaces in Arabic and European languages, right-to-left-read navigation of Arabic texts, an embedded Arabic keyboard and newly developed optical character recognition software.

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