The ProQuest-NYU Libraries project is available to thousands of international students and scholars during its pilot until August 31.
An entrance to New York University’s academic center on Schönhauser Allee in the city’s Prenzlauer Berg district. Image – iStockphoto: Cineberg
International Campuses Include Abu Dhabi, Shanghai
In the United States, New York University (NYU) has the largest number of international students. According to the administration’s published numbers, the school’s programs include more than 17,000 international students and scholars from at least 140 countries.
Those in the world publishing industry may have met Andrea Chambers at Sharjah International Book Fair. She’s the executive director of the Center for Publishing at New York’s School of Professional Studies, and frequently can be found leading sessions with students during Sharjah’s professional program. One of NYU’s global venues, in fact, is in Abu Dhabi, and that’s one of thr
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NYU Libraries and ProQuest have launched a pilot project that will make over 150,000 scholarly titles available to students and faculty via their mobile devices. NYU users can access coursebooks, ebooks, and reference works from major publishers through an e-reader app called SimplyE.
Available on both Apple and Android devices, SimplyE is a free-to-use service that allows library users to browse, borrow and read ebooks on their phones or tablets. Based on open-source technology and developed through a non-profit collaboration between the New York Public Library (NYPL) and LYRASIS, SimplyE is widely used in public libraries. ProQuest is the first ebook platform provider to collaborate with academic libraries and the open-source community on the SimplyE app.