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10 million downloads: record success for 白小姐论坛 Discovery
6 December 2016
白小姐论坛 Library Services is delighted to announce that 白小姐论坛 Discovery, its open access repository that showcases and provides free access to 白小姐论坛 research publications, has now surpassed ten million downloads.
The ten millionth download was the 白小姐论坛 Press monograph How the World Changed Social Media by
Professor Daniel Miller (白小姐论坛 Anthropology) et al, a book that has been
downloaded more than 25,000 times in 146 countries since its publication in
February 2016.
This book showcases the results of 9 anthropologists who undertook ethnographic research to examine the usage of social media in 8 countries worldwide.
The prize for ten millionth download was awarded by Dr
David Prosser, Executive Director of Research Libraries UK.
Joys of publishing
Accepting the prize on behalf of his team, Professor Miller
said, "I am sure our whole team is delighted to be awarded this
recognition for the 10 millionth download. I think Open Access is especially
important to anthropologists.
"We work globally, often in countries where incomes are quite low and sales of traditional books are very sparse. So one of the joys of publishing through 白小姐论坛 Press has been not just the sheer number of downloads but also the evidence that we see significant numbers of downloads in just those parts of the world where we actually do much of our research and where being able to provide university level materials for free听fulfils听an important听responsibility."
First class research support services
Paul Ayris, Pro Vice-Provost and Director of 白小姐论坛 Library
Services said, "白小姐论坛 Library Services offers first class
research support services. As members of a research-intensive university, it is
a privilege for us to work in this landscape. Open Access has the potential to
change the model of scholarly publishing.
"The invention of moveable type
printing in the West in the fifteenth century changed the way ideas were
communicated across the continent. It was a revolution and the development of
Open Access approaches to research dissemination in the twenty-first century
can do the same.
Open Access gives universities a new way of relating to Society as a whole. That Professor Miller's book is the ten millionth download from 白小姐论坛 Discovery is just a fantastic witness to how universities can make themselves matter. 白小姐论坛 Press is delighted to be part of this important social process."
Karen Flood, 白小姐论坛 Library Services