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A New World of Open Access
Labrador Ducks, Peter Scott
The good old days were good indeed, but whenever I find myself overcome by nostalgia, I have only to recall one of the truly great advantages of life in this twenty-first century:
Books on line. For free.
Zea E-Books is the new online imprint (so to speak, I suppose) of the University of Nebraska Libraries. Thus far, the coyly named Zea has specialized in American Studies and natural history, a combination that should be right up most birders’ alleys.
Among the recent additions to the Zea catalogue are seven titles by Paul Johnsgard, representing almost 10% of this prolific author and ornithologist’s bibliography:
Birding Nebraska’s Central Platte Valley and Rainwater Basin
Swans: Their Biology and Natural History
The North American Grouse: Biology and Behavior
The North American Geese: Their Biology and Behavior
The North American Sea Ducks: Their Biology & Behavior
The North American Perching and Dabbling Ducks
The North American Whistling-Ducks, Pochards and Stifftails
Black-bellied Whistling Ducks
New titles and digital “reprints” are being added continually, all of which can be downloaded, printed, or read on line for free.
Zea is poised to become a leader in open access digital publishing, but it’s not alone in this new world. Can you recommend other sources of free online books we birders should know about?
Join the American Birding Association at www.aba.org!
Source: http://blog.aba.org/2017/04/a-new-world-of-open-access.html
