Professional eBook Collection

Professional eBook Collection

The Professional eBook Collection is an innovative acquisition model designed for academic libraries, bringing together e-book collections from nine of the most respected publishers in areas of STEM and computing. It features content from leading publishers such as the Association for Computing Machinery, Bentham Science Publishers, IT Governance Publishing Ltd., Packt Publishing Limited, and others.

What is the Professional eBook Collection?

We bring professional content to institutional libraries in curated collections, covering all aspects of computing and engineering, including the latest in AI, cybersecurity, programming, software engineering, and more. It provides students, researchers, and alumni with perpetual access to practical, hands-on knowledge, including ongoing course support and resources, ensuring they are well-prepared to meet the evolving challenges they face throughout their careers.

How will it Benefit Your Library?

By accessing the Professional eBook Collection, you gain a complete frontlist collection of up-to-date relevant content and practical knowledge for study and career preparation. Browse titles by press and copyright year, with unlimited access to digitized, enhanced backlists. Our DRM-free eBooks allow concurrent access from anywhere, at any time. The Professional eBook Collection operates on an ownership model with a one-time purchase and perpetual rights.

• One platform with publisher-specific sites 
• Nine presses with more than 8,000 titles 
• Liberal, multi-user, remote-access, DRM 
• Ownership model with perpetual rights and no ongoing fees
• 100% complete collections

For more information, please visit Sciendo's Library Services page.

Publishers Represented in the Professional eBook Collection

• Anthem Press
• Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
• Bentham Science Publishers
• BPB Publications
• Franklin Beedle & Associates Inc.
• IT Governance Publishing Ltd.
• Mercury Learning and Information
• Packt Publishing Limited
• Vibrant Publishers LLC

For more information, please visit Sciendo's Professional Publishers page.

ECollection Management

• DRM-free purchase model with no ongoing fees
• Duplication control
• Delivery of enhanced MARC records and KBART files

We partner with discovery services such as:

• ProQuest-ExLibris Primo
• ProQuest-ExLibris Summon
• EBSCO Discovery Service
• WorldCat Discovery
• Knowledge E

Reporting

• Title lists provided three months in advance of publication
• User-behavior reports from COUNTER 5

Contact us

We are dedicated to empowering libraries – and, by extension, the students, researchers, and alumni they serve – by offering them perpetual access to a wealth of practical, hands-on knowledge. This commitment includes ongoing support for courses and an extensive array of resources, all designed to ensure they are thoroughly equipped to navigate the evolving challenges they will encounter throughout their professional journeys.

Steve Elliot
Director, Paradigm Professional Distribution
steven.elliot@degruyter.com