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Walker Library Support for Open Access: Ebooks

MIT

MIT Press Direct to Open (D2O) is a program in which a group of libraries, including Walker Library, commit to purchase ebook collections and the funding is used to make the ebooks open access. Participating libraries are also given access to backfile titles. All Ebooks from MIT Press can also be discovered using the library's catalog or the MIT online platform https://direct.mit.edu/books. To search only open ebooks click here: MIT open ebooks

D2O stats as of January 2024

  • 162 books published in D2O to date
  • 332 libraries participating in D2O in 2024
  • 423,044 uses of D2O books.
  • Content by disciplines
    • 12.74% Humanities
    • 54.78% Social Sciences
    • 32.48% STEM