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Oxford University Press (OUP) has digitised thousands of titles in a bid to enhance the accessibility of academic research.
The publisher said it has migrated more than 42,000 books and 500,000 chapters to its Oxford Academic digital platform, which already hosts 500 journals and three million journal articles.
OUP said the move enables its users “to rapidly share and seamlessly connect ideas that advance research”. OUP users, such as researchers, professors and students will be able to “easily disseminate and reference work” while authors and societies can be published more rapidly and reach a greater potential audience, the publisher said.
The platform will be further expanded and updated over time.
David Clark, managing director at Oxford Academic, said: “Scholarly publishing is becoming increasingly digital and this migration is an important step in realising our potential as a digital-first publisher. By implementing new digital tools to access and share research faster, we are increasing our reach as a publisher, which, as part of a major research university, enables us to continue to be at the forefront of cutting-edge research. I look forward to seeing the impact of the new Oxford Academic platform for authors, librarians and, of course, readers.”