Resulting from the TRLN Beyond Print initiative, this pilot attempts to create a financially sustainable model for consortial acquisition e-books coupled with needed print copies, while moving the TRLN libraries and partner publishers to a decidedly electronic environment for books that will improve support for instruction and research. Working with a book vendor (YBP Library Services), TRLN and Oxford University Press hope to evolve a vending model for e-books that other consortia and their partner publishers would find useful.
