New Membership Benefit: Access to the ACLS Humanities Ebook Platform

December 2, 2021

The Society is excited to debut a new benefit for members in 2022: access to the ACLS Humanities Ebook Collection at the discounted rate of $25/year. This curated-resource features over 5,700 scholarly books from over 125 publishers. These include C. Paul Christianson’s A Directory of London Stationers and Book Artisans, 1300-1500 and all 29 volumes of Sabin’s Bibliotheca Americana. As part of its ongoing work, the Publications Committee is adding more titles relevant to bibliographical scholarship.

This new benefit demonstrates BSA’s commitment to welcoming bibliographers across the professional spectrum, including independent scholars, booksellers, collectors, and precariously employed academics without access to institutionally supported research tools. The Humanities Ebook Collection is a collaboration among the American Council of Learned Societies (of which BSA is a member), Michigan Publishing, and the Fulcrum publishing platform. ACLS and Michigan Publishing have worked together to improve diversity and inclusion for the Humanities Ebook Collection by introducing values-based criteria into collection development, improving the accessibility of the platform, and by experimenting with open access models.

Subscribe by December 16 for access by January 3. Thereafter, access will be provided by January 10 or within 7 business days after payment is received.

How to Subscribe

There are three ways to subscribe:

  1. Subscribe online when you join or renew your membership by adding the subscription to your cart when processing payment.
  2. Already joined or renewed online? No problem. Subscribe online by logging into your account at memberplanet.com/bsa for instructions and a payment link.
  3. Mail a check with a printed membership form. If you’ve renewed already, simply provide your name and contact information (email required) and tick only the box for the ACLS membership subscription on the form and mail it with a check for $25. To subscribe when you join or renew by mail, complete all required fields on the membership form and add $25 to your dues payment on your check.

Subscribe by December 16 for access by January 3. Thereafter, access will be provided by January 10 or within 7 business days after payment is received.

Fine Print

Subscriptions align with annual BSA memberships, beginning January 1 and expiring on December 31. Subscribing members will receive an email message from Michigan Publishing with instructions for setting up their login and password on their system.

Subscribe by December 16 for access by January 3. Thereafter, access will be provided by January 10 or within 7 business days after payment is received.

Access to the ACLS Humanities EBook Collection is a new addition to those you already receive as a BSA member. For a refresher on benefits of membership or to renew online, please visit our website.