Information For Librarians

We encourage research librarians to list this press among their library's electronic press holdings. As well, this open source publishing system is suitable for libraries to host for their faculty members to use with presses they are involved in editing (see details here).

Institutional E-Book Licensing

STAR Scholars Press offers institutional e-book licenses to universities, colleges, libraries, research institutes, and other educational organizations worldwide.

An institutional license allows a library to provide secure digital access to authorized faculty, students, and staff through its library platform or institutional repository.

License Features

  • Perpetual institutional access
  • Unlimited simultaneous users
  • DRM-free PDF (and EPUB, where available)
  • DOI and ISBN included
  • Compatible with institutional repositories and library discovery systems
  • MARC records available upon request
  • Direct purchase from STAR Scholars Press

Institutional License Fee

The standard institutional license fee is: USD $350 per title (one-time perpetual license)

Discounts are available for:

  • Multi-title purchases
  • Book collections
  • Consortium purchases
  • STAR Scholars partner institutions

Please contact us for a customized quotation.

What's Included

Each institutional license includes:

  • Publication-ready PDF
  • EPUB (when available)
  • Cover image
  • Citation information
  • DOI and ISBN
  • Institutional license agreement

Terms of Use

The institutional license permits:

  • Secure hosting on the institution's library platform
  • Access for authorized faculty, staff, and students
  • Long-term archival access
  • Library catalog integration

The license does not permit:

  • Public redistribution
  • Commercial resale
  • Sharing outside the licensed institution

How to Order

To request an institutional license, please contact:

STAR Scholars Press
Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Email: publications@starscholars.org

For acquisitions, metadata records, cataloging inquiries, or institutional partnerships, please contact:

STAR Scholars Press
Email: publications@starscholars.org
Website: https://press.starscholars.org

We welcome collaboration with librarians worldwide and value their essential role in advancing equitable, sustainable access to scholarly knowledge.

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