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A comprehensive selection of eBook titles across a range of engineering and technology disciplines (now available at https://subscriptionsmanager.jisc.ac.uk/)
Chest's Agreement with the IET for IET Inspec, IET Inspec Archive, IET Journals Archive and IET eBooks, expired 31 August 2021. These products are now available with effect from 1 September 2021 through a new Jisc Collections Agreement with the IET on Jisc's Licence Subscriptions Manager platform.
Inspec
https://subscriptionsmanager.jisc.ac.uk/catalogue/2654
Inspec Archive
https://subscriptionsmanager.jisc.ac.uk/catalogue/2637.
eBooks
https://subscriptionsmanager.jisc.ac.uk/catalogue/2646
IET Journals Archive
https://subscriptionsmanager.jisc.ac.uk/catalogue/2647
Agreement start date: 1 October 2019
Agreement end date: 31 August 2021
From 1 May 2020:
Site licence
Start date: 1 October 2019
End date: 31 August 2021
This agreement is of 1 year and 11 months duration.
Institutions may join the agreement at any time during the agreement period. They are then licensed for their chosen products in perpetuity.
Trails are not available
Higher and Further Education and Research Councils in the United Kingdom, and to Universities and Colleges of Further Education in the Republic of Ireland.
Other organisations supporting education, including research bodies and the public sector, may ask to participate in the Agreement. Chest will liaise with the Supplier about any such requests.
The Institution of Engineering and Technology, a Company incorporated by Royal Charter in England and Wales (company number RC000263), and registered as a Charity in England & Wales (no 211014) and Scotland (no SC038698), whose registered office is Savoy Place, London, WC2R 0BL.
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) is a specialist publisher for the global engineering and technology community and offers a comprehensive selection of eBook titles across a range of disciplines.
The collections provide international researchers, professionals and students with new perspectives and developments in emerging subject areas, including healthcare technologies and cyber security, as well as forward-looking publications in traditional engineering topics and practitioner topics such as IET Standards. The IET’s high-quality book portfolio provides a comprehensive resource for the engineering and technology community. Each book is searchable and all eBooks are available free of DRM restrictions.
eBook Titles List - searchable by title, publication year, subject, and topic. Four collections are available:
Subject collections cover these topics:
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OpenAthens |
No |
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Shibboleth |
No |
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IP address range |
Yes |
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Username / Password |
No |
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EZProxy |
Yes |
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Referring URL |
No |
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Other as appropriate |
No |
The supplier confirms that throughout the term of the agreement the products will comply with the standards indicated.
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Full Text Linking |
Yes - IET allows SFX link resolvers |
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Federated Searching |
N/A |
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Search & retrieve SRW/SRU |
N/A |
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Harvesting |
Metadata OAI-PMH |
N/A |
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N/A |
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N/A |
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Metadata Standards |
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N/A |
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Embargo Periods |
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No |
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Digital Preservation |
N/A |
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Yes |
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N/A |
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Usage Statistics |
Yes |
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Yes |
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No |
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Accessibility |
Yes, WCAG 1.0 AA |
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Personalisation features |
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Yes, RSS feeds available at publication title level. Customisable interface: administrators can log into their own account and customise by adding their institution’s logo |
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Service Levels |
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Yes |
Titles are purchased in perpetuity – there are no updates to each collection.
New functionality will be incorporated at no additional charge
Free trials are not available
Perpetual access to the IET eBooks will be via the IET Digital Library (IDL) platform. A small annual Service Provision Fee will apply to sites that choose to receive the access through the IDL platform, however, this charge may not apply to sites who already possess a Licence from the IET to access the IET Digital Library through the IDL platform.
Chest has no responsibility to the IET or to the Licensed Institution (site) for the invoicing and collection of any Service Provision Fee, which is a matter solely between the IET and the Licensed Institution.
Support will be provided via a single contact or his/her deputy at each Institution. Contact details:
Copying of hardcopy and electronic documentation is permitted as long as it will not exceed that permitted by the Copyright Licensing Agency agreement.
The Chest Order, together with the Licence Terms and Conditions, and any exceptions listed below, create a legally binding contract between your institution, organisation or company and the Licensor. Therefore please read the terms and conditions carefully and only submit a Chest Order if its terms and conditions are acceptable to your institution, organisation or company and you have the authority to make the financial commitment shown.
This Site licence is subject to the terms and conditions for the Standard Chest Licence for Online Resources with special conditions shown at the foot of the page.
Chest is an Enterprise of Jisc. All Purchase orders must be made out to Jisc, 4 Portwall Lane, Bristol, BS1 6NB to cover all charges plus VAT.
All terms contained in a PO are expressly rejected and do not form part of the Licence or vary the Licence terms in any way.
Payments are due within thirty days of invoice date; recipients of late payments are entitled to interest in accordance with UK statutory provisions.
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Keep a local cached copy for Educational Purposes |
Yes |
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Incorporation of parts of the Licensed Material |
Yes |
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Deposit learning and teaching objects in repositories |
Yes |
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Interlibrary loan |
Yes |
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User |
On site |
Remote access |
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Students |
Yes |
Yes |
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Staff |
Yes |
Yes |
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Walk-in users |
Yes |
No |
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Alumni members |
Yes |
No |
The resources can be used for Educational Purposes – defined as:
Exclusions and restrictions:
Access to The IET eBooks is perpetual, after paying the one-off fee.
Personal licences are not available under this Agreement.
Clause 2.2(g) is removed from the Terms and Conditions; this means that Licensee may not “allow Authorised Users to modify the metadata associated with the Licensed Material to create new metadata for their own use”.
Clause 2.2(k) is amended and now reads: “(Throughout the term of this Licence Agreement, the Licensee may for Educational Purposes only:) deposit in perpetuity for subsequent reference, the learning and teaching objects referred to in clause 2.2 (j) in repositories operated by the Licensee through Secure Access only;”.
Currency: All prices are in GBP
VAT: From 1 May 2020:
Payment terms are shown on the Terms and Conditions tab.
* Sorry, this agreement has expired *
This agreement expired on the 31/08/2021
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