Digital libraries: More publishers join Bloomsbury Library Online

Bloomsbury Library (London, UK) is talking to "a number of UK publishers" about participation in its digital library initiative, Bloomsbury Library Online.

This system, already available in many towns of UK together with The British Library, offers access to books online only.

Each selection of titles, or "bookshelf", is available on annual subscription. Bloomsbury currently offers bookshelves with themes including “Reading Groups”, “Teen Fiction” and “Children's History”, and will shortly launch selections for Arden Shakespeare (Shakespeare book series for pupils), “Soldiers and Spies”, “Short Stories”, “Biography” and “Parenting”.

Digital media director Stephanie Duncan said: "Our main objective is to support libraries and we actually believe it's a really good way to reach out to new readers."