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Amherst College launches open-access scholarly press

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Dennis G. Jerz | Associate Professor of English -- New Media Journalism, Seton Hill University | jerz.setonhill.edu

For New Acquisitions, UMD Libraries Choose Ebooks by Default

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Scrooge Is My Brother

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I’d Pay to See This

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