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Subject:
Karger to preserve e-journals and e-books with Portico |
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From:
Marita LaMonica <Marita.LaMonica@ithaka.org> |
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Date:
7/10/2012 5:27 PM |
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To:
"'SERIALST@LiST.UVM.EDU'"
<SERIALST@list.uvm.edu> |
Karger
to preserve e-journals and e-books with Portico
Portico
is pleased to announce that Karger will preserve its entire
collection of e-journals and e-books with Portico.
"The
importance of guaranteed long term access to our electronic
titles is becoming increasingly important to our subscribers,"
said Gabriella Karger, CEO of Karger Publishers. "We are
delighted to partner with Portico to meet the long term
archiving and post-cancellation access needs of librarians,
researchers, and students.”
Family
owned and with over 120 years of experience in connecting the
world of biomedical science, Karger publishes more than 80
scientific journals and about 60 serial and non-serial book
titles per year in print and online from its headquarters in
Basel, Switzerland. Karger publications are consulted by
researchers, clinicians, and scientists from around the world,
working in the whole range of biomedical specialties (www.karger.com).
Portico
will act as a perpetual access mechanism for both Karger
e-journals and e-books.
ABOUT:
Portico
(www.portico.org)
is a digital preservation service for e-journals, e-books, and
other scholarly e-content. The Portico archive is certified as
a “trustworthy digital repository” by the Center
for Research Libraries; more than 13,000
e-journals,
nearly 130,000 e-books, and 48
d-collections have been entrusted to it. For a complete list
of Portico-related facts and figures, please visit Portico Archive
Facts & Figures.
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Subject:
Palgrave Pivot confirmed to launch on 30th October 2012 |
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From:
"Conn, Laura" <L.Conn@palgrave.com> |
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Date:
7/11/2012 12:07 PM |
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To:
"SERIALST@list.uvm.edu"
<SERIALST@list.uvm.edu> |
Palgrave Pivot
confirmed to launch on 30th October 2012
Palgrave
Pivot will officially launch with its first publications on 30th
October 2012. A market-changing initiative from publisher
Palgrave Macmillan, Palgrave Pivot breaks down the boundaries
of academic publishing by enabling authors to publish their
research at lengths between that of a journal article and a
scholarly monograph. Publishing within 12 weeks of acceptance
after full peer-review, new research will reach the market
quickly for greater impact.
Published digitally, titles will be
available to libraries through their library supplier or via
Palgrave Connect. They will also be offered as digitally-
produced print editions or as ebooks for individuals.
Palgrave
Pivot launches with more than 20 titles which include Fukushima by David
Elliott, Co-Director of the Open University Energy and
Environment Research Unit, UK; Preparing for Life in Humanity
2.0 by Steve Fuller, Professor of Sociology at
the University of Warwick, UK; Reflections on Global and
Transnational History by Harvard University
professor Akira Iriye, USA; and Sporting Times, written
by Professor Kath Woodward of the Open University, UK, during
the Olympics, making it one of the first scholarly
publications on the 2012 Olympics.
The positive
response from the academic community has been overwhelming,
with a wide range of titles currently in development across
the Humanities, Social Sciences and Business.
Endorsements
“Palgrave Pivot meets a need for
timely research in the digital world. The humanities and
social sciences have been left behind in the immediacy of
published research and Palgrave Pivot should be a great
innovation to meet the needs of 21st century students and
researchers in these fields. As we know, ‘speed’ and
‘innovation’ are key in the current world of scholarly
research”, Jane
Fitzpatrick, Acquisitions Librarian,
"This is a bold
innovation. Whereas publishing these days is too often
belatedly reactive rather than proactive, Palgrave Macmillan
has created an exciting new form to occupy the middle ground
between a journal article and a monograph that will have
significant impact on future work in the Humanities and Social
Sciences", Eric Rasmussen,
Chair of the Department of English,
“This new
format is innovative”, Professor
Cary L. Cooper, CBE, Distinguished Professor of
Organizational Psychology and Health, Lancaster University
Management School, UK, and Chair of the Academy of Social
Sciences, UK
“[Palgrave
Pivot] is an exciting and timely innovation on Palgrave's
part; at a time when academic publishing feels more
restrictive than ever, as regards the possible formats and
outlets for scholarly work, and with the deluge of online
disinformation overload, Palgrave Pivot offers a significant
opportunity to foster and cultivate a more vibrant and current
intellectual commons”, Eileen
A. Joy, Southern
Palgrave Macmillan is a global
academic publisher with a distinguished track record across
the Humanities, Social Sciences and Business. Our academic
publishing programme includes journals, monographs,
professional and reference works in print and online. Palgrave
Macmillan represents an unbroken tradition of 150 years of
independent publishing, continually reinventing itself for the
future. For more information, please visit www.palgrave.com.
For more
information, please visit
www.palgrave.com/pivot or contact Laura Conn at
L.Conn@palgrave.com/ 0207 014 4060