Commercial Digest, a once a week digest of messages containing
informational content from commercial bodies (i.e., publishers,
vendors, agents, etc.)
This week's digest contains 2 messages:
1) Project MUSE to Preserve Entire E-book Catalog with Portico
2) Royal Society of Chemistry 2013 Catalogue now available online
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Message #1:
Subject: Project MUSE to Preserve Entire E-book Catalog with Portico
From: Marita LaMonica <Marita.LaMonica@ithaka.org>
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2012 22:30:34 -0400
Portico and Project MUSE Partner to Preserve UPCC E-Books|
September 25, 2012 - New York, NY Portico and Project MUSE are
pleased to announce that they are partnering to secure the long-term
preservation of e-books published online in MUSE through the
University Press Content Consortium (UPCC). Working together,
Project MUSE and Portico will ensure that the e-book offerings of
the UPCC—73 presses and more than 15,000 books at the time of
signing—will remain available for future scholars, researchers, and
students.
"Partnering with Portico will make it possible for Project MUSE to
future-proof the book content entrusted to us by the members of the
UPCC community," said Terry Ehling, associate director of Project
MUSE. "The archiving and preservation of our book content is a
priority for us, and we look forward to working closely with Portico
to ensure that the UPCC title collections are available to scholars
in perpetuity."
The UPCC book collections allow thousands of peer-reviewed new and
backlist e-books to be discovered and searched in an integrated
environment with content from nearly 500 journals currently on the
Project MUSE platform. The book collections' inclusion in the
Portico archive strengthens a growing e-book preservation service
currently responsible for the long-term preservation of more than
150,000 e-books from a spectrum of publishers, including university
presses, societies, and commercial publishers.
"This is an important partnership for both the university press and
library communities," stated Kate Wittenberg, Portico managing
director. "Project MUSE's investment in the long-term preservation
of the UPCC books reflects their deep commitment to their library
customers."
Read the full press release here.
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Marita La Monica
Senior Manager, Marketing & Communications
ITHAKA
Tel: 212-358-6400
marita.lamonica@ithaka.org
ITHAKA (www.ithaka.org) is a not-for-profit organization that helps
the academic community use digital technologies to preserve the
scholarly record and to advance research and teaching in sustainable
ways. We provide innovative services that benefit higher education,
including Ithaka S+R, JSTOR, and Portico.
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Message #2:
Subject: Royal Society of Chemistry 2013 Catalogue now available
online
From: Max Espley <EspleyM@rsc.org>
Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2012 13:56:15 +0000
The RSC 2013 Publishing Catalogue is available online at
http://www.rsc.org/images/New%202013%20RSC%20Publishing%20Catalogue_tcm18-221159.pdf
Please see below for a few highlights for 2013:
· Two NEW journals – Biomaterials Science (P.5) and
Toxicology Research (P.21) – both available for free to all existing
subscribers or registered users
· More journal content – CrystEngComm (48 issues, previously
24), Faraday Discussions (8 issues, previously 6), Polymer Chemistry
(24 issues, previously 12), RSC Advances (48 issues, previously 24),
Analytical Methods (24 issues, previously 12)
· Great savings on collections – RSC Gold (P.18) now
includes Catalysis Science & Technology (p.5) and RSC Advances
(P.20).
· More flexibility on eBooks – annual collections now
available for all years from 2008-2013 (P.19)
· Plus various options for our archive – whether an
outright purchase or an annual lease for 1841-2007, or just a
top-up for 2005-2007 (P.18)
Max Espley
Campaigns Manager - Librarians
Royal Society of Chemistry
Thomas Graham House, Science Park,
Cambridge, CB4 0WF, UK
Tel: +44 (0) 1223 432498, Fax: +44 (0) 1223 420247
www.rsc.org/publishing
espleym@rsc.org
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