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This week's digest contains 2 messages:
1.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences to be preserved with Portico
2.  De Gruyter Presents Open Access Distribution Model for Libraries –
A Short Film Called "The Art of Paper Planes" Creatively Demonstrates the Model

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Date:       Tuesday, March 12, 2013 3:37 PM  
From:      Marita LaMonica <Marita.LaMonica@ithaka.org>
Subject:  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences to be preserved with Portico

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences to be preserved with Portico

Portico is pleased to announce that the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS) has entered into an agreement with Portico to preserve its journal. Through this agreement, PNAS ensures that its e-journal will be preserved and available for future scholars, researchers, and students.

“PNAS is delighted to work with Portico to ensure digital preservation for PNAS,” said Diane Sullenberger, PNAS executive editor. “Our Librarian Advisory Committee strongly advocated this partnership, which bolsters the PNAS archiving strategy.”

PNAS is one of the world’s most-cited multidisciplinary scientific serials. Since its establishment in 1914, it has published cutting-edge research reports, commentaries, reviews, perspectives, colloquium papers, and actions of the Academy. Coverage in PNAS spans the biological, physical, and social sciences.

Portico will act as a perpetual access mechanism for this title.

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 16,000 e-journals, more than 170,000 e-books, and 74 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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Date:       Monday, 11 Mar 2013 11:29 AM
From:     <Ulrike.Lippe@degruyter.com>
Subject:   De Gruyter Presents Open Access Distribution Model for Libraries – A Short Film Called "The Art of Paper Planes" Creatively Demonstrates the Model

PRESS RELEASE

De Gruyter Presents Open Access Distribution Model for Libraries –
A Short Film Called "The Art of Paper Planes" Creatively Demonstrates the Model

Berlin, 11 March 2013 – At the 2013 German Librarians' Day the academic publisher De Gruyter will be presenting its distribution model for open access articles. Under the model, libraries and research institutions can obtain various packages for open access distribution. The packages enable affiliated researchers to quickly publish their findings under the open access standard. Research contributions can be released as journal articles or book chapters in De Gruyter and Versita publications at the publishing house's own platform.

Under the so-called hybrid model, it is possible to additionally publish articles under the open access standard in traditional subscription journals. The attractive discounts offered by the De Gruyter model help to prevent customers from paying twice for the same content (so-called "double dipping"). "Our model aims to strengthen the status of the librarian as the central source of information on campus," says Katrin Siems, Vice President of Marketing & Sales at De Gruyter.

Over 10,000 open access articles were published by De Gruyter and Versita in journals and books in 2012. "The demand for this innovative publication standard continues to grow, and with our model we hope to win the very best content for our publishing portfolio," Siems adds.

De Gruyter has produced a short film that showcases its new open access model for libraries. "The Art of Paper Planes" demonstrates how the open access standard removes barriers to distribution and makes content easily accessible worldwide.

The film is being shown for the first time at the German Librarians' Day in Leipzig. It can also be viewed at De Gruyter's homepage:  http://www.degruyter.com/dg/page/16

Additional information about the new distribution model, including prices, can be found at: http://www.degruyter.com/openaccess

 
Contact
Ulrike Lippe
Public Relations Manager
Tel. +49 (0)30-260 05 153
ulrike.lippe@degruyter.com

 

De Gruyter: The academic publishing house De Gruyter can look back on a history spanning over 260 years. The Berlin-based group of companies releases over 1,250 new titles each year in the fields of medicine, the humanities, natural sciences, and law, in addition to more than 650 journals and digital media publications. The De Gruyter Group includes the publishing houses Versita, Birkhäuser, Oldenbourg Wissenschaft, and Akademie. www.degruyter.com

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