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 3 messages:
1) Speculum joins the University of Chicago Press journals program
2) NEWS: EDP Sciences to preserve Journals with Portico
3) JSTOR to offer DRM-free, unlimited-user access for all ebooks
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Message #1:
From: Tiffany Adams [mailto:tiffanyadams@uchicago.edu]
Sent: Monday, April 13, 2015 10:53 AM
Subject: Speculum joins the University of Chicago Press journals program
<Please excuse cross-posting>
Speculum, the journal of the Medieval Academy of America (MAA), will join the University of Chicago Press journals program beginning with Volume 91, Issue 1, in January 2016. The quarterly journal will continue to be published in print
and online. Institutional rates will be tiered to best serve the size and research needs of each organization. These rates will be available soon. Individual subscriptions are available in conjunction with membership in the MAA, and will include e-Book editions
of each issue.
Speculum will be part of the 2016 Complete Chicago Package, which offers reduced pricing to institutions that subscribe to the full collection of journals published by the University of Chicago Press. Learn more about these discounts
and the other offers included in the Complete Chicago Package at
http://www.press.uchicago.edu/journals/ccp.html.
Editor Sarah Spence worked with the Speculum Board and an ad hoc committee to select the journal's new publisher, citing an ideological alignment between the University of Chicago Press, the MAA, and Speculum.
"We are dedicated to reaching a broad international community through excellence in medieval scholarship and best practices in publishing," Spence said. "At the same time, it is important to partner an American journal of medieval studies
with a U.S. institution that makes its roots in the European tradition."
Speculum was established in 1926 as the first scholarly journal in North America devoted exclusively to the Middle Ages. It is open to contributions in all fields studying the Western Middle Ages, a period ranging from approximately
500 to 1500. European, Arabic, Byzantine, Hebrew, and Slavic studies are included. The language of publication is English.
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Speculum: A Journal of Medieval Studies
4 issues/year; 300 pages/issue
ISSN: 0038-7134
E-ISSN: 2040-8072
Editor: Sarah Spence
Speculum is moving from Cambridge University Press to the University of Chicago Press, effective January 2016, Volume 91, Issue 1. Read the press release online at:
http://press.uchicago.edu/pressReleases/2015/March/150327_SPC_joins_ucp.html
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Please direct questions to:
Tiffany Adams
Marketing Manager, Journals
The University of Chicago Press
1427 East 60th Street
Chicago, IL 60637
(773) 834-0432
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Founded in 1891, the University of Chicago Press was conceived by President William Rainey Harper as an organic part of the University, extending the influence of Chicago scholars around the globe. Today, the Journals Division works
with 34 society partners to distribute more than 65 journals that present original research from international scholars in the social sciences, humanities, education, biological and medical sciences, and physical sciences.
The Medieval Academy of America is the largest organization in the United States promoting excellence in the field of medieval studies. It was founded in 1925 and is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The academy publishes the quarterly
journal Speculum, and awards prizes, grants, and fellowships such as the Haskins Medal, which is named for Charles Homer Haskins, one of the founders of the Medieval Academy and its second president. The Medieval Academy supports research, publication, and
teaching in medieval art, archaeology, history, law, literature, music, philosophy, religion, science, social and economic institutions, and all other aspects of the Middle Ages. Learn more at
www.medievalacademy.org.
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Message #2:
From: Charlotte Van Rooyen (TBI) [mailto:charlotte.vanrooyen@tbicommunications.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2015 5:07 AM
To: serialst@listserv.nasig.org
Subject: NEWS: EDP Sciences to preserve Journals with Portico
******** APOLOGIES FOR CROSS POSTING ********
EDP Sciences has signed an agreement with Portico to preserve their key journals in perpetuity through Portico’s deep archive ensuring their content will remain secure and
accessible to future generations of scholars. Current data will be sent to Portico as soon as the e-journal is published.
EDP Sciences is a long established publisher with over a century’s experience, they understand fully the importance of long-term preservation of its content and the value
that Librarians and Consortia Managers place on this service.
Full details in the press release below (including the full list of journals committed to the Portico archive) or online at: http://publications.edpsciences.org/images/stories/news/2015/Portico-PR.pdf
Please do get in touch with me or Nathalie Matelot at EDP Sciences (contact details below) for further information.
Warm regards
Charlotte
Charlotte Van Rooyen
TBI Communications Limited
Tel: +44 (0) 7980287824
Linkedin Profile: uk.linkedin.com/in/charlottevanrooyen/
TBI Communications Limited is a limited company registered in England and Wales. Registered number: 5375015. Registered office: 62 Church Road, Wheatley, Oxford, Oxfordshire OX33 1LZ, UK.
PRESS RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
EDP Sciences to preserve Journals with Portico
Key journals will be preserved in perpetuity through Portico’s deep archive
Paris, 14 March 2015: EDP Sciences is pleased to announce that it has signed an agreement with Portico to provide
a permanent archive of the e-content for many of their key journals. Through this agreement, institutions participating in Portico’s E-Journal
PreservationService will be assured continued access to EDP Sciences content for generations of their scholars in the future.
EDP Sciences joins an increasing list of publishers who have entrusted their e-journals to the Portico archive and provides surety that their content will remain secure and accessible
into the future independent of availability on the EDP Sciences website.
Jean-Marc Quilbé, President of EDP Sciences says “As a publishing company with almost a century’s experience, EDP Sciences understands how important long-term preservation of its
content is to ensure that it remains accessible regardless of what happens in the future. Providing a permanent archive of e-journal content is a service highly valued by the Librarians and Consortia Managers we work with and we are therefore delighted to
now be partnering with Portico.”
Stephanie Orphan, director of Publisher Relations at Portico commented, “We are very pleased that EDP Sciences is now joining the many associations, societies and publishers entrusting
materials to the Portico archive and we look forward to working with them.”
EDP partners with prestigious societies, publishers and prominent academics and publishes over 55 scientific journals across the fields of physical sciences, astronomy, mathematics,
life and environmental sciences, energy, materials sciences and engineering, health and biomedical sciences. Current data will be sent to Portico as soon as the e-journal is published, and a full list of the journals committed to the Portico archive is available
at http://www.portico.org/digital-preservation/who-participates-in-portico/participating-publishers/edp.
For more information about this release, please contact Nathalie Matelot, email: Nathalie.matelot@edpsciences.org
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About EDP
EDP Sciences is a not-for-profit publisher, established in 1920, belonging to learned societies with a mission to participate in the dissemination of important research that accelerates scientific
progress and cross-fertilisation of ideas of the society in general. EDP Sciences is located in Paris and London and publishes over 55 scientific journals in the physical sciences, mathematics, life and environmental sciences, energy, materials and engineering,
health and biomedical sciences. It also publishes 20 professional magazines, conference proceedings (www.webofconferences.org) and books.
About Portico
Portico is a digital preservation service for electronic journals, books, and digitized historical collections. The Portico archive is one of the largest community-supported digital archives in
the world and is certified as a “trustworthy digital repository” by the Center for Research Libraries (CRL). Portico is supported by more than 900 libraries and more than 220 publishers—representing more than 2000 scholarly societies and associations—worldwide.
Portico is part of ITHAKA, a not-for-profit organization helping the academic community use digital technologies to preserve the scholarly record and to advance research and teaching in sustainable ways. For more information, visit www.portico.org.
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Message #3:
From: Valerie Yaw [mailto:Valerie.Yaw@ithaka.org]
Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2015 2:22 PM
Subject: JSTOR to offer DRM-free, unlimited-user access for all ebooks
With apologies for cross-posting…
JSTOR is pleased to announce that all titles offered in its ebook program are now available exclusively in a DRM-free, unlimited-user model. More than 25,000 titles from top scholarly
publishers are available in this model, which provides participating institutions with the following benefits:
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Simultaneous online access for an unlimited number of users
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Unlimited DRM-free chapter downloads that never expire
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Unlimited printing and copy/paste
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No requirement for the user to log in or use special software
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Interlibrary loan for all ebook chapters
Ebooks work just like the journals on JSTOR, ensuring an easy, familiar experience for faculty and students who already use the platform for scholarly research. The ebooks are fully integrated with journals on JSTOR, including cross-searchability
and links to related content.
To learn more, view the full press release:
http://about.jstor.org/news/unlimited-drm-free-ebook-access, or join us for a 30-minute introductory webinar:
http://about.jstor.org/news/upcoming-ebook-webinars.
Thank you, and best wishes,
Valerie Yaw
Senior Marketing Manager
Books at JSTOR