Hello,
Yes, it's true. Here's the message from a Duke representative:

>> Dear Linda,
>
>
> For more information regarding changes in the Duke titles in the Project
> Muse package, please visit http://dukeupress.edu/edukecollection/  We
> have released two press releases and have a FAQ page. Also, I am
> attaching the cover letter that accompanied the press releases in a
> direct mailing to libraries.
>
> If you have any additional questions, please feel free to contact me
> further.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Kim Steinle
>
> **************************************************
>
> Kimberly Steinle
> Circulation Coordinator
> Duke University Press             905 West Main Street, Suite 18-B
> Durham, NC 27701
> 919-687-3655 (ph) 919-688-3524 (fax)
> ksteinle@dukeupress.edu
> www.dukeupress.edu

--On Monday, September 20, 2004 9:53 AM -0500 Beverly Dowdy
<bdowdy@UCOK.EDU> wrote:

> Does anyone have information that Duke UP journals are pulling out of
> Project Muse beginning in 2005 and setting up their own package?  I saw
> this posted on another list, but cannot verify either on the Project
> Muse website or the Duke Univ. press website.
>
>
>
> Beverly A. Dowdy, MLIS
>
> Serials Librarian
>
> Chambers Library
>
> University of Central Oklahoma
>
> 100 North University Drive
>
> Edmond, OK  73034
>
> bdowdy@ucok.edu
>
>
>
> 405-974-2901  voice
>
> 405-974-3874  fax

Linda K. Lewis
Director
Collection Management and Resource Acquisitions Department
University Libraries
University of New Mexico

llewis@unm.edu
505-277-7828
505-277-4446 (fax)

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1 University of New Mexico
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