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PROJECT MUSE® ANNOUNCES NEW TITLES AND PRICES FOR 2004 COLLECTIONS
Newest Additions Include Collaborations with International Publishers

Baltimore, MD  (July 31, 2003) - Project MUSE®, an online collection
of scholarly journals in the Humanities, the Social Sciences, and the
Arts, today confirmed new journals joining the project in 2004, as
well as its subscription prices for 2004 collections.  Among its new
participating publishers for 2004, Project MUSE is pleased to
announce several collaborations with international partners,
including the University of Toronto Press, Singapore University
Press, and the Indian Institute for Population Studies (Thailand).
New journals joining the collection will expand Muse's coverage in
diverse areas including music, area studies, film studies,
demography. literature, and legal studies.

List prices for the journal collections offered by Muse for 2004 are
now available. The "2004 Full Collection," including all of the
current titles plus the thirty-six (36) newly announced journals,
will have an annual subscription fee of $20,000. For the 2004
subscription term only, subscribers will also have the option to
maintain the "2003 Full Collection." This includes the journals in
the current 2003 full collection, without the new titles to be added
in 2004.  The list price for this collection will be $18,000.  All
subscriptions to Project MUSE journal collections include available
backfiles; unlimited campus-wide access, downloading, and printing;
ICOLC-compliant statistics reporting; and enhanced online
functionality.

Muse will again offer two discipline-oriented journal collections:
Arts & Humanities and Social Sciences. Several publisher collections
will also continue to be offered. The list price for the 2004 Arts
and Humanities Collection, with twenty-six (26) new journals, is
$14,800. The 2004 Social Sciences Collection lists at $11,400, with
twenty-four (24) new titles included. The Johns Hopkins University
Press package will have a list price in 2004 of $5,000. The 2004 Full
Collection, 2003 Full Collection, the Arts & Humanities Collection,
the Social Sciences Collection and the Johns Hopkins University Press
Package will continue to be available for subscription under Muse's
popular Consortium Volume Discount Plan. For 2004, Muse has also
introduced a new option for consortia, the Flex Plan.  Project MUSE
operates on a calendar year subscription term and all current
subscriptions will expire on December 31, 2003. Subscribers are
encouraged to renew promptly to ensure uninterrupted access to Muse.

The complete text of this announcement, including a list of the new
journals joining Muse in 2004, is available on the Muse web site at
http://muse.jhu.edu/ordering/new2004.html. Additional information,
including details on Muse 2004 collections and consortium purchase
plans, will be posted online shortly, and may be obtained by
contacting Muse subscription services at muse@muse.jhu.edu.