Of potential interest -- please excuse cross-posting. PROJECT MUSE ANNOUNCES PRICE AND TITLE DETAILS FOR NEW PREMIUM COLLECTION Project MUSE is pleased to announce details for its new Premium Collection of online scholarly journals, available for subscription beginning in 2006. The list price for the Premium Collection is $24,500, with over forty new journals confirmed for inclusion. A complete list of new titles appears near the end of this announcement. Libraries that choose the Premium Collection provide their users with expanded coverage of high-quality full-text, peer-reviewed journals in the humanities and social sciences in a common interface. New and currently participating not-for-profit publishers benefit from a sustainable, stable revenue model for worldwide dissemination of their content. An overwhelming number of titles applying for inclusion in the MUSE online journal collections for 2006, combined with a commitment to cap annual price increases for current collections at six percent through 2007, resulted in the development of the new Premium Collection. This new option incorporates all the new titles selected, and provides an option for libraries that have the need and the funding to acquire a more expansive collection of refereed titles in the humanities and social sciences. MUSE’s new Premium Collection and the newly re-named Standard Collection (formerly the Full Collection) offer libraries the best of both worlds. Libraries seeking the most comprehensive collection of online arts and humanities content can choose the Premium option, while subscribers needing a stable, core collection with predictable pricing will find that in the Standard. For domestic academic subscribers, MUSE’s new Premium Collection will use the Tier and Quartile pricing system introduced in 2005. This system places each institution on a grid based upon its Carnegie Classification and full-text usage relative to other subscribers in the same Tier. The 2006 pricing grid for the Premium Collection may be viewed online at http://muse.jhu.edu/about/subscriptions/ pricing_academic_2006.html#premium. Prospective international or special library customers should contact MUSE’s sales office for specific pricing information. The following titles will be joining MUSE in 2006, and will be included in Premium Collection subscriptions: From the University of Arizona: Arizona Quarterly: A Journal of American Literatures, Culture, and Theory From the University of Calgary Press: Canadian Journal of Philosophy From the Classical Association of the Atlantic States: Classical World From the Edinburgh University Press: Africa: The Journal of the International African Institute Comparative Critical Studies Dance Research Episteme: A Journal of Social Epistemology Holy Land Studies Journal of Victorian Culture Paragraph Parliamentary History Romanticism The Scottish Historical Review Studies in World Christianity Translation and Literature From the George Herbert Journal: George Herbert Journal From the Indiana University Press: Bridges: A Jewish Feminist Journal Journal of Middle East Women's Studies Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society From the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies: ASEAN Economic Bulletin Contemporary Southeast Asia: A Journal of International and Strategic Affairs Sojourn: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia From The Johns Hopkins University Press: Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books Community-Based Participatory Research L’Esprit Createur Library Trends Shakespeare Bulletin From the Michigan State University Press: Italian Culture From the University of North Carolina Press: The Comparatist From the Oxford University Press: Cambridge Quarterly Essays in Criticism French Studies: A Quarterly Review Journal of the American Academy of Religion The Library: The Transactions of the Bibliographical Society From the University of Pennsylvania Press: Early American Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal From the Purdue University Press: Education and Culture From the Singapore University Press: Journal of Chinese Overseas From the University of Texas Press: Southwestern Historical Quarterly From the University of Toronto Press: Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice Canadian Journal of Women and the Law Diaspora: A Journal of Transnational Studies Eighteenth Century Fiction Journal of Canadian Studies Seminar: A Journal of Germanic Studies From the Wayne State University Press: Framework: The Journal of Cinema and Media A small set of selectively-chosen titles from those joining MUSE will also be added to the Standard Collection for 2006, including Africa, Arizona Quarterly, Early American Studies, Eighteenth Century Fiction, Essays in Criticism, L’Esprit Createur, Southwestern Historical Quarterly, and Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society. Selected titles will also be added the MUSE’s Basic Research, Basic Undergraduate, Arts & Humanities, and Social Sciences collections for 2006. Please see our 2006 subscription information at http://muse.jhu.edu/about/subscriptions/subscriptions06.html for complete details on titles included in each MUSE journal collection. Three titles currently offered in MUSE will be going to “archive-only” status after 2005, meaning no further issues of these titles will be contributed to the collection. The Yale Journal of Criticism is ceasing publication, and Francophonies d’Amerique was acquired by a publisher that does not currently participate in MUSE. Hesperia is not continuing because the publisher has chosen to terminate its contract with MUSE. All issues of these titles currently online will remain in MUSE and be available to subscribers. Prospective and current subscribers are encouraged to contact MUSE’s Subscription Support desk at muse@muse.jhu.edu with any questions regarding the Premium Collection, or to request a price quote. Melanie B. Schaffner Marketing and Sales Manager, Project MUSE c/o The Johns Hopkins University Press 2715 N. Charles St. Baltimore, MD 21218 USA p 410-516-3846 f 410-516-6968 melanie@muse.jhu.edu
