ABOUT THE COMMERCIAL DIGEST SERIALST Commercial Digest pilot project: Since June 2008, the SERIALST moderators have been experimenting with compiling and distributing a Commercial Digest once a week, on Friday afternoons, with messages containing informational content from commercial bodies (i.e., publishers, vendors, agents, etc.). The moderators review submitted messages for informational content that may interest our subscribers. We reserve the right to reject messages that are purely for advertising or product/service solicitation, with little or no informational content beyond the solicitation, as well as other content that are not within the scope and purpose guidelines of SERIALST (see: http://www.uvm.edu/~bmaclenn/serialst.html) If you have thoughts or feedback about the Commercial digest, or other aspects of SERIALST, please let us hear from you. Contact information for the SERIALST moderators is at: http://www.uvm.edu/~bmaclenn/serialst.html#contacts This week's digest contains 3 messages: * Cambridge University Press announces preliminary 2010 journals pricing * Upcoming classes from Lyrasis * Project MUSE News: New titles, updates for 2010; back issues expansion ------------- Message #1: Subject: Cambridge University Press announces preliminary 2010 journals pricing From: Susan Soule <ssoule@cambridge.org> Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 05:50:03 -0400 With apologies for cross-posting Cambridge University Press is pleased to announce that a preliminary version of our 2010 journal subscription rates is now available at: http://journals.cambridge.org/2010prices Please note the following highlights for 2010: *8 new titles confirmed thus far: Archaeological Reports Britannia Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease Journal of Hellenic Studies The Journal of Roman Studies Law and History Review Revista de Historia Economica/Journal of Iberian and Latin American History Speculum *Journal ceasing publication: Progress in Neurotherapeutics and Neuropsychopharmacology *Journals moving to other publishers as of 2010: BioSocieties – Palgrave Journal of Systematic Palaeontology – Taylor & Francis Systematics and Biodiversity – Taylor & Francis *Increased frequency and/or pages published for: Ageing and Society - 10% increase in pages AI EDAM - 15% increase in pages International Psychogeriatrics - from 6 to 8 issues a year Journal of American Studies - from 3 to 4 issues a year, and 10% increase in pages Journal of Institutional Economics - from 3 to 4 issues a year Knowledge Engineering Review - 25% increase in pages Nordic Journal of Linguistics - from 2 to 3 issues a year Review of International Studies - over 15% increase in pages For further information, please contact: In the Americas: ssoule@cambridge.org Elsewhere in the world: lboyle@cambridge.org Thank you. Susan Soule Journals Marketing Manager Cambridge University Press, Americas ssoule@cambridge.org ------------------ Message #2: Subject: Upcoming classes from Lyrasis From: Marlee Givens <marlee.givens@lyrasis.org> Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 10:29:48 -0400 Please excuse cross-posting. The following classes will be brought to you soon by Lyrasis, online and around the region. For more information or to register, please visit www.lyrasis.org., keyword: Classes and Events. Mass Digitization Collaborative Information Session (Live Online) 07/16/2009, 10:00am-11:00am EST FREE! YA Lit 2.0 (Live Online) 07/21/2009, 2:00pm-4:00pm EST SAVE $25 when you register. Enter discount code YA090721 Management 101: What is Management? (Live Online) 07/21/2009, 2:00pm-4:00pm EST RSS for Libraries (Live Online) 07/22/2009, 10:00am-12:00pm EST FRBR Introduction and Overview (Live Online) 07/22/2009, 10:00am-12:00pm EST 20 Questions: Successful Strategies for Job Searchers (Live Online) 07/23/2009, 10:00am-12:00pm EST MARLEE GIVENS Manager of Preservation and Digital Services Lyrasis marlee.givens@lyrasis.org 404.892.0943 x3980 1438 West Peachtree Street NW Suite 200 Atlanta, GA 30309 Toll Free: 800.999.8558 Fax: 404.892.7879 www.lyrasis.org PALINET and SOLINET are now Lyrasis - Advancing Libraries Together ------------------ Message #3: Subject: Project MUSE News: New titles, updates for 2010; back issues expansion From: "Melanie Schaffner" <melanie@muse.jhu.edu> Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:54:12 -0400 (EDT) PROJECT MUSE ANNOUNCES NEW TITLES, COLLECTION UPDATES, PRICES FOR 2010 Expansion of back issue program to provide complete run of content from many titles Project MUSE is pleased to announce that 11 new titles have been confirmed to date for addition to its online journal collections in 2010. Contracts are pending with several new publishers and MUSE expects to announce up to five additional titles for next year. List pricing for the journal collections for 2010 has also been set. MUSE is also excited to expand its pilot program incorporating previous volumes of MUSE titles into the collection holdings. Back issues from over 60 journal titles will be made available at no additional cost to subscribers over a four-year period beginning in 2010. The following journals are confirmed to join MUSE in 2010: American Book Review Black Camera: a micro journal of black film studies Black Music Research Journal Canadian Theatre Review Collaborative Anthropologies Hispania: a journal devoted to the interests of the teaching of Spanish and Portuguese Journal of Modern Periodical Studies Native South Pennsylvania History: a journal of Mid-Atlantic studies Qui Parle: Critical Humanities and Social Sciences Studies in American Fiction In light of current economic conditions, MUSE is strictly moderating the growth of the journal collections for 2010, resulting in significantly smaller price increases than in previous years. The 2010 price for the Premium Collection, MUSE's flagship journal collection, represents an increase of only 6%, half that of previous years' increases. All journals joining MUSE for 2010 will be included in the Premium Collection. Prices for the Project MUSE Standard, Basic Research, Basic College, and Humanities collections are increasing by only 4%. Additional titles will be included in each of these collections for 2010, as follows: Standard Collection: The Middle East Journal Sewanee Review Studies in the Novel Basic Research Collection: American Music Classical World Comparative Drama Basic College Collection: American Music Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies Transactions of the American Philological Association Humanities Collection: Buildings & Landscapes: Journal of the Vernacular Architecture Forum La corónica: a journal of medieval Spanish language, literature and cultural studies Journal of Modern Greek Studies Theory & Event U.S. Catholic Historian The price for the MUSE Social Sciences Collection will remain flat from 2009 as a result of the attrition of some titles and the addition of very few titles in this area for 2010. Project MUSE continues to offer tiered pricing based upon institutional Carnegie classification and relative usage for North America, and on World Bank country income classes and institutional programming for the rest of the world. One title, River Teeth: A Journal of Nonfiction Narrative, will cease to contribute new content to Project MUSE after 2009. The title will no longer be published by MUSE participating publisher, the University of Nebraska Press. BACK ISSUES TO BE ADDED MUSE will be incorporating back issues of many journals, adding value to our collections and enhanced depth to users' research experience. During the pilot phase of this initiative, MUSE added back issues of selected journals published by the Johns Hopkins University Press, in several cases resulting in the complete run of a title being made available online. Starting in July 2010 and continuing over the next three years, MUSE will be adding a significant number of back issues from other publishers. Through a cost-sharing arrangement with the participating titles, MUSE is able to make the back issue content available without an increase in cost to subscribers. During the second half of 2010, MUSE expects to launch back issues for these titles: Biography (full run) English Literature in Transition, 1880-1920 Ethics and the Environment The Henry James Review (full run) Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved (full run) Journal of Modern Greek Studies (full run) Journal of Women's History (full run) Legacy (full run) L'esprit Createur Race/Ethnicity (full run) Rhetoric and Public Affairs (full run) Studies in Eighteenth Century Culture Theatre Topics (full run) Back issues for more than 50 other titles are expected to launch in the subsequent three years (2011-2013), with batches of back issue content released up to three times per year, grouped by subjects. Over half will result in full runs for the journal being available in MUSE. Any MUSE journal for which archival content is not already available in JSTOR may participate in the back issue program at the publisher’s choice. Each title’s back issues will be accessible by any subscriber to a collection that includes the title. Additional announcements regarding new MUSE titles and publishers will be made in the coming months, and complete details, including pricing information, will be available on the MUSE web site by mid-July. Specific information regarding 2010 institutional renewals will be distributed to current subscribers and consortium affiliates in July and August; libraries that subscribe via a consortial arrangement should inquire about renewal options with their consortium offices. Questions regarding MUSE's 2010 journal collections and subscription offerings may be directed to muse@press.jhu.edu. Melanie Schaffner Marketing and Sales Manager, Project MUSE The Johns Hopkins University Press 2715 N Charles St. Baltimore, MD 21218 USA P 410-516-3846 F 410-516-3846 melanie@muse.jhu.edu
