ABOUT THE COMMERCIAL DIGEST Since June 2008, the SERIALST moderators have been distributing a Commercial Digest once a week, usually 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: 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: 1) J-Gate Newsletter 2) JSTOR Current Scholarship Program Reaches 100 Journals 3) IngentaConnect gets ahead of the game with Shibboleth 2 compliant release --------------- Message #1: Subject: J-Gate Newsletter From: "Sumitha" <sumitha@informindia.co.in> Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 09:55:53 +0530 Dear All, Informatics has promoted the usage of electronic journals in India by way of offering a publisher independent gateway called J-Gate. Of 21,100+ English language e-journals, J-gate indexes, 6,200+ are open access journals. J-Gate is the most popular and preferred gateway for accessing electronic journals among Indian Universities and Colleges and is accessed by over 0.5 Million Scholars and Students. In view of ever increasing role of this gateway all over India, J-Gate production team launched a monthly ‘J-Gate Newsletter’ in December 2008 to apprise Librarians, Research Scholars & Students of the latest developments & happenings in domain of e-journals. The Newsletter covers upcoming International Conferences, Exhibitions & Trade Shows, Press Releases & Special Offers from various Publishers and developments in E-Journals. J-Gate Newsletter is a good media through which news from your company can easily and regularly reach those Librarians, Scholars and Students who are extensive users of electronic resources in the country. May we invite you to have a glance at our current issue at: http://informindia.co.in/Jgatenewsletter-current.html In the end, your suggestions and ideas regarding scope and reach of our Newsletter are highly solicited. Thanking You, Sumitha K Mani Information Analyst Informatics (India) Limited No 194, R.V.Road, P. B. No 400, Basavangudi, Bangalore - 560 004, INDIA Phone: +91 - 80 - 40387777 Fax: +91- 80 - 40387600 www.informindia.co.in --------------- Message #2: Subject: From JSTOR: Current Scholarship Program Reaches 100 Journals From: "David Fritsch" <David.Fritsch@ithaka.org> Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 10:45:46 -0500 We are very pleased to announce that seven new publishers have recently joined the Current Scholarship Program. While work continues to sign additional publishers and titles to the Program, with these new partners, libraries will be able to license and provide their users with access to the current issues of at least 100 journals on the JSTOR platform beginning in 2011. The publishers that recently joined the Program include: Association for the Study of African American Life and History Michigan Historical Review, Central Michigan University Historical Society of Pennsylvania Massachusetts Historical Society Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture University of Nebraska Press Western Historical Quarterly, Utah State University These publishers bring a wealth of ground-breaking scholarship to the Program. Titles include The William & Mary Quarterly and The Journal of African American History, as well as other core publications in African American Studies, Feminist Studies, and History. We are very excited to have these publishers working with us to improve access to current journal content. Librarians and users tell us consistently that adding current issues to JSTOR is important to them, and we know that more is better. Reaching 100 titles is a first step, and we continue to strive to grow the Program with partners who share our commitment to serving the needs of libraries, faculty, and students. A final list of publishers and titles that will be available in the Current Scholarship Program for the 2011 subscription year will be coming soon, and pricing for the current issues of these journals will be available in early summer. In the meantime, as you begin your collection development planning for next year, a presentation from ALA Midwinter about the Program benefits for libraries and details about how your institution will be able to license titles in the Program is available online. You can also contact us directly. David R. Fritsch Assistant Director, Outreach and Participation Services JSTOR | Portico Voice: (609) 986-2286 Fax: (212) 358-6445 david.fritsch@ithaka.org JSTOR (www.jstor.org), an accessible archive of more than 1,000 scholarly journals and other content, and Portico (www.portico.org), a service that preserves content published in electronic form for future generations, are part of ITHAKA (www.ithaka.org). ITHAKA is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to helping the academic community use digital technologies to preserve the scholarly record and to advance research and teaching in sustainable ways. --------------- Message #3: Subject: IngentaConnect gets ahead of the game with Shibboleth 2 compliant release From: Emily Taylor (emily.taylor@publishingtechnology.com) Date: 3/11/2010 7:24 AM Dear All, I'd like to share details of our latest IngentaConnect release with you, which we're delighted to say is now Shibboleth 2 compliant. IngentaConnect not only now supports Shibboleth 2 for institutions within the UK Federation, but will also maintain access for institutions on older versions, via it's OpenAthens SP authentication system. To enable Shibboleth access for your institution please contact our Customer Service team [help@ingentaconnect.com] providing your Shibboleth entity ID and your IngentaConnect customer ID or administrator username. Additional enhancements to this release include Open Access support to more clearly identify free and Open Access content to users, improved visibility of purchase and download options. The release also includes integration with RightsConnect from the Copyright Clearance Center, and also offers a 'More about this publication? / More like this' feature that shares additional information with readers, such as editorial board details and highlights related articles as recommendations. Full details can be found in the press release below. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me. Best wishes Emily Senior Marketing Associate Publishing Technology _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ IngentaConnect gets ahead of the game with Shibboleth 2 compliant release London, UK – March 10, 2010 – Publishing Technology, the largest provider of software and services for the publishing industry, today announced the latest release of IngentaConnect, its flagship collection of e-publications. This release of Ingentaconnect includes Shibboleth 2 integration in anticipation of the forthcoming industry-compliant deadline of June 30th. Compliance with Shibboleth 2, a standards based, open source software package for user authentication, is the latest in several advances made to ensure the platform remains future-proof for its publishers and its users. In an ever-evolving digital landscape, IngentaConnect enables both its partners and users to be secure in the knowledge that their content and delivery technology is safe-guarded for the future. IngentaConnect’s compliance with the latest Shibboleth standard is enabled via OpenAthens SP, which also supports authentication for prior versions of Shibboleth to ensure continued access for those who have not yet applied for the newest standard and also other new technologies as the develop. “Our partnership with OpenAthens SP has been crucial to IngentaConnect’s compliance with Shibboleth 2. It also means that we can easily support other federated access systems e.g. Open ID and are poised to embrace new emerging technologies as and when they arise – these new automations can be made available on IngentaConnect literally at the touch of a button.” comments Rose Robinson, IngentaConnect Product Development Manager. In addition to Shibboleth 2, the enhancements in this release of IngentaConnect include Open Access support to more clearly identify free and Open Access content to users, improved visibility of purchase and download options. The release also includes integration with RightsConnect from the Copyright Clearance Center, and also offers a 'More about this publication? / More like this' feature that shares additional information with readers, such as editorial board details and highlights related articles as recommendations, potentially driving more usage and revenue opportunities for hosted publishers. IngentaConnect is also pleased to announce three new clients to select its online publishing package, as well as two publishers that have recently had content made live. Content from St Antony's International Review (STAIR), Northwestern University Press and Sense Publishers will all soon feature on IngentaConnect, and content from City University of New York and Firenze University Press is now available. --ENDS-- For more information Publishing Technology, its products and services, please visit www.publishingtechnology.com or contact: Emily Taylor Publishing Technology plc Tel: +44 1865 397873 Email: emily.taylor@publishingtechnology.com About Publishing Technology plc www.publishingtechnology.com The Publishing Technology group enables publishers to focus on their core competences by providing a single, trusted partner for both technology requirements and business development services. It is the largest provider of software and services for the publishing industry, servicing eight out of ten of the world's largest publishers. Publishing Technology’s brands include IngentaConnect, advance (the 21st century replacement for Vista), author2reader, pub2web, ICS, Heron and PCG. The group’s proposition uniquely spans front and back office systems – complemented by a range of business development services – to provide the industry's only end-to-end suite of software specifically designed to support the publishing process. Capabilities cover editorial & production, product information, billing & fulfillment, content conversion & hosting, website development, marketing programs, information commerce, customer relationship management, rights & royalties and business intelligence. All application modules can be configured independently to meet specific publishers' needs and to allow flexible integration with existing systems. Associated sales and marketing services include consultancy and research, sales representation and telemarketing. The company is listed on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange and has offices in Europe and North America. Emily Taylor Senior Marketing Associate Publishing Technology plc T: +44 1865 397873 emily.taylor@publishingtechnology.com www.publishingtechnology.com Publishing Technology plc is registered in England No. 837205. Registered Office: 8100 Alec Issigonis Way, Oxford Business Park North, Oxford OX4 2HU. __________________________________________________________________________________________________ ** PLEASE NOTE: PUBLISHING TECHNOLOGY'S OXFORD OFFICE HAS MOVED ** Our new address is: 8100 Alec Issigonis Way, Oxford Business Park North, Oxford, OX4 2HU Our telephone and fax numbers will remain the same. T: 01865 397800, F: 01865 397801
