Commercial Digest, a once a week digest of messages containing informational content from commercial bodies (i.e., publishers, vendors, agents, etc.) This week's digest contains 2 messages: 1) Project MUSE News: New Interface is Live! 2) AIP Publishing Unveils New High Profile Cover Design for Its Portfolio of Journals --------------- Message #1: Subject: Project MUSE News: New Interface is Live! From: "Melanie Schaffner" <melanie@muse.jhu.edu> Reply-To: mbs@press.jhu.edu Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 16:08:52 -0500 (EST) New Project MUSE Web Interface is Live Project MUSE's new interface, featuring book and journal content integrated on a single platform, is up and running at muse.jhu.edu. Over 12,000 scholarly book titles from nearly 70 distinguished university presses and related publishers can now be located and browsed along with the content from MUSE's more than 500 respected journals. Further, new 2012 book titles will soon begin appearing on MUSE, simultaneously with their release in print. Highlights of the new interface include: - Faceted searching, with options to filter search results by content type (book or journal), subject area, author, and language of publication - Enhanced browsing by subject area, title, or publisher, across books and journals or filtered by content type - Search box on each page of the site, with predictive search terms - New access icons to help users clearly identify content to which they have paid access, free sample content, and open access content Until January 31, search results will default to displaying all relevant results from both books and journals, to encourage discovery of the depth and breadth of new content now available on MUSE. Users at institutions which have purchased or subscribed to book collections on MUSE will have full-text access to content from those collections. Users may choose to pre-filter searches to just journals or just books, using the drop-down menu that accompanies the search box on every page. They may also use the new search facets to filter their search results by content type, and to only content for which they have full-text access. Beginning February 1, search results will default to only content to which the searcher has full-text access. Users will then have the option to toggle the search to show all available books and journals relevant to a search, if desired. Two video tutorials for searching and browsing within the new interface are available: Search Books and Journals on Project MUSE http://youtu.be/Bhldo-sLktk Browse Books and Journals on Project MUSE http://youtu.be/qrR9wM-R2dM MUSE continues to roll out many additional features and tools on the new site, with frequent updates planned over the next several days and weeks. Users are encouraged to provide feedback on any issues encountered when using the new interface. A "Leave Feedback" button appears in the upper right corner of all search, browse, and informational pages on the site, or questions may be sent to MUSE Customer Support at muse@press.jhu.edu. Melanie Schaffner Director, Sales and Marketing Project MUSE The Johns Hopkins University Press 2715 N Charles St. Baltimore, MD 21218 USA P 410-516-3846 F 410-516-3846 mbs@press.jhu.edu http://muse.jhu.edu Find us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/ProjectMUSE Follow us on Twitter: @ProjectMUSE --------------- Message #2: Subject: AIP Publishing Unveils New High Profile Cover Design for Its Portfolio of Journals From: Lori Carlin <lscarlin@aip.org> Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2012 19:32:58 +0000 ***Cross-posted. Please excuse the duplication.*** AIP Publishing Unveils New High Profile Cover Design for Its Portfolio of Journals Consistent new look brings higher visibility to AIP’s robust suite of physical science journals Melville, NY, January 4, 2012 — AIP Publishing, a division of the American Institute of Physics (AIP), announces that it will start the New Year with new cover designs for its portfolio of leading journals. The coherent new look will give each journal a fresh, consistent appearance without altering any of the high-quality content that the physics community has relied on for years. It will begin rolling out the new designs in January 2012, starting with Applied Physics Letters, Journal of Applied Physics, and The Journal of Chemical Physics. The roll out will continue throughout the first quarter of 2012 based on the publishing cycle of each journal. "In keeping with the continuing evolution of AIP Publishing as a distinct, highly visible and well-respected brand, we're moving into 2012 with a fresh new design that unites our entire family of highly cited journals," said Vice President of Publishing John Haynes. The new look, which is already familiar to users of the publisher's online journals, will make its debut with 2012 print editions of these AIP's journals: Applied Physics Letters, Chaos, Journal of Applied Physics, The Journal of Chemical Physics, Journal of Mathematical Physics, Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data, Low Temperature Physics, Physics of Fluids, Physics of Plasmas, and Review of Scientific Instruments. The online-only journals — AIP Advances, Biomicrofluidics, Journal of Laser Applications, and Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy — also feature the same look on their homepages. For more information and to preview the new AIP journal covers, visit: journals.aip.org. About AIP The American Institute of Physics (AIP) is an organization of 10 physical science societies, representing more than 135,000 scientists, engineers, and educators. As one of the world's largest publishers of scientific information in physics, AIP employs innovative publishing technologies and offers publishing services for its Member Societies. AIP's suite of publications includes 15 journals, three of which are published in partnership with other societies; magazines, including its flagship publication Physics Today; and the AIP Conference Proceedings series. Through its Physics Resources Center, AIP also delivers valuable services and expertise in education and student programs, science communications, government relations, career services for science and engineering professionals, statistical research, industrial outreach, and the history of physics and other sciences. For more information, please contact: Lori Carlin Director, Fulfillment & Marketing American Institute of Physics Email: lscarlin@aip.org Phone: +1 516-576-2279 ____________________________________ Lori S. Carlin Director, Fulfillment and Marketing AIP Publishing Marketing & Sales phone - +1-516-576-2279 email - lscarlin@aip.org Follow us on Twitter: @AIP_Publishing
