Re: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

["Sally Morris \(ALPSP\)" <sally.morris@alpsp.org>]

I should perhaps draw attention to the guidelines which already exist, which
were drawn up by ALPSP (with input from Blackwell and others) in 2002.  See
http://www.alpsp.org/socjourn1.pdf

What we haven't, to date, succeeded in doing is getting publishers to
indicate whether or not they abide by this code - or, perhaps even more
important, to persuade societies, when they first enter into an agreement
with a publisher, to insist that such principles are embodied in their
agreement (it's a bit like thinking about divorce when signing a  prenuptial
agreement!).

Sally

Sally Morris, Chief Executive
Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers
Email:  sally.morris@alpsp.org

----- Original Message -----

From: "Gillingham Emily" <Emily.Gillingham@oxon.blackwellpublishing.com>
To: <liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu>
Sent: Saturday, June 24, 2006 1:34 AM
Subject: RE: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

>I am writing to respond to the queries about backfiles for journals
> which transferred to Blackwell Publishing in 2006.  The issue of
> transferring journals, including backfiles, access rights, subscriber
> lists, and timely communication is a complex one, and one for which
> there are currently no standard procedures or policies which apply
> across different publishing arrangements.  To address this, we have
> initiated the TRANSFER group under the auspices of the United Kingdom
> Serials Group (http://www.uksg.org/transfer.asp).  The group, involving
> librarians, publishers and agents, was formed this March and is
> currently working on devising some proposals for a widely agreed Code of
> Practice.  These will then be presented to a panel of librarians and
> publishers for broader discussion and fine-tuning.  Nancy Buckley, who
> chairs the group, will be presenting the results from the consultation
> process at the Charleston Conference in November.  The goal of the
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> Here is information regarding the specific journals that have been
> raised on liblicense:
>
> - Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
> http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/loi/nyas
>
>
> Blackwell intends to offer all NYAS volumes back to and including the
> 1997 volumes as part of a premium or online only subscription.
> Currently all 1998 to current volumes are available on Blackwell Synergy
> and offered as part of this subscription.  We will be posting the 1997
> volumes soon.  Highwire has a few of the 1997 available in PDF.
> Highwire also has some selected abstracts of pre-1997 NYAS volumes but
> there is no full text.  Blackwell's plan is to digitize all NYAS
> pre-1997 back files in a phased approach and to include these in its
> digitized backfiles sales program. Highwire will not be hosting these
> pre-1997 volumes.  Libraries which have links to individual volumes on
> Highwire from 1997 to 2005 do not have to change their links to
> Blackwell Synergy, but they might wish to consider doing this so that
> the user has access to the full run of content on one site.
>
>
> - The Journal of Rural Health
> http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/loi/jrh
>
> The online version of this journal goes back to 2004 on Blackwell
> Synergy, as it did on the previous publisher's site.  Content back to
> 2000 continues to be available on the Ovid platform.  We intend to
> digitize the backfiles for this title and post them on Blackwell
> Synergy.  We will let you know through the Librarian Newsletter when
> this is available.
>
>
> - Clinical Implant Dentistry and Related Research
> http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/loi/cid
>
> We are currently working on transferring the format of the files that we
> received from the previous publisher for this title.  We do apologize
> that you have lost access on the previous publisher's site.  We are
> working on this as a priority and hope to get the backfiles posted on
> Blackwell Synergy as soon as possible.
>
>
> Please do let me know if you have any further questions.
>
> Best wishes,
> Emily
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> Emily Gillingham
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> Blackwell Publishing
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