Announcement: Chicago Journals adds seven titles to JSTOR

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For Immediate Release: September 12, 2007

Announcement: Chicago Journals adds seven titles to JSTOR

All eligible Chicago Journals titles will be available through
JSTOR by the end of 2008

Seven additional journals published by the University of Chicago
Press have been committed to the JSTOR archive beginning in 2007.
All journals on Chicago's 2008 list, save two which fall outside
of JSTOR's present scope and one newly launched title, will be
available through JSTOR by the end of 2008, making the University
of Chicago Press unique among American university presses
participating in JSTOR.  With a total of forty-two titles, the
University of Chicago Press will include more journals in JSTOR
than any other American university press.

The newly added Chicago Journals titles and their corresponding
JSTOR collections are:

- Clinical Infectious Diseases, published with the Infectious
Diseases Society of America (Health & General Sciences)

- Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, published with the
Society for Healthcare Epidemiology (Health & General Sciences)

- The Journal of Geology (forthcoming JSTOR collection)

- Journal of Infectious Diseases, published with the Infectious
Diseases Society of America (Health & General Sciences)

- Library Quarterly (forthcoming JSTOR collection)

- Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, published with the
Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (Biological
Sciences)

- Social Service Review(forthcoming JSTOR collection)

"We are very excited to offer as many Chicago Journals titles as
possible through JSTOR," said Kate Duff, Licensing and
Permissions Manager, University of Chicago Press. "JSTOR helps
librarians build and maintain comprehensive collections and
provides another way for a diverse range of readers to access
vital scholarly information from Chicago Journals."

"The University of Chicago Press and JSTOR share a commitment to
preserving scholarship for future generations and to extending
access to it as broadly as possible," said Kimberly Lutz,
Director of Publisher Relations, JSTOR. "These activities are
vital to the academic community and to supporting the work of
libraries, faculty, researchers, authors, and students. Chicago
has been a leader for more than 100 years, publishing top
journals in the arts, humanities, social sciences, and biological
sciences. We are honored to see our collaboration and service
continue to grow."

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About the University of Chicago Press: Founded in 1891, the
University of Chicago Press is the largest American university
press. Chicago Journals publishes periodicals and serials in a
wide range of disciplines, including several journals that were
the first scholarly publications in their respective fields.
Online since 1995, Chicago Journals has also been a pioneer in
electronic publishing, delivering original, peer-reviewed
research from international scholars to a worldwide audience.

About JSTOR: JSTOR is a not-for-profit organization founded with
a mission to help the scholarly community take advantage of
advances in technology. Our initial effort - building shared
digital archives for scholarship - provides for the long-term
preservation of scholarly literature from around the world. Our
work is supported by libraries, scholarly societies, publishers,
and foundations.  For more information about JSTOR, please visit
www.jstor.org.

Contacts:

The University of Chicago Press
Suzanne Wu, Publicity Manager / 773-834-0386 / swu@press.uchicago.edu

JSTOR
Kimberly Lutz, Director of Publisher Relations /212-358-6400/
kimberly.lutz@jstor.org

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