Project MUSE News: 2004 Collections and Price InformationAvailable

[Melanie Vandermark <melanie@muse.jhu.edu>]

(Please excuse cross-posting.)

PROJECT MUSE� ANNOUNCES NEW TITLES AND PRICES FOR 2004 COLLECTIONS Newest
Additions Include Collaborations with International Publishers

Baltimore, MD (July 31, 2003) - Project MUSE�, an online collection of
scholarly journals in the Humanities, the Social Sciences, and the Arts,
today confirmed new journals joining the project in 2004, as well as its
subscription prices for 2004 collections.  Among its new participating
publishers for 2004, Project MUSE is pleased to announce several
collaborations with international partners, including the University of
Toronto Press, Singapore University Press, and the Indian Institute for
Population Studies (Thailand).  New journals joining the collection will
expand Muse's coverage in diverse areas including music, area studies,
film studies, demography. literature, and legal studies.

List prices for the journal collections offered by Muse for 2004 are now
available. The "2004 Full Collection," including all of the current titles
plus the thirty-six (36) newly announced journals, will have an annual
subscription fee of $20,000. For the 2004 subscription term only,
subscribers will also have the option to maintain the "2003 Full
Collection." This includes the journals in the current 2003 full
collection, without the new titles to be added in 2004.  The list price
for this collection will be $18,000.  All subscriptions to Project MUSE
journal collections include available backfiles; unlimited campus-wide
access, downloading, and printing;  ICOLC-compliant statistics reporting;
and enhanced online functionality.

Muse will again offer two discipline-oriented journal collections:  Arts &
Humanities and Social Sciences. Several publisher collections will also
continue to be offered. The list price for the 2004 Arts and Humanities
Collection, with twenty-six (26) new journals, is $14,800. The 2004 Social
Sciences Collection lists at $11,400, with twenty-four (24) new titles
included. The Johns Hopkins University Press package will have a list
price in 2004 of $5,000. The 2004 Full Collection, 2003 Full Collection,
the Arts & Humanities Collection, the Social Sciences Collection and the
Johns Hopkins University Press Package will continue to be available for
subscription under Muse's popular Consortium Volume Discount Plan. For
2004, Muse has also introduced a new option for consortia, the Flex Plan.  
Project MUSE operates on a calendar year subscription term and all current
subscriptions will expire on December 31, 2003. Subscribers are encouraged
to renew promptly to ensure uninterrupted access to Muse.

The complete text of this announcement, including a list of the new
journals joining Muse in 2004, is available on the Muse web site at
http://muse.jhu.edu/ordering/new2004.html. Additional information,
including details on Muse 2004 collections and consortium purchase plans,
will be posted online shortly, and may be obtained by contacting Muse
subscription services at muse@muse.jhu.edu.

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