Press Release: HighWire Press Launches 1000th Journal

["Bonnie Zavon" <bzavon@stanford.edu>]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

HIGHWIRE PRESS LAUNCHES ITS 1,000TH JOURNAL SITE

(Stanford, CA) November 27, 2006 -- http://highwire.stanford.edu 
HighWire Press celebrates a milestone today with the launch of 
its 1000th journal site, the Proceedings of the London 
Mathematical Society. The Society has been publishing 
mathematical research papers since 1865, now with the assistance 
of Oxford Journals, a division of Oxford University Press, one of 
HighWire's premier publishing partners.

"Reaching 1000 journals on HighWire is an exciting achievement. 
Beginning with several high-impact science and medicine journals 
in 1995, we now offer an affordable and customizable online home 
to journals from all disciplines," said John Sack, Director of 
HighWire Press. "We are very pleased to welcome the London 
Mathematical Society to our online environment and especially to 
the collaborative community of scholarly publishers that work 
with HighWire."

The mission of HighWire Press, a division of the Stanford 
University Libraries, is to help not-for-profit societies, 
university presses, and other scholarly publishers produce 
quality Internet versions of high-impact journals and research 
information. The HighWire program is growing dramatically, having 
started with online access to the Journal of Biological Chemistry 
in 1995, followed by Science, PNAS and other top ranked journals. 
HighWire now produces the definitive online version of 1000 
journals in the spheres of science, social science, and the 
humanities as well as online reference works, databases, books, 
and other scholarly content.

"HighWire Press have established themselves as the best online 
host for academic content, and continue to provide us with an 
impressive level of service," said Catherine Morgan, Editor, 
Maths and Physical Sciences, Oxford Journals. "The Proceedings of 
the London Mathematical Society is among the world's leading 
mathematical research periodicals, and from 2007 HighWire will be 
hosting the journal's entire archive, dating back to 1865, 
allowing seamless searching of over 150 years of important 
mathematical research."

Publishers select HighWire to produce and host their content 
because, in addition to offering technological expertise, 
HighWire has assembled a strong community of scholarly publishers 
who meet regularly to share ideas, innovations, and results from 
their publishing experiments. HighWire's unparalleled commitment 
to service provides publishers with a true partner to consult 
with about all aspects of online publishing. HighWire offers 
support and services that are affordable for publishers of all 
sizes.

"HighWire-hosted publishers don't feel like they have to 'go it 
alone' as they move ahead with editorial, business and technology 
experiments and decisions. Even societies that publish a single 
journal can find strength and knowledge in numbers," says Sack.

HighWire extends an invitation to celebrate this milestone with a 
toast at 4:00 pm on Wednesday, November 29th at the HighWire 
Press and Partners Stand #228 at the Online Information 2006 
conference & exhibit at the Olympia Grand Hall in London.

About HighWire Press

HighWire Press, a division of the Stanford University Libraries, 
provides online site development and hosting solutions to the 
scholarly publishing community. HighWire produces the definitive 
online versions of high-impact, peer-reviewed journals and other 
scholarly content in many disciplines. Since 1995, HighWire has 
partnered with influential societies, university presses and 
other publishers to create a vast database of the finest, fully 
searchable research, medical and social science literature 
available on the Internet. The HighWire community shares ideas 
and innovations in publishing through regular meetings, 
discussion forum and through the service of HighWire staff. 
http://highwire.stanford.edu

About the London Mathematical Society

The London Mathematical Society began publishing research papers 
in 1865 and over time it has published the best of British 
mathematics having developed an internationally renowned 
reputation as one of the best publishers of high quality 
mathematics in the world today. The journals attract authors from 
over 80 countries and the number of papers submitted has grown 
enormously in recent years, enabling the Society to select and 
publish some of the best mathematical research currently 
available. http://www.lms.ac.uk/

About Oxford Journals

Oxford University Press (OUP), a department of the University of 
Oxford, is the world's largest and most international university 
press. Founded in 1478, it currently publishes more than 4,500 
new books a year, has a presence in over fifty countries, and 
employs some 3,700 people worldwide. It has become familiar to 
millions through a diverse publishing programme that includes 
scholarly works in all academic disciplines, bibles, music, 
school and college textbooks, children's books, materials for 
teaching English as a foreign language, business books, 
dictionaries and reference books, and journals.

Oxford Journals, a Division of OUP, publishes over 180 journals 
covering a broad range of subject areas, two-thirds of which are 
published in collaboration with learned societies and other 
international organizations. The collection contains some of the 
world's most prestigious titles, including Nucleic Acids 
Research, JNCI (Journal of the National Cancer Institute), Brain, 
Human Reproduction, English Historical Review, and the Review of 
Financial Studies. www.oxfordjournals.org

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27 November 2006

Contact: Bonnie Zavon
Public Relations, HighWire Press, Stanford University
1454 Page Mill Road, Palo Alto, CA 94304 USA
bzavon@stanford.edu / 650-723-0522 (office) / (0)772 285 1191 (UK mobile)