I enclose two pieces of news in one posting. Both of the original press
releases may be found at: www.burgundyservices.com/PressRelease.htm
The American Society for Engineering Education's (ASEE) Engineering Library
Division has awarded their 2008 Best Reference Work Award to the Synthesis
Digital Library of Engineering and Computer Science from Morgan & Claypool
Publishers. The award will be formally presented at the ASEE annual
conference in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, June 22-25. The purpose of this
award is to honor the best new reference work in engineering information.
Burgundy is pleased to announce that Morgan & Claypool Publishers have
concluded a NESLi2 license negotiation with JISC Collections for their
Synthesis Digital Library of Engineering and Computer Science. Morgan &
Claypool’s Synthesis is an innovative digital resource that presents
original 75-150 page overviews of key research and development topics by
prominent authors for an audience of researchers and students. Its
library-friendly business model combines unlimited usage with a one-time
purchase, perpetual access license.
Commenting on the agreement Mike Morgan, President of Morgan & Claypool said
“We’re very pleased to have Synthesis available to UK universities under
this JISC agreement. We believe that Synthesis serves an important need for
the engineering and computer science communities that is unmet by
traditional ejournals and ebooks. We’re gratified that in the past two years
Synthesis has been licensed by over 110 universities and government labs
worldwide and we look forward to increasing the number of UK institutions
with this relationship.
Nancy Buckley, Managing Director of Burgundy Services added “I am proud that
yet another of our publisher clients has benefited from the knowledge and
experience of Burgundy’s consortia services. It is also a pleasure to know
that the UK HE community is now able to benefit from such an unprecedented
price model and license terms for this brand new cutting-edge digital
resource. “
UK universities looking to learn more about the NESLi2 offering should
contact Burgundy Information Services who specialize in advising publishers
on their price models, negotiating consortia licenses and marketing new
digital products to the UK & European markets.
Contact Details
Nancy Buckley Burgundy Information
Services
[log in to unmask] 9 Orchard Piece
Tel: +44 (0) 1295 758089 Mollington, OXON
Mobile: +44 (0) 7900 904263 OX17 1DP, UK
www.burgundyservices.com
About Morgan & Claypool Publishers: Morgan & Claypool Publishers is an
innovative new company formed by experienced publishing professionals to
serve the global research and development communities in science and
technology. The Digital Synthesis Library is an innovative information
service for the research, development in engineering and computer science.
It combines authoritative content with advanced digital delivery to create a
product that is substantially more useful and usable to a broad range of
professionals, researchers, and students than more traditional print or
digital publications.
About JISC Collections: JISC Collections was established as a mutual trading
company by the UK further and higher education funding councils in 2006 to
negotiate with publishers of online information and other owners of digital
content. The range of resources licensed for use by such agreements
constitutes a large national collection of online resources for education
and research. JISC Collections is funded by JISC (Joint Information Systems
Committee).
About Burgundy: Burgundy Information Services Ltd is an independent company
providing outsourced sales resources to small and medium publishers. Based
in Oxfordshire UK, Burgundy contributes to publishers’ sales policy, price
strategy, license negotiation and sales for online content across European
markets.
Nancy Buckley, Managing Director
Burgundy Information Services Ltd
email: [log in to unmask]
Tel/Fax: +44 1295 758089
Cell: +44 7900 904263
Address: 9 Orchard Piece, Mollington, Oxfordshire OX17 1DP, UK
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