ISPG Partners with JISC Collections to Bring New Collection to UK Academic Community
New Jersey (February 1, 2012) – The Independent Scholarly Publishers Group (ISPG) and JISC Collections have successfully concluded a three year NESLi2 agreement for the higher education and further education communities in the UK. This agreement offers libraries access to the prestigious medical and life-sciences society journals, which are part of the ISPG and will enable institutions in the UK to access the entire collection.
The ISPG Collection – Europe, a very recent and ambitious initiative in scholarly publishing, is made up of fifteen independent society publishers, and thirty-five journals, which are all hosted on HighWire Press. UK academic institutions will now have the singular opportunity to benefit from research published in these high-impact society journals for their libraries.
“The recent JISC Collections agreement represents a very important development for the ISPG publishers in that they have the opportunity to work closely with UK institutions in improving access to cutting-edge resources,” commented ISPG Facilitator and Spokesman, Tom Taylor. “We are extremely excited about this collaboration and opportunities for the near future.”
The JISC Collections NESLi2 SMP initiative provides UK institutions with a more effective means of access to the ISPG journals, along with favorable terms and conditions and a more simplified administrative process. This agreement with the ISPG journals also reflects the NESLi2 aim of widening access to content on behalf of NESLi2 member institutions.
For more information about the details of this agreement, please contact ISPG’s representative in Europe, Jas Atwal.
Independent Scholarly Publishers Group (ISPG) is a coalition of independent publishers of high-impact journals and related academic content, hosted on the HighWire platform, which promotes, markets to, and negotiates with library consortia, hospitals and other organizations around the world.
JISC Collections was established by the UK Higher and Further Education funding councils, to support the procurement of digital content for education and research in the UK. It undertakes negotiations with a large number of scholarly and research publishers on behalf of UK universities and colleges in the area of e-journals, e-books, databases and datasets achieving best pricing and licensing conditions for its members.
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