Get MORE with Connect Collections
Ingenta works with leading publisher to support new content licensing options
Ingenta, the technology and services provider for the publishing and information industries, is pleased to announce a new development designed to support non-subscription-based licensing models for electronic content. Connect Collections are subsets of IngentaConnect's full journal list, usually themed by subject, and offered either by a single publisher or by a group of cooperating publishers. Each group of journals can be licensed as a collection, allowing specialist libraries to expand their holdings in specific subject areas at consortial prices.
Maney Publishing worked closely with Ingenta to develop the Connect Collections architecture, and the following initial MORE (Maney Online Research E-journals) Collections will launch the service: Materials Science and Engineering, History/Humanities, and Healthcare. Each Connect Collection has its own homepage on IngentaConnect which can be customised with collection-specific logos, information and related links. Additional features include free trials for institutions wishing to assess the value of a collection before licensing, RSS feeds, and one-time activation for institutional licensees, thus reducing administrative burden. Furthermore, Collections can be fully branded with the publisher, society or collection's look and feel, to reinforce the theme or ownership of the journals to the end user.
IngentaConnect Vice President Douglas Wright says: "Big deals are losing popularity as libraries recognise they don't need all the journals they're getting. Connect Collections allow libraries to maximise the value they get for their time and money, by cutting out the content they don't need, and only licensing and administrating the material which is really appropriate to their institution. For publishers, it's a way to reach that market without the costs of a new platform – offering a Collection is a simple and inexpensive upgrade to an existing IngentaConnect package."
Michael Gallico, Managing Director at Maney Publishing, adds: "We were looking for a way to make our journals work harder for us whilst still providing excellent value to our customers. We worked closely with the IngentaConnect team to come up with a way of presenting our content in a new package which would help us appeal to new markets. Maney's journals can now be licensed in various flexible ways, ensuring our customers can access top-quality information at cost-effective prices."
For more information about Connect Collections, visit the Ingenta stand (274) at Online Information.
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For more information, please contact:
Charlie Rapple
Ingenta plc
Tel: +44 (0) 1865 799060
Email: charlie.rapple@ingenta.com
About Ingenta
www.ingenta.com
Ingenta is the global market leader in the management and distribution of published scientific, professional and academic research via the Internet, and develops and maintains specialist websites and technology services for publishers, self-publishing societies and libraries.
For publishers of scientific, professional and academic periodicals, journals and reference works, Ingenta provides a suite of publisher services including data conversion, secure online hosting, access control and distribution services. Our recently-launched Information Commerce System provides flexible infrastructure and tools to enable publishers to repackage, bundle or price content online at the click of a button.
For libraries and information professionals, Ingenta offers collection management and comprehensive document delivery options. Ingenta's collection of research content – 18 million articles from more than 8,000 online publications and 29,000 fax and Ariel delivered publications – is accessed by millions of researchers and librarians a month via ingentaconnect.com and other websites.
About Maney
www.maney.co.uk
Maney is one of the few remaining independent publishers of quality. Founded in 1900, the company has offices in the UK in Leeds and London, and in north America, in Boston. Since 1945 we have offered academic societies, their editors, authors, and members outstanding service in the publication of their books and journals. Increasingly focused on academic journals and book series, Maney offers individual publishing arrangements customised to a society's needs; a high level of personal contact at all levels; maintains high traditional standards of materials and production; and publishes extensively in electronic form. Our earlier history was as a specialist typesetting and printing company, and the standards of production in our work, and the titles on our list, reflect this continuing tradition.
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