From: Mark Kurtz <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2012 10:00:01 -0400

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BioOne and Dartmouth Collaborate with Other Leading Research
Universities to Launch Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, a New
Open-Access Scientific Journal

October 23rd, 2012 – Washington, DC & Hanover, NH. BioOne and
Dartmouth are pleased to announce the upcoming launch of Elementa:
Science of the Anthropocene, a new open-access publishing program.
Elementa was created through a collaboration among BioOne, Dartmouth,
and several other leading research universities, and will publish
original research that will report new knowledge of the Earth's
physical, chemical, and biological systems during this era of human
impacts. Elementa will publish contributions that explore feedbacks
between human and natural systems, and steps that can be taken to
ameliorate harmful changes.

With the first articles scheduled to appear in July 2013, Elementa
will attract reports of fundamental advancements in research organized
initially into six domains, embracing the concept that basic knowledge
can foster sustainable solutions for society. Each knowledge domain
will be led by its own Editor-in-Chief, who will soon be joined by an
international team of prominent Associate Editors. The initial
Editorial team includes:

* Atmospheric Science: Detlev Helmig, University of Colorado Boulder

* Earth and Environmental Science: Joel D. Blum, University of Michigan

* Ecology: Donald R. Zak, University of Michigan

* Ocean Science: Jody W. Deming, University of Washington

* Sustainable Engineering: Michael E. Chang, Georgia Institute of Technology

* Sustainability Sciences: Anne Kapuscinski and David R. Peart, Dartmouth

Published by BioOne and with production services at the Dartmouth
College Library, Elementa is committed to a unique structure, approach
and goals:

* Collaborative and strategic - the respective missions of BioOne and
partner institutions emphasize strategic partnerships that maximize
the dissemination of critical research;

* Knowledge driven - Elementa will publish fundamental advancements
in research, available to all scientists, to further new knowledge of
how humans are profoundly altering the Earth's physical, chemical and
biological processes and of how humans can transform these trends to
move civilization towards sustainability;

* Open Access - all Elementa content will be freely available,
without embargo, as a public good;

* Rapidly but Rigorously Reviewed - Elementa is committed to the
publication of the highest quality research through a rigorous and
timely peer-review process;

* Campus based - Elementa is the first model of its kind to be both
based at, and managed in partnership with, the university research
enterprise.

Dartmouth President, Carol L. Folt stated: “In hosting the production
of Elementa, Dartmouth is pleased to take a leadership role in
campus-based publishing collaboration, with the goal of openly sharing
critical research on some of the most challenging issues in the
contemporary world. This open-access model serves an urgent need - to
bring the best scholarship to bear more directly on serious global
issues.”

Susan Skomal, BioOne Executive Director and COO, commented: “Elementa
is a natural direction for BioOne to pursue insofar as it exemplifies
the organization's fundamental mission to foster sustainable scholarly
publishing through close collaboration with the scholarly
communications community.  The enthusiastic engagement by the leading
universities represented by our Editors-in-Chief, and by Dartmouth as
the production base, provide the foundation for Elementa's commitment
to high-quality research.”

"SPARC is delighted with the development of this collaborative
venture,” said Heather Joseph, Scholarly Publishing and Academic
Resources Coalition Executive Director. “It is exciting to see BioOne
continue its positive evolution to include a campus-based, Open Access
component, and we're particularly pleased to see a strong emphasis on
data integration. Elementa will be a welcome new contribution to the
scholarly landscape."

Elementa’s first articles will be accepted in April 2013 and the
official launch is expected for July 2013. For all inquiries, please
contact the Program Director, Mark Kurtz, at
[log in to unmask] or visit www.elementascience.org.

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Notes to Editors:
For more information, please contact:
Mark Kurtz
Tel: 202.540.9968
Email: [log in to unmask]

About BioOne:
Established in 1999, BioOne is the product of innovative collaboration
among scientific societies, libraries, academe, and the private
sector, united in the common goal of maximizing access to critical
research. BioOne's mission includes the exploration of economic models
and strategic partnerships that balance the needs of all scholarly
communications stakeholders. BioOne offers cost-effective access to
critical scientific research through its content aggregation of 171
society, museum, and institutionally sponsored publications in the
biological, ecological, and environmental sciences, at www.bioone.org.

Through a core collaboration with leading research institutions, and
with Dartmouth as the production base, BioOne is now also publisher of
Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, an open-access, campus-based
publication program focused on anthropogenic influences on the global
environment and amelioration of harmful changes, coming in 2013 at
www.elementascience.org.

About Dartmouth:
Founded in 1769, Dartmouth is a member of the Ivy League and
consistently ranks among the world's greatest colleges and
universities. Dartmouth has forged a singular identity for combining
its deep commitment to outstanding undergraduate liberal arts and
graduate education with distinguished research and scholarship in the
arts and sciences and its three leading professional schools—the
Geisel School of Medicine, Thayer School of Engineering, and the Tuck
School of Business.

Dartmouth College Library is committed to innovation in the
open-access, campus-based publishing movement and has an active
Digital Library Program. It is dedicated to building collaborations to
support scholarly publishing for its students and faculty, and has
demonstrated that commitment by collaborating with the University
Press of New England and others.

Mark Kurtz, Director of Business Development
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