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Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2017 14:22:40 -0500

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January 18, 2017

DUKE UNIVERSITY PRESS SELECTS SILVERCHAIR FOR NEW DIGITAL PRODUCTS PLATFORM

Charlottesville, VA, and Durham, NC—Silverchair Information Systems
(Silverchair) and Duke University Press announced today a new
publishing technology partnership to redevelop and host Duke
University Press’s extensive collection of scholarly journals, books,
and electronic collections in the humanities and social sciences on
Silverchair’s online publishing platform.

Duke University Press publishes more than 50 journals, offers five
digital collections, and has well over 2,000 scholarly books available
online. All humanities and social sciences journals and e-books will
migrate to the Silverchair platform, providing scholars with a single
reading and research experience across books and journals.

“We are enthusiastic to collaborate with another of the world’s most
respected university presses,” said Thane Kerner, Silverchair CEO.
“Duke University Press’s omni-format offerings will benefit greatly
from our integrated, flexible delivery platform, enabling rapid
ideation and experimentation in new ways to serve scholars and
libraries. Supporting this deep and interconnected body of scholarship
in the humanities and social sciences will drive Silverchair’s
technology in new and exciting directions.”

“After long and careful assessment of platform technologies and
service offerings, we believe Silverchair is the most capable of
delivering the sort of integrated, responsive platform we have long
envisioned for our books and journals—one that can showcase both the
variety and the cohesion of our highly interdisciplinary scholarship,”
said Steve Cohn, director of Duke University Press. “Silverchair
offers us a modern, secure technology platform combined with the kind
of creative and flexible approach necessary to match our innovative,
dynamic publications and products.”

Duke University Press’s content will be available on the Silverchair
platform in January 2018. Librarians and sales agents can consult our
Platform Migration Resource Page
https://www.dukeupress.edu/Libraries/migration.php for additional
details.

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About Duke University Press

Duke University Press supports scholars in doing what they are
passionate about: learning, teaching, and effecting positive change in
the world. This bold, progressive spirit drives both what and how DUP
publishes. It publishes about 120 new books each year, more than 50
journals, and multiple digital collections that transform current
thinking and move fields forward. Duke University Press thrives as a
nonprofit publisher because it adapts, innovates, and forms strong
global partnerships in pursuit of its mission. That mission is to
find, curate, enrich, and disseminate scholarship that is vital to
readers working at the forefront of their fields in the humanities,
social sciences, and mathematics. The offices of Duke University Press
are in Durham, NC. See http://www.dukeupress.edu.

About Silverchair Information Systems

Founded in 1993, Silverchair integrates and delivers scholarly and
professional content from a single platform—journals, books, video,
custom formats, and more. Silverchair has worked with some of the most
accomplished names in scholarly and professional information, spanning
the worlds of commercial publishing, professional societies and
associations, governmental agencies, and academic medical centers.
Silverchair is headquartered in Charlottesville, VA. See
http://www.silverchair.com.

For more information, contact

Wes Royer
Director of Product
Silverchair Information Systems
+1-434-220-8332
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Allison Belan
Associate Director, Digital Strategy & Systems
Duke University Press
+1-919-687-3683
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For general inquiries, contact
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