From: Sarah Glasser <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2012 13:47:33 -0500

With apologies for cross-posting…

A New Chapter Begins: Books at JSTOR Launches

More than 15,000 books join the journals on JSTOR

JSTOR is pleased to announce the launch of its new books program,
Books at JSTOR, which brings scholarly monographs from leading
university presses and other academic publishers to the JSTOR
platform.  Books are deeply integrated with the 1,600 current and
archival journals on JSTOR. All content is cross-searchable, and books
are linked with millions of book reviews and from hundreds of
thousands of book citations within the journal literature.

The Books at JSTOR initiative is the result of extensive consultations
with librarians, publishers, and users to develop an offering that
meets and balances the needs of the scholarly community. We plan to
continue the dialogue with all of our stakeholders as we learn
together from our experience and usage data; add new books and
publishers to the program; and refine the functionality on the
platform.

Books at JSTOR features:

* A growing list of titles in core scholarly disciplines.  Books from
participating presses are already highly-cited within the corpus of
journals on JSTOR.  More than 15,000 front- and backlist are currently
offered through the program, and new titles are added every month.

* Flexible purchase options. All books are available in a single-user
model, and thousands in a multi-user model. Books are available for
purchase as individual titles, disciplinary packages, and customizable
collections. Volume discounts are offered. A demand-driven acquisition
option is also available.

* Preservation assured. Books are preserved in Portico (portico.org),
ITHAKA’s digital preservation service.

* Seamless integration. JSTOR currently has millions of book reviews
and hundreds of thousands of book citations on the platform. Books,
journal articles, and reviews are cross-searchable and linked in ways
that make online research faster, easier, and more effective.

To date, Books at JSTOR has 26 participating presses, including
leading university presses, scholarly societies and other academic
publishers.  For a list of participating presses, visit
http://books.jstor.org.

Experience books on JSTOR

Books have been incorporated into the existing functionality on JSTOR,
and tabs on the search results page allow for easy filtering by
content type.  Learn more about books on JSTOR by viewing a tutorial
at:http://about.jstor.org/sites/default/files/general/BooksGuide112012.pdf.

The latest title list is now available at http://books.jstor.org.
Libraries can also request trial access to books by contacting us at
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Sarah Glasser
Director, Global Product Marketing
ITHAKA
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scholarly record and to advance research and teaching in sustainable
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