From: Marita LaMonica <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2012 22:30:07 -0400

Portico and Project MUSE Partner to Preserve UPCC E-Books|

September 25, 2012 - New York, NY Portico and Project MUSE are pleased
to announce that they are partnering to secure the long-term
preservation of e-books published online in MUSE through the
University Press Content Consortium (UPCC). Working together, Project
MUSE and Portico will ensure that the e-book offerings of the UPCC—73
presses and more than 15,000 books at the time of signing—will remain
available for future scholars, researchers, and students.

"Partnering with Portico will make it possible for Project MUSE to
future-proof the book content entrusted to us by the members of the
UPCC community," said Terry Ehling, associate director of Project
MUSE. "The archiving and preservation of our book content is a
priority for us, and we look forward to working closely with Portico
to ensure that the UPCC title collections are available to scholars in
perpetuity."

The UPCC book collections allow thousands of peer-reviewed new and
backlist e-books to be discovered and searched in an integrated
environment with content from nearly 500 journals currently on the
Project MUSE platform. The book collections' inclusion in the Portico
archive strengthens a growing e-book preservation service currently
responsible for the long-term preservation of more than 150,000
e-books from a spectrum of publishers, including university presses,
societies, and commercial publishers.

"This is an important partnership for both the university press and
library communities," stated Kate Wittenberg, Portico managing
director. "Project MUSE's investment in the long-term preservation of
the UPCC books reflects their deep commitment to their library
customers."



Read the full press release here.

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Marita La Monica
Senior Manager, Marketing & Communications
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