From: Alex Holzman <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2012 22:15:10 -0500 For a crisp, short history of how the University Press Content Consortium, now part of Project Muse's newly launched journals and books platform, came to be, see http://directorsmusings.wordpress.com/2011/12/22/launching-the-university-press-content-consortium/ Written by Dean Smith, who heads up the Muse team, the piece is obviously favorable. But it also offers some insight into the developing spirit of cooperation and joint effort among university presses. Full disclosure--I am on the UPCC Advisory Board and was one of the founding directors (along with my colleagues at NYU, Nebraska, Penn, and Rutgers) of the University Press eBook Consortium, whose joining with Books at Muse resulted in the UPCC. Alex Holzman Director Temple University Press Email: [log in to unmask] http://www.temple.edu/tempress