STM publisher IOS Press, Netherlands, and the National Science and Technology Library (NSTL), China, have signed a 3 year contract for the access to all of IOS electronic publications. The deal follows an extensive review of actual usage by the Chinese library users, which showed that the IOS collection was frequently accessed and became increasingly popular over time. Subscription services provider Swets, Netherlands, was actively involved in bringing both parties together and supporting the process throughout.
All research institutes and universities in mainland China will now be able to access IOS Press' e-journals. In addition, NSTL expects IOS to publish more, new, high-quality research content in the future.
IOS Press services a variety of scientific and medical communities in all parts of the world. IOS Press is a fast growing publishing company, which follows the developments in publishing closely. All journals are available online and a new online book platform is the final stages of release to market. Following it's founding, IOS Press established several co-publishing initiatives. It's most recent expansion was the acquisition of MillPress at the end of 2008. MillPress publishes science books, monographs and conference proceedings in the field of engineering, earth sciences and environmental sciences.
