Academic research library Cornell University Library, US, and Duke University Press (Duke) have announced a joint venture to expand and enhance the services of Project Euclid, an online information community for mathematics and statistics resources from independent publishers. The joint venture was undertaken in cooperation with the Scholarly Publishing & Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC). Leadership for Project Euclid will be assumed by management at both Cornell and Duke.
Effective July 2008, Duke will provide publishing expertise in marketing, sales, and order fulfillment to Project Euclid's participating publishers and institutional subscribers. The Press will work to broaden and deepen Project Euclid's subscriber base, resulting in greater global exposure for 54 journals and a growing number of monographs and conference proceedings. Cornell will continue to provide and support the vital IT infrastructure for the Project. It will also assume responsibility for archiving and preservation activities, ensuring robust and reliable access to the content deposited with Project Euclid for future scholars, researchers, and students.
Launched in 2003, Project Euclid seeks to assure that the mathematics and statistics communities continue to benefit from a healthy balance of commercial enterprises, scholarly societies, and independent publishers. Euclid and its partner publishers will benefit from Duke's commitment to the project's mission as well as from the Press's publishing proficiency, reputation for quality consciousness, and university-based value system.
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