JSTOR: Participation Information for the Upcoming Ecology & BotanyCollection

[Ann Okerson <ann.okerson@YALE.EDU>]

JSTOR swings into action, some more.    Ann Okerson

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Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 11:18:33 -0400
From: Kristen Garlock <lynae@umich.edu>
To: jstor-contacts@umich.edu, jstor-contacts2@umich.edu
Subject: JSTOR: Participation Information for the Upcoming Ecology &  Botany
    Collection

Dear JSTOR Participant:

We are very pleased to announce final details for the release of the
upcoming Ecology & Botany Collection, JSTOR's third archival collection of
scholarly journals. The Ecology & Botany Collection will be released as a
single group later this Autumn. The collection, totaling 29 journals and
over one million pages, contains some of the most essential journals
published in the environmental sciences. Many publications, such as
American Naturalist and International Journal of Plant Sciences, extend
back into the 19th Century. Ecologists, conservationists and scholars in
related fields will now be able to research journal literature in the
environmental sciences going back more than 130 years.

You may view the complete list of titles in the Ecology & Botany
Collection on our web site at
<http://www.jstor.org/about/ecobot.list.html>.

JSTOR has created this collection in cooperation with the Ecological
Society of America (ESA), a not-for-profit organization whose members are
conducting research, teaching, and working to provide the ecological
knowledge needed to solve environmental problems. We are pleased to have
had the support of the ESA in the creation and production of this
collection. Thanks to funds that have been made available to the ESA from
the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation that helped cover production costs, JSTOR
has been able to reduce significantly the Archive Capital Fees for this
collection.

As with other JSTOR collections, institutions will pay two fees to
participate in the Ecology & Botany Collection, an Archive Capital Fee
(ACF) and an Annual Access Fee (AAF). As you may know, the ACF is a one
time only fee designed to help insure that JSTOR has the necessary
resources to meet its archival obligation to migrate data and software
systems as technology evolves. The AAF helps cover the recurring costs of
updating the archive and maintaining access and support services for
participating institutions.

There are six titles common to both the Arts & Sciences I and the Ecology
& Botany Collections. In recognition of these shared titles, the Ecology &
Botany participation fees are reduced for institutions already
participating in Arts & Sciences I.

Participation fees and information for the Ecology & Botany Collection for 
U.S. participants are available at the JSTOR web site at 
<http://www.jstor.org/about/avail_fees.html>. Participation fees and 
information for institutions outside the U.S. are available at 
<http://www.jstor.org/about/intl_avail_fees.html>.

We are happy to welcome participants in this new collection. In order to 
extend the terms of the license Agreement between JSTOR and your 
institution to cover participation in the Ecology & Botany Collection, we 
will need to add a Rider to the Agreement. If your institution is ready to 
proceed please download and complete two copies of the Collections Rider 
available on our web site. U.S. institutions should complete the rider at 
<http://www.jstor.org/about/basic.collections.rider.V10.1.00.pdf>. 
International institutions should complete the rider at 
<http://www.jstor.org/about/intl.collections.rider.IV.10.1.pdf>.

Two signed copies of the Rider should be sent to the appropriate contact 
below. We will process the Riders and make arrangements for your 
institution to have access to this archive as soon as it is released. 
Institutions that complete the Rider in advance will gain full access to 
the collection on the day of its release.

U.S. participants may send completed Riders, or requests for further 
information to:

Carol MacAdam
Associate Director for Library Relations
120 Fifth Avenue, Fifth Floor
New York, New York 10011
Email:  clm@jstor.org
Phone:  212-229-3700

International participants interested in this collection should contact 
Dawn Tomassi to obtain the appropriate participation fees prior to 
completing the Collections Rider, or to request further information.

Dawn Tomassi
Assistant Director for International Library Relations
120 Fifth Avenue, Fifth Floor
New York, New York 10011
Email: dt@jstor.org
Phone: 212-229-3700

We will send an announcement via email in the coming weeks when the 
collection has been released. We appreciate your continued support of our 
endeavor and welcome your comments.

Best regards,

Kristen Garlock

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