Blackwell Publishing Opens Shanghai Office to Support Growth

["Peters Dawn" <DPeters@bos.blackwellpublishing.com>]

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Asia Media Contact: Barbra May
+61 3 8359 1016 
bmay@asia.blackwellpublishing.com

UK Media Contact: Emily Gillingham
+44 (0) 1865 47 6425
emily.gillingham@oxon.blackwellpublishing.com

US Media Contact: Dawn Peters
1-781-388-8334 
dpeters@bos.blackwellpublishing.com

 
For Immediate Release
 
Blackwell Publishing Opens Shanghai Office to Support Growth in Asia 

35 institutes within Chinese Academy of Sciences have access to 
publisher's journal collection
 
Shanghai, China - August 31, 2004 - Earlier this month Blackwell 
Publishing opened a representative office in China to support its 
publishing activities in the region.  The office is located at 555 
Nanjing Road West, Shanghai.  Local staff based in Shanghai and Beijing 
will manage relationships with academic institutes, societies, 
libraries, and pharmaceutical companies, and will further develop 
Blackwell Publishing's business in China. 

"The opening of Blackwell's new office in Shanghai, China's commercial 
and pharmaceutical industry capital, is evidence of our commitment to 
building strong relationships with our publishing partners and the 
scholarly community at large." said Mark Robertson, President of 
Blackwell Publishing Asia.  

In a parallel agreement with the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Blackwell 
Publishing will provide access to its science and medicine collection 
to 35 institutes within the Academy through the Chinese National 
Science Digital Library. The Academy has over 30,000 graduate students 
in its 108 member institutes and is the only learned academy within 
China to be funded directly by the Central Government. Blackwell aims 
to provide access to its science and medical journals to additional 
member institutes in 2005.  The company also publishes a number of the 
Academy's English-language journals.  

In a move to ensure quicker access to its journals online in China, 
Blackwell journals will soon be available through CERNET (China 
Education and Research Network) to the university and research 
membership of CALIS (China Academic Library and Information System)
 
About Blackwell Publishing
Blackwell Publishing is the world's leading society publisher.  The 
company remains independent with over 900 staff members in offices in 
the US, UK, Australia, China, Denmark, Japan, and Germany.  Blackwell 
publishes over 700 journals in partnership with more than 550 academic 
and professional societies.  This year alone, Blackwell will publish 
over 600 text and reference books across a wide range of academic and 
professional subjects.  Blackwell's mission as an expert publisher is 
to create long-term partnerships with our clients that enhance 
learning, disseminate research, and improve the quality of professional 
practice.  For more information on Blackwell Publishing, please visit 
www.blackwellpublishing.com or www.blackwell-synergy.com.
 
Mailing Address:
Blackwell Publishing
Room 607
555 Nanjing Road West
Shanghai 200041
People's Republic of China
 
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Dawn Peters 
Public Relations Manager
Blackwell Publishing
350 Main Street
Malden, MA 02148-5018
Tel:  781-388-8334  Fax: 781-338-8334
dpeters@bos.blackwellpublishing.com 
www.blackwellpublishing.com
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