Cambridge Journals now compliant with MetaLib

[Susan Soule <ssoule@cambridge.org>]

***With apologies for cross-posting***

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

====================================================================================================

12th October 2006, Cambridge, England, UK & New York, USA

Thanks to the new Cambridge University Press XML Gateway, 
Cambridge Journals are now accessible through the MetaLib library 
portal from Ex LibrisT. Library users can now access Cambridge 
Journals even more quickly and easily, direct from their library 
desktops.

The new XML gateway enables MetaLib users to include Cambridge 
Journals along with other databases in a single search. Library 
patrons can conduct a MetaSearch across these heterogeneous 
resources, or link direct to the Cambridge Journals native 
interface at www.journals.cambridge.org

The Cambridge University Press XML gateway was collaboratively 
developed by Cambridge University Press and Ex Libris using the 
SRU protocol.

As a genuine not-for-profit publisher, Cambridge University Press 
has an ongoing commitment to serve the academic community. In 
keeping with this policy, MetaLib was chosen as a means to give 
libraries even faster access to the high quality scholarly 
research held on the Cambridge Journals platform.

"We believe that MetaLib and metasearch will help our readers 
reach our content and that use of the SRU protocol has provided 
an effective way to do this," noted Chris Fell, Systems 
Development Manager for Journals at Cambridge University Press.

Nina Keren-David, MetaLib Support, Implementation and 
KnowledgeBase Manager, adds, "We are delighted to be the first 
metasearch application to offer its customers access to Cambridge 
Journals Online, which includes articles from more than 200 
academic journals published by one of the world's most 
prestigious academic publishers. Cambridge Journals Online is one 
of our MetaLib user community's most-requested databases. We are 
pleased that Cambridge University Press shares Ex Libris' 
commitment to using standards-based technologies that provide 
effective, stable searching platforms, and in the collaborative 
effort that resulted in release of the new Cambridge University 
Press XML gateway."

The new compliance with MetaLib is just a part of the process of 
continuous technical upgrade being implemented by Cambridge 
Journals. Building on the success of the bespoke Cambridge 
Journals platform, which runs cutting-edge multiple-server 
technology, Cambridge University Press is continuing to invest in 
the latest technology to ensure the best possible service to the 
academic community. The coming year will see further improvements 
to both the Cambridge Journals web site and other back-end 
systems. Beyond this, experienced in-house developers will be 
conducting an ongoing and continuous programme of improvement.

About Cambridge Journals

Cambridge University Press publishes over 220 peer-reviewed 
academic journals across a wide spread of subject areas, in print 
and online. Many of these journals are the leading academic 
publications in their fields and together they form one of the 
most valuable and comprehensive bodies of research available 
today.

About Cambridge University Press

Cambridge University Press is the publishing division of the 
University of Cambridge, one of the world's leading research 
institutions and winner of 81 Nobel Prizes. Cambridge University 
Press advances learning, knowledge and research worldwide. It 
publishes nearly 220 journals and over 2,500 books a year for 
distribution in more than 200 countries.

About Ex Libris

Ex Libris is a leading worldwide developer and provider of 
high-performance applications for libraries, information centers, 
and researchers, with installations in 62 countries. ALEPH, the 
Ex Libris integrated library solution, has been installed at over 
1700 sites worldwide. MetaLib, the information portal for library 
collections, and SFX, the context-sensitive linking solution for 
heterogeneous electronic resources in the scholarly information 
environment, have collectively been purchased by over 950 
institutions in 40 countries. DigiTool, a solution for the 
construction of digital collections, and Verde, the electronic 
resource management (ERM) system, have been warmly adopted by 
customers worldwide. Primo, our next-generation, user-centric 
discovery and delivery solution--and the newest addition to the 
Ex Libris product suite--was launched at the ALA Annual 
Conference in New Orleans in June 2006. For additional 
information on Ex Libris, please see: 
http://www.exlibrisgroup.com

Other links:

For Cambridge University Press Journals please go to
http://www.journals.cambridge.org
For Cambridge University Press please go to: http://www.cambridge.org
For The University of Cambridge please go to: http://www.cam.ac.uk

Cambridge University Press advances learning, knowledge and research
worldwide

==================================================

Susan Soule
Journals Marketing Manager
Cambridge University Press, Americas
ssoule@cambridge.org