Wiley-Blackwell and American Anthropological Association

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Wiley-Blackwell and American Anthropological Association Announce 
Partnership

Agreement Adds More than 20 Publications to Wiley-Blackwell's 
Social Sciences Portfolio

Hoboken, N.J., September 19, 2007 -Wiley-Blackwell, the 
scientific, technical, medical and scholarly publishing business 
of John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (NYSE: JWa), (NYSE: JWb), and the 
American Anthropological Association (AAA) today announced that 
they have formed a new publishing partnership to commence in 
2008.

Wiley-Blackwell will publish 23 anthropology journals and 
newsletters of the AAA including the American Anthropologist, 
American Ethnologist, Cultural Anthropology, and the Medical 
Anthropology Quarterly. Wiley-Blackwell will also host 
AnthroSource-the premier online portal to full-text anthropology 
articles serving the research and teaching needs of scholars and 
practitioners in the US and around the world.

The AAA Executive Board's decision to join Wiley-Blackwell was 
the result of a year-long process centering around a detailed 
request for proposals and evaluation of publisher submissions. In 
its development of AnthroSource in 2002, the core goals of the 
AAA included developing a portal that could provide scholars with 
innovative discovery tools for accessing scholarly content, in 
text, photo, audio and video media, and an electronic means to 
expand the reach of anthropological knowledge to additional 
readers worldwide.

"We see Wiley-Blackwell's stellar reputation for creative 
partnerships with learned societies, its substantial investment 
in innovative technology and its worldwide network of offices as 
providing AAA with the potential to propel AnthroSource to the 
cutting edge of digital publishing," said Bill Davis, Executive 
Director of the AAA.   Alan Goodman, President of the AAA, said 
"I am especially impressed with Wiley-Blackwell's commitment to 
providing AnthroSource free to under-resourced institutions and 
to thereby expand the readership of AAA's publications and the 
dissemination of anthropological research to critical, new 
audiences."

To support the AAA's mission of disseminating anthropological 
knowledge, Wiley-Blackwell will work with the Association over 
the next several years to enhance the global dissemination of its 
publications, including expanding its free and reduced-price 
access programs in developing countries.

"This alliance will be an important and positive development for 
the scholarly community" said Eric A. Swanson, Senior Vice 
President, Wiley-Blackwell. "We are looking forward to working 
with the American Anthropological Association to help strengthen 
its profile as the world's most prolific publisher of scholarly 
research in anthropology."

This new partnership reinforces Wiley-Blackwell's already 
prominent position within the social sciences. With more than 450 
journals and 300 new textbooks, surveys, readers and anthologies 
published each year spanning a wide range of subject areas, the 
program continues to provide the scholarly community with access 
to the highest-quality content available.

###About The American Anthropological Association
Founded in 1902, the American Anthropological Association (AAA) 
is the world's largest professional organization of scholars and 
practitioners in the field of anthropology. With 11,000 members, 
the Arlington, Virginia-based association includes 
archaeologists, cultural anthropologists, biological (or 
physical) anthropologists, linguists and applied anthropologists 
in universities and colleges, research institutions, government 
agencies, museums, corporations and non-profits throughout the 
world. AAA publishes 19 peer-reviewed scholarly journals and 
conducts the largest annual meeting of anthropologists in the 
world. For more information on the American Anthropological 
Association, please go to http://www.aaanet.org.

About Wiley-Blackwell
Wiley-Blackwell was formed in February 2007 as a result of the 
acquisition of Blackwell Publishing Ltd. by John Wiley & Sons, 
Inc., and its merger with Wiley's Scientific, Technical, and 
Medical business. Together, the companies have created a global 
publishing business with deep strength in every major academic 
and professional field. Wiley-Blackwell publishes approximately 
1,250 scholarly peer-reviewed journals and an extensive 
collection of books with global appeal. For more information on 
Wiley-Blackwell, please visit www.blackwellpublishing.com or 
http://interscience.wiley.com.

About Wiley
Founded in 1807, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. has been a valued source 
of information and understanding for 200 years, helping people 
around the world meet their needs and fulfill their aspirations. 
Our core businesses include scientific, technical, and medical 
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