INFORMS News and Announcements

["Bennett, Gary" <Gary.Bennett@INFORMS.ORG>]

The following release provides recent news and announcements from 
INFORMS - the Institute for Operations Research and the 
Management Sciences.  Apologies for cross-posting.

NEWS RELEASE

Contact Barry List, Director of Communications, (443) 757-3560; 
(800) 4INFORMS; cell (443) 794-5182; barry.list@informs.org

Gary Bennett, Director of Marketing, (443) 757-3565; (800) 
4INFORMS; gary.bennett@informs.org

INFORMS PUBLICATIONS OFFER NEW BENEFITS TO INSTITUTIONAL 
SUBSCRIBERS

HANOVER, MD, April 30, 2008 - The Institute for Operations 
Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS(r)) today announced 
a series of new benefits to institutional subscribers and their 
patrons:

NEW in 2008 - Journals Archive:

INFORMS will offer in the summer of 2008 its online archival 
product covering journal content from 1952 to 1997.  Attractive 
pricing will allow institutions to complete their online holdings 
at an affordable price. The archive includes issues from all nine 
scholarly journals with archival material.  Watch for more 
information from INFORMS.

Additional 2008 content:

INFORMS is adding over 2,000 pages of new content across our 
journals in 2008 while maintaining a reasonable price per page.

Articles in Advance:

INFORMS now offers peer-reviewed, revised, typeset, copyedited, 
and author-approved articles online in advance of their 
appearance in print as part of a regular institutional 
subscription.

New Institutional Subscription Policy:

Coming in 2009, all current institutional subscribers will 
receive three additional years of content back to and including 
1998 as part of the regular online subscriptions.  Previously, 
regular institutional subscriptions covered issues from 2001 
forward.

Journals Suite Discount:

In 2009 INFORMS will offer their entire 12-journal suite as a 
discounted package to institutions.  Watch for more information 
from INFORMS.

Hosting by HighWire Press:

INFORMS journals are now hosted by HighWire Press, whose 
reputation and capability deliver INFORMS journals in the most 
useful and user-friendly way possible.

2009 Subscription Pricing:

INFORMS plans to announce in the coming weeks only a modest, 
society-style increase in 2009 institutional subscription rates.

About INFORMS

The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences 
(INFORMS(r)) is an international scientific society with 10,000 
members, including Nobel Prize laureates, dedicated to applying 
scientific methods to help improve decision-making, management, 
and operations. Members of INFORMS work in business, government, 
and academia. They are represented in fields as diverse as 
airlines, health care, law enforcement, the military, financial 
engineering, and telecommunications. The INFORMS website is 
www.informs.org. More information about operations research is at 
www.scienceofbetter.org

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