Wiley-Blackwell Signs Two National Backfile Licenses in Germany

["Foley, Virginia - Boston" <vfoley@wiley.com>]

Wiley-Blackwell Signs Two New National Backfile Licenses in 
Germany

Oxford, UK, 29 May 2008 -- Wiley-Blackwell has completed 
agreements to provide access to nearly 400 journal backfiles to 
users in research institutions and teaching universities across 
Germany.

All universities and publicly-funded institutions in Germany can 
now provide access to most journal backfiles from Wiley-Blackwell 
through a nationwide license funded by the Deutsche 
Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG). A deal struck with the 
Universitaetsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg 
Frankfurt/Main provides access to 21 journal Backfile Collections 
from Wiley, up from nine collections previously available. These 
collections comprise 159 journals. A separate deal with the 
Bayerische Staatsbibliothek in Munich will provide access to the 
backfiles of 239 journals from Blackwell.

"We are thrilled that these national licenses will help provide 
the German research community access to such a critical mass of 
scholarly information," said Reed Elfenbein, VP and Managing 
Director, Sales and Marketing. "Backfiles are one way that 
Wiley-Blackwell can work with its library partners to provide a 
best-in-class service that meets the challenges of serving users 
in a digital age."

Eligible libraries which are already registered for the Wiley 
collections will have their access to the additional 12 
collections activated automatically. Libraries which have not yet 
registered are invited to register now by visiting 
www.nationallizenzen.de.

Wiley InterScience Backfile Collections are grouped into 
tightly-defined subject disciplines. In each collection full 
coverage dates back to Volume 1, Issue 1 of each journal, 
including inaugural issues of seminal titles such as: Hepatology; 
Reviews in Medical Virology; The Journal of Pathology; Annals of 
Neurology; Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society; 
Genetic Epidemiology; and Communications on Pure and Applied 
Mathematics.

The following 12 Wiley InterScience Backfile Collections are also 
included in the new license: -- General Medicine Backfile -- 
Health Care Policy and Management -- The Journal of Pathology -- 
Neuroscience -- Oncology and Hematology -- Pharmacology and 
Toxicology -- Psychology -- Physics and Astronomy -- Earth and 
Environmental Sciences -- Food Science, Technology, and 
Agriculture -- Genetics and Evolution -- Mathematics

Included in the 239 backfiles from Blackwell are the following 
key titles: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences; BJOG: An 
International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology; FEMS 
Microbiology Letters; and Journals of Advanced Nursing.

About DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft)
The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) is the central public 
funding organisation responsible for promoting research in 
Germany. Its activities focus on funding research projects 
carried out by scientists and academics working at universities 
or research institutes and on selecting the best projects in a 
process of fair and transparent competition. The work of the DFG 
serves all branches of science and the humanities to reflect its 
role as the self-governing organisation of German science and 
research. DFG membership is made up of German universities, 
non-university research institutions, scientific associations as 
well as the Academies of Science and Humanities. The DFG receives 
its funding from the federal (Bund) and state (Laender) 
authorities.

About Bayerische Staatsbibliothek Muenchen
Bayerische Staatsbibliothek was founded in 1558 by Duke Albrecht 
V as the Wittelsbach court library. It is now the central 
regional library of the federal state of Bavaria, the state 
authority for all library matters in Bavaria and one of the 
biggest academic libraries in German-speaking countries.

The library collects publications pertaining to all countries and 
subjects, except technology and applied agricultural science. 
Particular emphasis is put on collecting literature in the fields 
of antiquity, history, music and materials both about and from 
East and South-East Europe, the Middle East and East Asia. With 
its 40,000 current periodicals and newspapers and 8,500 licensed 
electronic journals the Bavarian State Library is second in 
Europe only to the British Library.

About Universitaetsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg 
Frankfurt/Main
The Universitaetsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg 
Frankfurt am Main is responsible for the collection period 
1801-1870.The Library was founded on January 1, 2005 after the 
Stadt- und Unversitaetsbibliothek Frankfurt am Main fused with 
the Senckenbergische Bibliothek. The library is currently 
responsible for providing the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University 
with literature. The following special collections, which are 
financed by the DFG, are also maintained: Africa, south of the 
Sahara, oceania, biology, German studies, Israel and Jewish 
studies, linguistics, theatre and the cinema.

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acquisition of Blackwell Publishing Ltd. by John Wiley & Sons, 
Inc., and its merger with Wiley's Scientific, Technical, and 
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and professional field. Wiley-Blackwell publishes approximately 
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