Update about Blackwell journals moving to Wiley InterScience

["Gillingham, Emily - Oxford" <emily.gillingham@wiley.com>]

Dear all

In case you haven't already received it direct via email, I would 
like to provide you here with the latest update on the transition 
of Blackwell journals to Wiley InterScience so that you are fully 
informed.  The plan as announced first in January is still on 
track and the transition will take place this weekend.

The scheduled downtime is as follows:

Friday - June 27
Blackwell Synergy closes down
9:00 pm New York (at the earliest)
2:00 am London (June 28)
9:00 am Singapore (June 28)

Saturday - June 28
Wiley InterScience goes offline temporarily
5:00 am New York
10:00 am London (June 29)
5:00 pm Singapore (June 29)

Sunday - June 29
Wiley InterScience comes back online, with Blackwell journals incorporated
9:00 pm New York
2:00 am London (June 30)
9:00 am Singapore (June 30)

I will send a further notice on Monday, June 30th, once the 
transition is complete and to update you on the status.

- Blackwell Usage Data

Many of you will have requested and received usage data reports 
from Blackwell Synergy in the last few weeks. Due to the high 
demand for these reports this week however, there have been some 
delays in sending them out and I apologize for this. January to 
June 2008 usage data for Blackwell journals will be available to 
download from Wiley InterScience in September.

- Access Rights

We have transferred current and historical license terms and 
access rights for Blackwell journals to Wiley InterScience so you 
should be able to access what your institution is entitled to 
seamlessly on Wiley InterScience. If you have any questions about 
accessing particular titles or queries about your subscription 
holdings, please contact Journal Customer Services or your usual 
Wiley-Blackwell Account Manager directly. Our customer services 
team is offering 24/7 support during this transition time and 
they will be able to resolve any access queries for you.

- Content

The majority of journal content, including articles in PDF and 
HTML formats for current issues, backfiles, and online before 
print, has been successfully loaded onto Wiley InterScience 
already. However, there is some older content, including some 
ceased titles, which we will load after the initial transition 
and within the next two weeks. We will post a full list of this 
missing content to our transition information site on Monday and 
will be working to load it as quickly as possible as a priority.

- Links

All Synergy URLs will redirect to their nearest equivalent page 
on Wiley InterScience. These redirects will continue to be 
supported for the remainder of 2008 and until we launch the new 
platform in 2009. More information about this will follow in due 
course. We have also worked closely with link resolvers and other 
third party vendors to ensure that their links also redirect to 
the journals on Wiley InterScience. Information about the 
structure of the Wiley InterScience journal URLs is on our 
transition page.

- What you need to do

You don't need to do anything. We have aimed to ensure that there 
is as minimal disruption as possible with links redirecting 
automatically, access rights transferred, and content moved. We 
understand that there will be inconvenience caused by the change 
and appreciate your forbearance. We know that this is 
traditionally the time when Synergy records its lowest annual 
usage but if you are able to help communicate these changes to 
your community of users then that would be valuable. Please also 
share this information with others in your library.

For more details about the transition or for customer support, go to:

http://www.interscience.wiley.com/transition - for Librarians and 
Institutional Customers

http://www.interscience.wiley.com/transition-users - for 
Individual End Users

http://www.interscience.wiley.com/support - Customer Services 
contact information

http://www.interscience.wiley.com/tutorials - free online demos 
and training for Wiley InterScience

If you have any further questions, please contact your 
Wiley-Blackwell Account Manager, contact me directly, or contact 
our Customer Services team 
(http://www.interscience.wiley.com/support).

Best wishes, Emily

_______________________________________
Emily Gillingham
Director, Library and Institutional Marketing
Wiley-Blackwell
John Wiley & Sons
Oxford OX4 3EL, UK
emily.gillingham@wiley.com