Launch of Integrated Content Delivery Platform for BioOne

["Nash Pal" <npal@atypon.com>]

With apologies for cross posting.

The news below detailing the announcement from Atypon Systems, 
Inc. and Allen Press, Inc. announcing the launch of the new 
BioOne e-publishing site may be of interest to liblicense 
readers.

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Atypon Systems, Inc. and Allen Press, Inc. Announce Launch of Integrated
Content Delivery Platform for BioOne

For immediate release

Santa Clara, California, February 10, 2009 - Atypon Systems, Inc. 
and Allen Press, Inc. are celebrating the successful launch last 
week of the new BioOne e-publishing site (www.bioone.org), 
hosting both full text journals and books. BioOne's new platform 
is serviced by Allen Press and powered by Atypon's proven and 
trusted online publishing technology.

The latest platform brings a host of new functionality and a more 
user-friendly interface to all of BioOne's community members: 
researchers, participating publishers, and subscribing libraries. 
Users can now create personal profiles using the "My BioOne" 
feature, allowing them to save searches, favorite journals, and 
e-alerting preferences. They can also make use of article and 
title-level tools such as RSS feeds, related article, and author 
searches.

"We think the BioOne community is going to be extremely pleased 
with the new features and functionality of the interface. BioOne 
is a critical resource for scholars and researchers all over the 
world, and we are delighted to be a part of enhancing their 
publisher and partner experience," said Allen Press CEO Gerald 
Lillian.

BioOne is home to 113 not-for-profit society and institutional 
publishers from around the world. The new site offers these 
participating BioOne publishers previously unavailable branding, 
customization, and promotional opportunities, including dedicated 
information pages for each publication and society. For BioOne 
subscribing libraries, the new site means an increase in core 
access and reporting functionality including easy download of 
COUNTER statistics and MARC records, Open URL compliance and 
Shibboleth supported access.

Bringing together a wide range of work on the biological, 
ecological, and environmental sciences from scientific societies, 
libraries, academe, and the private sector, the new platform had 
to be capable of supporting multiple product types. The BioOne 
site hosts full-text HTML journal and book content fully 
integrated on the one site. This benefits the user by providing a 
consistent user experience and single sign on irrespective of the 
content they are seeking. BioOne benefits by being able to 
deliver book and journal content together, or separately, from a 
single platform, and being able to manage the site using a single 
administration tool from the desktop.

Chris Beckett, Atypon Vice President of Sales and Marketing 
commented, "Allen Press and BioOne have a long tradition of 
excellent service to society publishers, researchers and 
librarians. We are delighted that we were able to address the 
challenge of delivering an integrated book and journal site 
successfully. Working with both has been a pleasure."

Susan Dunavan, Atypon Product Manager, said "We're proud of the 
work we have done with Allen Press and BioOne to develop and 
deliver an excellent e-publishing site, and are looking forward 
to continued development of new features and services for 
BioOne's communities."

We invite you to log-on to BioOne (www.bioone.org) and see these 
and other improvements for yourself.

About BioOne

Launched in 2001, BioOne is the product of innovative 
collaboration between scientific societies, libraries, academe, 
and the private sector, who seek a sustainable, mission- driven 
alternative to commercial publishing. BioOne brings to the Web a 
uniquely valuable aggregation of the full-texts of high-impact 
bioscience research journals. Most of BioOne's titles are 
published by small societies and not-for-profit publishers. 
BioOne provides integrated, cost-effective access to a thoroughly 
linked information resource of interrelated journals focused on 
the biological, ecological, and environmental sciences.

About Allen Press

Allen Press, Inc. plays a vital role in the dissemination of 
knowledge and information by partnering with organizations in the 
scientific, technical and medical community to promote their 
interests and achieve their goals. Headquartered in Lawrence, KS, 
Allen Press provides a comprehensive portfolio of integrated 
services in the broad areas of print, online, distribution and 
publishing services. Founded more than 70 years ago, Allen Press 
is a trusted partner of scholarly societies, professional 
associations, and corporations nationwide.

About Atypon Systems

Since 1996, Atypon Systems, Inc. has provided software, hosting, 
and systems development to the information industry, allowing 
publishers to grow their business by providing superior 
technology and service that supports the electronic exchange of 
scholarly information. Atypon's solutions include Atypon Premium, 
a complete e-publishing solution for publishers who wish to 
manage the entire process of delivering and managing their 
content online, and Atypon Link, a cost effective, aggregated 
hosting platform for publishers who require a well managed, 
outsourced e-publishing service. For further information visit 
http://www.atypon.com

For further information, please contact:
Atypon Systems, Inc
Nash Pal
Phone: +44 (0) 870 350 2032
E-mail: npal@atypon.com

Allen Press, Inc.
Melanie Dolechek
Phone: 785 843 1234
E-mail: marketing@allenpress.com