PRESS RELEASE

Thursday, 8th November 2007

Maney secures new consortium licence with major Australasian universities for online journal collections

Three major Australasian universities have signed up to Maney Online Research E-journal collections for 2008 in an arrangement with the consortium Council of Australian University Librarians (CAUL).

The Australian Catholic University is taking the Healthcare and History and Humanities collections, Swinburne University of Technology is taking the Materials Science and Engineering collection, and Victoria University of Wellington is taking the full electronic package.

Shelly Lynds, Director of Sales and Marketing at Maney, said: “It is great to see more universities taking advantage of the deals available through consortia licensing to gain access to our MORE collections. We are pleased to be working with CAUL to facilitate ease of access to our online journals and better value for money for Australasian institutions.”

Diane Costello, Executive Officer of CAUL, is also pleased with the new agreements: “Maney's licensing options represent excellent value for Australasian university libraries, and we are glad to facilitate them for these universities.”

Full details of the offers available from CAUL for access to Maney journals can be seen at www.caul.edu.au/datasets/maney.html.

The MORE (Maney Online Research E-Journal) collections offer instant online access to more than seventy titles. The Materials Science and Engineering collection is enhanced by the addition of eleven titles published by Multi-Science Publishing in the UK. To view the MORE collections and journals available from Maney Publishing please visit www.ingentaconnect.com/content/maney

Last month Maney also announced two new collections in the MORE range: the Archaeology and Heritage and Language and Literature collections.

Consortia licensing options enable participating institutions to join together to expand their resources to the full text of MORE. For further details on any of the licensing options available, or for a free 30 day trial, please contact Shelly Lynds on s.lynds@maney.co.uk or +44(0) 113 386 8169.

About CAUL

CAUL works to improve access by the staff and students of Australian universities to the information resources that are fundamental to the advancement of teaching, learning and research. Since the first meeting of Australian university librarians in 1928 and the formation of the Committee of Australian University Librarians in 1965, CAUL has sought to ensure a common voice and representation for all university libraries, provide a forum for discussion, and promote common interests. For more information please visit www.caul.edu.au 

About Maney Publishing

Maney Publishing was founded in 1900 and has offices in the UK in Leeds and London, and in North America. With a collection of over 70 journals in materials sciences, the humanities, and healthcare, Maney is committed to publishing high quality journals in print and electronic formats that are international in scope and peer-reviewed. Maney publishes extensively for learned societies, universities and professional bodies. Please visit www.maney.co.uk for more information.

For more information please contact Alison Holgate, Marketing & PR Assistant. 

Email: a.holgate@maney.co.uk  Tel: +44 (0)113 386 8160