IOS Press and NSTL sign 3 year contract for China wide access

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April 8, 2009
Lisse, The Netherlands

IOS Press and NSTL sign 3 year contract for China wide access

IOS Press and NSTL (National Science and Technology Library) have signed a 3 year contract for the access to all of IOS electronic publications. The deal follows an extensive review of actual usage by the Chinese library users, which showed that the IOS collection was frequently accessed and became increasingly popular over time. NSTL and IOS Press would like to thank Swets for their active involvement in bringing both parties together and supporting the process throughout.

A spokesperson for NSTL commented, “NSTL is impressed with the quality of the IOS content and is convinced that the IOS publications will be of great benefit to the academic users. NSTL expressed their appreciation to IOS and Swets, for their cooperation and efforts in bringing such good content to the Chinese researchers. In addition, NSTL expects IOS to publish more, new, high-quality research content in the future; and Swets, as a key partner of NSTL and the foreign publishers, to continue playing the active role in introducing the high-quality academic contents to China and to further enhance the academic communications between China and the western world.”

Popke Huizinga, deputy director of IOS Press says, “We are very pleased that all of the research institutes and universities in mainland China are now able to access our e-journals. Thanks to our long term relationship with Swets and their good relationship with the academic world, our journals are now accessible to the NSTL consortium members. We are very thankful to Swets for creating this opportunity.”

Frans van Ette, Regional Director AsiaPacific of Swets says, “Making sure that content becomes truly global is one of the most interesting roles that the modern subscription agent can play. Through our Gateway initiative we do just that and we are grateful for having the opportunity to work with excellent partners like IOS and NSTL.”

About NSTL
The National Science and Technology Library (NSTL) is a virtual library established by State Council of China on June 12, 2000. It is created through the collaboration of major national level libraries and information research institutions. The main member institutions include National Science Library - Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Engineering and Technology Library (Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of China, China Machinery Industry Information & Publication, China Metallurgical information and standardization research institute, China National Chemical Information Center), the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences Library, and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Library, China National Institute of Standardization and National Institute of Metrology.

The NSTL is governed by a steering committee, which is responsible for developing policies, making decisions, and supervising implementation for joint information purchase, organization, coordination, and management, in order to assure the guaranteed availability of needed literature. The operation of NSTL is administered and managed by a director appointed by the Steering Committee. The Steering Committee governs and makes decisions for NSTL and the director is responsible for the routine operation and administration. The Ministry of Science and Technology, representing 6 ministries, makes the policies and sets directions for NSTL; and also supervises its work and operations.


About IOS Press
Commencing its publishing activities in 1987, IOS Press services a variety of scientific and medical communities in all parts of the world. IOS Press is a fast growing publishing company, which follows the developments in publishing closely. All journals are available online and a new online book platform is the final stages of release to market.

Following it's founding, IOS Press established several co-publishing initiatives. It's most recent expansion was the acquisition of MillPress at the end of 2008. MillPress publishes science books, monographs and conference proceedings in the field of engineering, earth sciences and environmental sciences. IOS Press main office is in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
http://www.iospress.nl/

About Swets
Swets is the world's leading subscription services company. We build on more than 100 years of experience to maximize the return on investments in time and money for clients and publishers in today's complex information marketplace. With clients in over 160 countries and more than twenty offices around the world, Swets is a true “long tail” powerhouse that provides the most comprehensive and sophisticated e-commerce platform currently available in its field.

Swets has been included in E-Content Magazine's “100 Companies that Matter Most in the Digital Content Industry” for the past six years, and is consistently featured in FEM Business' annual “Top 500 Companies in The Netherlands” list. We are the only subscription services company that is ISO 9001:2000 certified on a global basis for 10 years running--a testament to our stringent operation and client service procedures.

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