Oxford Journals signs a nationwide archive deal in China
2 December 2008Oxford Journals is pleased to announce that it has signed an agreement with the Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of China (ISTIC), enabling thousands of Chinese researchers to access archival content dating back to 1849 for over 150 journals.
ISTIC, which is part of the Ministry of Science & Technology of China, represents the National Science and Technology Library (NSTL), whose members include major national level libraries and information research institutions in China. The agreement with Oxford Journals entitles all NSTL’s non-commercial users to access the 2008 version of the Oxford Journals Archive, comprising over 3.4 million article pages, and over 800,000 articles.‘Having access to the Archive should help Chinese researchers explore trends and changes in opinion in their particular specialty over time, and help to put their present knowledge in context,’ commented Liping Liu, Director of the Oxford Journals China office.
Oxford Journals has previously signed agreements with Chinese Academic Library and Information System (CALIS), the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), and the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), enabling researchers to access the current content (1996 – present) of around 200 journals. This first nationwide deal for the Archive further increases dissemination of high quality content in China.
Martin Richardson, Managing Director of Oxford Journals commented, ‘We are delighted we can offer access to our journals archive to so many Chinese researchers and students as we are committed to disseminating our top-quality research as widely as possible and supporting scholarship across Asia’.
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Kirsty Luff
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