MetaPress ® Continues To Expand Its Journal Content
Six Publishers Add Their Content to EBSCO’s Journal Hosting Platform

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, U.S.A., June 25, 2005 – Six publishers have signed agreements to add their journal content to MetaPress ®, the online hosting platform service that is a part of Publisher Promotion & Fulfillment, a division of EBSCO Industries, Inc. These publishers are Akadémiai Kiadó , Baywood Publishing, Dialogue Foundation, the Institute for Environmental Sciences & Technology, the National Defense Industrial Association and Professional Engineering Publishing. Additionally, Thomas Land has renewed its contract with MetaPress.

Akadémiai Kiadó is Hungary ’s oldest publisher of scientific and academic books and journals. Its authors, Hungarian scientists and academics, include some of the world’s best-known experts in many disciplines – economics and sociology, biology and ecology, mathematics, physics, oriental studies and veterinary science. “We chose MetaPress because of its high-level technical quality and strong, business-oriented approach,” said Zoltán Papp , publishing director, Scientific Business Journals Center . “We are proud of taking part in a big aggregation and at the same time having a branded Web site, and therefore higher visibility of our journals. We appreciate the publisher-oriented services of MetaPress Client admin module, including sophisticated catalog offerings and marketing modules.”

Since 1964, Baywood Publishing has been committed to publishing scholarly and professional journals and books in the social sciences and humanities. These texts formally record the current trends in theory, research and practice within the disciplines while also charting promising new directions for researchers, teachers and practitioners. Baywood Publishing titles have been hosted by MetaPress since 2002, and the publisher now adds its title Abstracts in Anthropology to the online hosting platform. “MetaPress has hosted Baywood Publishing’s journal content and provided online access for our customers since 2002,” said Stuart Cohen, president, Baywood Publishing. “On a recent visit, I found their facility to be state of the art and was very impressed by their efforts to improve their existing operations while continually adding new services. We are confident that this combination of technology and customer service makes MetaPress the perfect choice to electronically publish our journal, Abstracts in Anthropology, long regarded as the premier A&I journal in the field of anthropology.”

Since 1966, Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought has been published by the Dialogue Foundation, a non-profit organization. The journal’s goal is to provide a forum for skilled writers, progressive thinkers and leading scholars interested in Mormon studies. We explore history, humanities, religion and science and have a large book review section. Dialogue is a peer-reviewed quarterly journal available in print and digital formats. “We are very excited about the new online goals that MetaPress is assisting us in accomplishing this summer,” said Lori Levinson, business manager and publisher, Dialogue Foundation. “As the publisher of one scholarly journal, the task seemed overwhelming for me, and I was relieved to discover MetaPress in my research. The level of service provided and the quality of professional advice offered has far outreached my expectations. I am very pleased to be working with MetaPress as a solution for all our electronic needs.”

The Institute of Environmental Sciences and Technology was founded in 1953 as a not-for-profit association. It is a multidisciplinary, international society whose members are internationally recognized for their contributions to the environmental sciences in the areas of contamination control in electronics manufacturing and pharmaceutical processes; design, test and evaluation of commercial and military equipment; and product reliability issues associated with commercial and military systems.

The vision of the National Defense Industrial Association is to be America ’s leading defense industry association promoting national security. Its stated mission is to advocate cutting-edge technology and superior weapons, equipment, training and support for the war-fighters and first responders, to promote a vigorous, responsive government and to provide a forum for exchange of information between industry and government on national security issues.

Professional Engineering Publishing  are publishers for the Institution of Mechanical Engineers in the United Kingdom . The organization is committed to publishing current research and information written by the world’s leading engineers that deals with vital and topical engineering issues. The organization works to meet the needs of the industry, the academic community, including researchers and students, governments and government organizations, policy makers, libraries, consultants and individual engineers throughout the world.

Alan Singleton, M.D., of Professional Engineering Publishing, said: “We are delighted to be working with MetaPress both for hosting all our current journals but also for the launch of our exciting 150 year Digital Archive of all Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers in 2006. It makes sense for us to use MetaPress’ advanced systems for both these products, and we look forward to a very beneficial relationship.”

Thomas Land Publishers, Inc. was founded in 1998. The firm’s purpose is to serve as a leading knowledge partner for the health professions. Thomas Land is a privately owned company that specializes in rehabilitation and clinical medicine journals, books and electronic media. All Thomas Land journals are peer-reviewed. Thomas Land journals are available as print with online access or as online only.

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