AIBS has contracted with the University of California (UC) Press to provide the following publishing services for BioScience, beginning with the January 2009 issue:
- Marketing, management, and fulfillment of print and online subscriptions for libraries and consortia worldwide
- Rights, permissions, and online article sales
- Advertising sales, print and online
- Printing and digital production
AIBS retains full ownership, editorial control, page design and layout control, and approval of pricing for BioScience. AIBS continues to manage its individual members’ subscriptions itself; procedures for AIBS members to access BioScience online via the AIBS Web site have not changed. Staffing levels at the BioScience editorial office in Washington, DC, remain unaltered.
In addition, UC Press will work with BioOne to ensure ongoing access by libraries to the online version of BioScience as part of the BioOne collection, a full-text, online package of essential biological science research journals. BioScience will also be available for purchase as a stand alone, online journal through UC Press and its online hosting platform, Caliber, beginning with the first issue of volume 59 in January 2009.
“AIBS is delighted to be a part of this innovative collaboration among nonprofit organizations that will allow AIBS to publish BioScience with the expertise, resources, and worldwide reach that UC Press and BioOne each bring to the table,” AIBS Executive Director Richard O’Grady said. “Our mutual goal is the broadest possible dissemination and accessibility of BioScience content in a sustainable manner. We look forward to the success of this venture.”
Susan Skomal, executive director and chief operating officer of BioOne, said: “AIBS is a founding organization of BioOne, and produces one of the collection’s stellar journals. The fact that UC Press is able and willing to accommodate the needs of both organizations will enhance our joint commitment to provide concrete benefits for the entire community of bioscience students and researchers.”
UC Press is proud to be working with both AIBS and BioOne to enable a broad range of access to BioScience, said Rebecca Simon, associate director of UC Press and director of the Journals and Digital Publishing Division. “Such collaborations between nonprofit, mission-driven organizations help assure not only affordable access for libraries but sustainable models for the scholarly publishing community.”
For more information about BioScience at UC Press and BioOne, please visit www.ucpressjournals.com or www.bioone.org. For more information about AIBS, please visit www.aibs.org.
