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December 19, 2002
From: Melanie Vandermark <melanie@jhupress.jhu.edu>
Subject: Project MUSE News: Eastern Africa Social Science Research Review Premieres Online

EASTERN AFRICA SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH REVIEW PREMIERES IN MUSE

The following journal from the Michigan State University Press, previously
announced as joining Project MUSE in 2002, is now online:

EASTERN AFRICA SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH REVIEW

The Eastern Africa Social Science Research Review is an internationally refereed
interdisciplinary journal that serves as a regional forum for critical
reflection and discourse on the economic, political, and social aspects as well
as development concerns of the countries in Eastern and Southern Africa. It is
the major African social science journal with a region-wide coverage that
publishes scholarly articles, book reviews, research notes, and communications.


E-ISSN: 1684-4173
Edited by Bahru Zewde and M.A. Mohamed Salih
Included in the MUSE Full Database and Social Sciences Collections

For more information on the journal:
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/eastern_africa_social_science_research_review/
OR
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/eas/
For the Table of Contents:
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/eastern_africa_social_science_research_review/toc/eas18.1.html

December 11, 2002
From: Melanie Vandermark <melanie@jhupress.jhu.edu>
Subject: Project Muse News: JSTOR Linking Survey Deadline Extended

MUSE SEEKS FEEDBACK ON JSTOR LINKING - SURVEY DEADLINE EXTENDED

(Participate in our Customer Survey and Be Enrolled in a Drawing
for Free JHU Press Books!)

**EXTENDED Survey Deadline: DECEMBER 20, 2002

As you may be aware, Project Muse has
recently announced an initiative to provide links to full-text
articles in JSTOR . Through a reciprocal linking agreement, we plan to
provide tables of contents on Muse for complete runs of titles held
both in JSTOR and Muse as well as the ability to search those complete
runs. Users at libraries with JSTOR access who search and browse these
titles will then be able to follow links to articles on JSTOR.

In November we announced a survey regarding
the implementation of those links, and in an effort to ensure we
receive feedback from libraries representative of all Muse customer
constituencies, including both those with and those without JSTOR
access, we are extending the deadline for participating in the survey
until *December 20, 2002.* We realize that this is a busy time of year
for everyone and very much appreciate your time in contributing your
ideas to this important project. We're offering some special
incentives for librarians who complete the survey in full! (See
below.)

In developing our approach for this kind of
external linking, we would like to provide the best possible benefit
for our customers who have access to JSTOR, but we also seek to
prevent any confusion or inconvenience for users who are not JSTOR
members. We've benefited greatly from talking with many of our
customers and getting feedback on prototypes we've developed. We are
interested in learning more about the needs of customers who have
access to either all or some of the JSTOR collections, and if
providing OpenURL capabilities will be helpful in making sure users
get the appropriate links. However, many customers tell us that they
want links, but not to services their libraries don't have, so it is
equally important that we have feedback from Muse subscribers who do
not currently participate in JSTOR.

If you or someone at your institution has
already completed the survey, please accept our thanks for your time
and pardon the interruption. If your library has not yet completed the
survey, you may access it at:
http://muse.jhu.edu/cgi-bin/jstor_feedback.cgi
If you email program does not permit you to
link directly to the questionnaire, you may cut and paste the above
link into any web browser. **We will now be accepting responses to the
survey until December 20, 2002.**

We appreciate your time and feedback as we move forward with this
exciting project to enhance the online research environment for Muse
users. Your responses to the survey will help guide us toward final
implementation of JSTOR links and possibly links to other non-Muse
full-text sources in the future. In recognition of your valuable time
and comments, all librarians who submit a fully completed survey will
be entered in a drawing for free books from the Johns Hopkins
University Press & the winners will receive gift certificates for
$100, $50, or $25 to purchase the books of their choice. You may
browse JHUP's great selection of titles at www.press.jhu.edu

Please contact Muse at muse@muse.jhu.edu with any questions
regarding the survey or any other thoughts you'd like to share.
Thanks for your support of Muse!

September 13, 2002
From: Melanie Vandermark <melanie@jhupress.jhu.edu>
Subject: Project MUSE Job Announcement: Usability and Outreach Librarian

Project MUSE Position Announcement

TITLE: Usability and Outreach Librarian, Project Muse
LOCATION: Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD

GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
The Usability and Outreach Librarian will be responsible for leading efforts to
increase usage of the Project Muse electronic journals collection, including
development of usability testing, outreach services, and user education
programs, assisting in efforts to improve the interface and functionality of
Project Muse, and analyzing usage and user trends to support planning and
development.

Duties include: develop and coordinate outreach services and user education
programs for librarians and end users; conduct surveys and focus groups to
determine user needs; field questions and correspond with users; assist with
related marketing activities, including traveling to conferences and vendor
fairs; monitor and analyze Project Muse usage; develop goals and implement
strategies to increase usage; develop and coordinate testing program to support
Project Muse usability goals and quality standards; coordinate testing and
develop policies and procedures; design and conduct usability tests, analyze
and interpret results, and make recommendations; serve as a resource for
Project Muse Team; participate in ongoing development of interfaces and
functionality for Project Muse; coordinate Project Muse's informational web
pages; develop and maintain accurate online and print informational materials,
including tools and resources for librarians and end users, training materials
to support outreach services, and help modules. Will work under the general
direction of supervisor (Muse Metadata Librarian) and collaboratively with
members of the Project Muse Team, especially the Muse Marketing Manager on
outreach activities.

QUALIFICATIONS:
ALA-Accredited MLS degree and at least 2 years experience working with users and
electronic resources in library and information service environment, including
reference, instruction and user outreach activities and preparing written and
online guides and training materials; advanced computer skills, with ability to
work with wide range of programs and platforms; knowledge of web page design,
information architecture, and HTML; strong service orientation; excellent oral
and written communication, interpersonal, and presentation skills; excellent
analytical, organizational and problem-solving skills; comprehensive knowledge
of information literacy, general academic library and electronic publishing
trends; demonstrated ability to work both independently and collaboratively as
part of a team.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
Experience conducting usability testing; experience working in a
UNIX environment.

Approximate Starting Salary: low to mid forties

About Project Muse:
Project MUSE was launched in 1995 by the Johns Hopkins University Press, in
collaboration with the Milton S. Eisenhower Library at Johns Hopkins University,
to offer the full text of JHUP scholarly journals via the world wide web. In
1999, MUSE expanded to include quality, peer-reviewed journals from other
not-for-profit scholarly publishers, with over 200 titles from some 30 publisher
partners participating as of summer 2002. Full-text online journals in many
subject areas in the humanities, the social sciences, and the arts are
available, both as part of journal collections and for individual institutional
subscriptions. Project MUSE has been hailed for its library-friendly licensing
and usage policies, easy online navigation, reasonable pricing, and generous
discount plans for consortia and various categories of libraries.

To view the position announcement and apply online, go to http://jobs.jhu.edu/,
select "Search Jobs@JHU," and enter "8541" as the Requisition Number.

Contact: Johns Hopkins University/Homewood Human Resources (410) 516-8048
Questions about this position may also be directed to Muse Metadata Librarian
Elizabeth Brown at ebrown@jhu.edu.

August 21, 2002
From: Melanie Vandermark <melanie@jhupress.jhu.edu>
Subject: Project MUSE News: Muse Introduces Holdings Data Tool

Muse Introduces Holdings Data Tool

One of the most-requested features by Muse
subscribers has been the ability to download or output information
about the Muse journals holdings so that libraries may keep local
holdings lists and databases up-to-date. In response to this request,
we are pleased to announce the availability of a new Journal Holdings
Information tool, allowing subscribers to retrieve the information
they require on demand.

Available on the Muse web site at
http://muse.jhu.edu/cgi-bin/output_journal.cgi, the new Holdings
Information tool will allow librarians at subscribing institutions to
download details about the titles included in Muse. Users may select a
customized data set from fields including journal title, journal
homepage URL, print ISSN, electronic ISSN, first issue online, last
issue online (where applicable), and print edition publisher. The
information retrieved may be limited to only those titles in the Muse
collection to which the institution subscribes, or even to titles in
specific subject areas. Results can be requested in either
comma-delimited or tab-delimited text formats, or as a file that can
be opened in Microsoft Excel.

The Journal Holdings Information Tool is
available on a public area of the Muse web site so that
non-subscribing institutions may also download the data for
informational purposes. Questions or comments about the tool should be
directed to Muse subscriber support at muse@muse.jhu.edu.

August 14, 2002
From: Lora Czarnowsky <lora@chaos.press.jhu.edu>
Subject: PROJECT MUSE NEWS

P R E S S R E L E A S E

For Immediate Release August 12, 2002 Contact: Project Muse Subscription
Services, muse@muse.jhu.edu or 800-548-1784 (The text of the this press
release is also available online at
http://muse.jhu.edu/ordering/new2003.html.)

PROJECT MUSE ANNOUNCES NEW TITLES AND DATABASE PRICES FOR 2003

With 26 new journal titles confirmed to join its collections in 2003,
Project Muse, Scholarly Journals Online, continues to offer institutional
subscribers electronic access to more quality, current full-text periodical
content. Prices and complete details on subscription packages offered for
the 2003 calendar year term are now available on the Muse web site at
http://muse.jhu.edu/ordering/index2003.html. Muse continues to make
enhancements to its search engine, enter into linking arrangements with
third-party partners, and improve its usage statistics reporting package,
all part of efforts to make Muse content more accessible and the resource
more useful for libraries and researchers.

University (College Literature). As in previous years, many of the current
partner presses will be contributing additional titles to the collection,
expanding the database's offerings in film studies, Latin American studies,
linguistics, environmental studies, and literature, among others. Several
of these subject areas placed highly in our recent subscriber survey of
topics for which our customers would like to see additional content offered.

Among the exciting additions to Muse for 2003 are Children's Literature,
the annual journal of the Modern Language Association's Division on
Children's Literature and of the Children's Literature Association, and
Latin American Research Review, the official publication of the Latin
American Studies Association. The complete list of new titles confirmed for
inclusion in 2003 includes:

American Annals of the Deaf
Children's Literature
College Literature
Comparative Technology Transfer in Society
Enterprise and Society
Fourth Genre: Explorations in Nonfiction
French Colonial History
Global Environmental Politics
Holocaust and Genocide Studies
Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies
International Journal of Slavic Linguistics and Poetics
Journal for the Psychoanalysis of Culture and Society
Journal of Aesthetic Education
Journal of Folklore Research
Journal of Military History
Journal of Slavic Linguistics
Ka Ho'oilina/The Legacy
Latin American Research Review
The Moving Image
Oral Tradition
Philosophy of Music Education Review
Prairie Schooner
Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State and Society
Studies in Philology
Theory Into Practice
The Velvet Light Trap

Muse is also pleased to announce that Anthropological Quarterly will
resume ongoing coverage in the database. The journal initially joined
Project Muse in 2001, but ongoing coverage ceased when the title changed
hands at the end of the 2001 volume year. Arrangements have now been
secured with the new publisher, the Institute for Ethnographic Research, to
resume publishing AQ online in Muse, and issues which have been published
in the interim will also be added to Muse to ensure continuous coverage.

The journal International Organization will no longer be published online
with Muse after the end of the current volume (Volume 56), as it will be
transitioning from the MIT Press to a publisher who does not currently
participate in Muse. Subscribers may rest assured that all issues of the
titles, and prices offered to institutional subscribers in 2003. Questions
regarding Muse subscriptions may be directed to the subscription services
department at muse@muse.jhu.edu or 800-548-1784.


_____________________________________________________________

If you no longer wish to be on the Project Muse subscription agent
information distribution list, reply to this message and put DON'T SEND at
the top.

*******************************************************************
Lora Dikani Czarnowsky
Subscription Support Specialist
Electronic Projects
llc@jhu.edu

August 13, 2002
From: Melanie Vandermark <melanie@jhupress.jhu.edu>
Subject: Project MUSE News: Muse Announces Prices and Titles for 2003

P R E S S&nbsp; R E L E A S E

For Immediate Release
August 12, 2002
Contact: Melanie Vandermark, Project Muse Marketing &amp; Sales Manager, (410) 516-3846
(The text of the this press release is also available online at
http://muse.jhu.edu/ordering/new2003.html.)

PROJECT MUSE ANNOUNCES NEW TITLES AND DATABASE PRICES FOR 2003

With 26 new journal titles confirmed to
join its collections in 2003, Project Muse, Scholarly Journals
Online, continues to offer institutional subscribers electronic access
to more quality, current full-text periodical content. Prices and
complete details on subscription packages offered for the 2003
calendar year term are now available on the Muse web site at
http://muse.jhu.edu/ordering/index2003.html. Muse continues to make
enhancements to its search engine, enter into linking arrangements
with third-party partners, and improve its usage statistics reporting
package, all part of efforts to make Muse content more accessible and
the resource more useful for libraries and researchers.

With the addition of the 26 new titles, four from partner publishers
new to the project, the Muse Full Database Collection for 2003 will
include content from 221 journals representing over thirty publishers.
The list price for this collection for 2003 is $17,000. With Muse's
generous discount scheme for certain categories of libraries, and
volume discounts for consortium purchases, the average subscriber pays
only 48% of list price, resulting in a very modest average price per
journal of only $37. Nearly 80% of the journals in Muse include at
least two years of back files in addition to current content, and
several titles include up to seven volumes of back issues.

Muse will again offer two
discipline-oriented journal collections: Arts &amp; Humanities and
Social Sciences. Several publisher collections will also continue to
be offered. New publishers participating in Muse for 2002 include the
University of Illinois Press (Journal of Aesthetic Education), Ohio
State University College of Education (Theory into Practice), Society
for Military History (Journal of Military History), and West Chester
University (College Literature). As in previous years, many of the
current partner presses will be contributing additional titles to the
collection, expanding the database's offerings in film studies,
Latin American studies, linguistics, environmental studies, and
literature, among others. Several of these subject areas placed highly
in our recent subscriber survey of topics for which our customers
would like to see additional content offered.

Among the exciting additions to Muse for 2003 are Children's
Literature, the annual journal of the Modern Language Association's
Division on Children's Literature and of the Children's Literature
Association, and Latin American Research Review, the official
publication of the Latin American Studies Association. The complete
list of new titles confirmed for inclusion in 2003
includes:

American Annals of the Deaf
Children's Literature
College Literature
Comparative Technology Transfer in Society
Enterprise and Society
Fourth Genre: Explorations in Nonfiction
French Colonial History
Global Environmental Politics
Holocaust and Genocide Studies
Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies
International Journal of Slavic Linguistics and Poetics
Journal for the Psychoanalysis of Culture and Society
Journal of Aesthetic Education
Journal of Folklore Research
Journal of Military History
Journal of Slavic Linguistics
Ka Ho'oilina/The Legacy
Latin American Research Review
The Moving Image
Oral Tradition
Philosophy of Music Education Review
Prairie Schooner
Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State and Society
Studies in Philology
Theory Into Practice
The Velvet Light Trap

Muse is also pleased to announce that Anthropological Quarterly will
resume ongoing coverage in the database. The journal initially joined
Project Muse in 2001, but ongoing coverage ceased when the title
changed hands at the end of the 2001 volume year. Arrangements have
now been secured with the new publisher, the Institute for
Ethnographic Research, to resume publishing AQ online in Muse, and
issues which have been published in the interim will also be added to
Muse to ensure continuous coverage.

The journal International Organization will no longer be published
online with Muse after the end of the current volume (Volume 56), as
it will be transitioning from the MIT Press to a publisher who does
not currently participate in Muse. Subscribers may rest assured that
all issues of the title already published online will remain in Muse
and available to current subscribers, although no new issues will
appear after Volume 56, Issue 4. Also, due to production and
scheduling issues, African Rural and Urban Studies, previously
announced as joining Muse in 2002, will not be published online with
Muse.

Muse will continue its current policy of offering discounts to several
categories of libraries, including community colleges, high schools,
special libraries, public libraries, and very small academic
institutions. The Project Muse consortium discount program remains
unchanged, providing volume discounts to library consortia based upon
the number of participating institutions. There will be no significant
changes to Muse's library-friendly licensing terms and usage policies
for 2003.

Complete details on each subscription package offered, including the
specific titles in each collection and pricing details, may be found
by following the links on the Subscription Information page
(http://muse.jhu.edu/ordering/index2003.html). Please watch the
Project Muse &quot;What's New&quot; page for further details on the
journal collections, titles, and prices offered to institutional
subscribers in 2003. Questions regarding Muse subscriptions may be
directed to the subscription services department at muse@muse.jhu.edu
or 800-548-1784.

Project MUSE was launched in 1995 by the Johns Hopkins University
Press, in collaboration with the Milton S. Eisenhower Library at Johns
Hopkins University, to offer the full text of JHUP scholarly journals
via the world wide web. In 1999, MUSE expanded to include
quality, peer-reviewed journals from other not-for-profit scholarly
publishers, with over 30 publisher partners participating as of summer
2002. Full-text online journals in many subject areas in the
humanities, the social sciences, and the arts are available, both as
part of journal collections and for individual institutional
subscriptions. Project MUSE has been hailed for its library-friendly
licensing and usage policies, easy online navigation, reasonable
pricing, and generous discount plans for consortia and various
categories of libraries.

Sample journal issues and more information
about Project MUSE may be accessed online at:
http://muse.jhu.edu. Trial access to the entire Project MUSE
database may be requested for media review and for prospective
subscribers by contacting the marketing/sales department at
410-516-3846 or muse@muse.jhu.edu.
_____________________________________________________________
If you no longer wish to be on the Project Muse electronic press
release list, reply to this message and put DON'T SEND at the top.

August 13, 2002
From: Melanie Vandermark <melanie@jhupress.jhu.edu>
Subject: Project MUSE News: Muse Announces Consortium Prices and Titles for 2003

PROJECT MUSE 2003 CONSORTIUM SUBSCRIPTION PRICES AND OPTIONS NOW AVAILABLE

******************
This will be your primary notification of
Muse prices and renewal details for 2003 -- PLEASE SAVE THIS MESSAGE
should you have any questions regarding renewals or subscriptions for
the 2003 subscription term. We will also be mailing hard copy versions
of our 2003 pricing grids, but we still recommend that you print out
this message and keep it on file. Please note the important DEADLINES
for renewal notification and payment in the letter below. We
appreciate your efforts to notify us of your consortium's renewal
plans in a timely manner.
******************

Dear Muse Consortium Partners,

We are pleased to announce that 2003 Project Muse pricing and title
information is now available on our web site at
http://muse.jhu.edu/ordering/new2003.html. With 26 new journal titles
set to join our collections in 2003, Project Muse continues to offer
institutional subscribers access to more quality full-text journal
content online. We are also pleased to inform our partners that there
will be no changes to our successful consortium licensing plan or our
usage policies.

As announced at our User Group meeting at
the ALA Annual conference, the Muse Full Database Collection for 2003
will include content from 221 journals representing over thirty
publishers, including the 26 new additions, four from new partners in
the project. The list price for this collection for 2003 is $17,000.
We will also continue to offer to consortium subscribers our two
discipline collections, Arts &amp; Humanities (162 titles, 2003 list
price $12,000), and Social Sciences (123 titles, 2003 list price
$9,500), as well as the Johns Hopkins University Press collection (52
titles, list price $4,600). Price increases for the Muse collections
are a result of the addition of new content to the database, as well
as increases in print subscription rates, which are set by the print
edition publishers of the journals and which Muse is not legally
permitted to influence. The average increase in print subscription
rates across all Muse publishers for 2003 was just over 6%. With
Muse's generous discount scheme for certain categories of libraries,
and volume discounts we offer for consortium purchases, the average
subscriber to a Muse journal collection pays only 48% of list price,
resulting in a very modest average price per journal of only $37.
Nearly 80% of the journals in Muse include at least two years of back
files in addition to current content, and several titles include up to
seven volumes of back issues.

New publishers participating in Muse for 2003 include the University
of Illinois Press (Journal of Aesthetic Education), Ohio State
University College of Education (Theory into Practice), Society for
Military History (Journal of Military History), and West Chester
University (College Literature). As in previous years, many of the
current partner presses will be contributing additional titles to the
collection, expanding the database's offerings in film studies,
Latin American studies, linguistics, environmental studies, and
literature, among others. Several of these subject areas placed highly
in our recent subscriber survey of topics for which our customers
would like to see additional content offered.

Complete information on Project Muse 2003
prices, collection title lists, and subscription options is now
available on our web site at
http://muse.jhu.edu/ordering/index2003.html. Please read the
subscription announcement carefully as it includes important details
on new titles in Muse as well as titles that will not be continuing
with the database. We encourage you to redistribute any and all of
this information to your member institutions. Consortium pricing grids
for 2003 are online at
http://muse.jhu.edu/ordering/consortiumplan03.html. There are no
significant changes to our consortium discount plan or subscription
agreement. There have been no changes to the Terms &amp; Conditions of
Muse subscriptions, found on our web site at
http://muse.jhu.edu/proj_descrip/terms.html. Please be sure your
member institutions are familiar with our terms. You may copy and
distribute this page as needed, or link to it from your web
site.

If you would like a list of your current members participating in
Muse, and projected renewal prices for these institutions (assuming
they continue with their current subscription option), I would be
happy to prepare one upon request. I will also be mailing hard copies
of the 2003 consortium pricing grid and 2003 title lists, should you
wish to copy and distribute them to your members. Please feel free to
direct your members to our web site for additional details as
well.

**All of your members' current subscriptions will expire at 12:00
midnight on December 31, 2002.** Please begin contacting your member
institutions regarding their renewal plans for Project Muse as soon as
possible. Institutions are welcome to upgrade their database package
selection, either upon renewal or at any point during the subscription
term. Institutions may not downgrade their subscriptions at any time.
Any members of your consortium not currently subscribing are welcome
to join at any time, and we are also happy to conduct complimentary
trial subscription periods for those who may wish to examine the
database further before making a purchasing decision.

******** IMPORTANT: When you have confirmed your member institutions'
Project Muse renewal plans, please return a list of anticipated Muse
subscribers from your group to us. Please ensure the list
contains the following: name of institution, Muse package chosen, and
any updates to that institution's IP range(s) or domain name.
Note that the latter information is not only necessary to enable
access but also to ensure accurate usage statistics reporting. This
list should be directed to Lora Czarnowsky by email at llc@jhu.edu or
fax to 410-516-6968. The number of subscribers on this list will
be used to determine your consortium's volume discount level for
2003 and we will generate your 2003 invoice from the list.

In order to allow us to invoice your
consortium in a timely manner, we would like to request your 2003
subscriber list be sent to Lora's attention no later than OCTOBER 1,
2002. Provided we receive your confirmed participation list by
this date, you will receive your 2003 Project Muse invoice no later
than October 31, 2002, with payment due 30 days after receipt of
invoice. Please remember that among the requirements for a consortium
to qualify for the Muse discount program are the stipulations that
subscription fees for all members of the consortium will be billed on
a single invoice, and that this invoice be paid with a single check
containing payment in full. Partial payments will be returned to the
consortium and will not be credited to your account.

Please note that we have recently
transitioned to a new subscription fulfillment and access system, and
that this system will not allow us to grant extensive grace periods as
we have done in the past while awaiting consortium payments. IF WE DO
NOT RECEIVE YOUR CONSORTIUM'S FULL PAYMENT BY JANUARY 31, 2003, ALL
MEMBERS OF YOUR CONSORTIUM WILL LOSE ACCESS TO MUSE, AND THAT ACCESS
WILL NOT BE RE-ENABLED UNTIL THE PAYMENT IS RECEIVED. Please help us
to avoid complications later on by submitting your 2003 subscription
list (and if required, official purchase order) as soon as possible,
so that we may invoice your consortium promptly and allow you plenty
of time to submit full payment by January 31, 2003.
************

We realize that the many changes brought about by our continued
expansion may result in additional questions and concerns from your
member institutions. We will be happy to address any questions
that arise, but for efficiency's sake, we ask that you have your
members direct their questions to you, and then you may forward them
on to either Lora or me. This way, should several consortia
members have the same or similar questions, we need only answer them
once and you can distribute the information back to all concerned.

Please watch the Muse &quot;What's New&quot; page at
http://muse.jhu.edu/journ_descrip/whats_new.html for further
announcements and updates. Thank you for your ongoing
encouragement and support of Project Muse as we work to bring
our subscribers more quality scholarly periodical literature in a
library-centric online publishing model. As always, your feedback,
comments and ideas are welcome.

Best Regards,
Melanie

August 13, 2002
From: Melanie Vandermark <melanie@jhupress.jhu.edu>
Subject: Project MUSE News: Muse Announces Prices and Titles for 2003

PROJECT MUSE 2003 SUBSCRIPTION PRICES AND OPTIONS NOW AVAILABLE

*************************
Please Note: This is the only notification of 2003 Muse prices you
will receive prior to being invoiced for your 2003 renewal. ALL
current Muse subscriptions expire on December 31, 2002. Renewal
invoices are expected to be sent during October and November. If you
subscribe to Muse as part of a consortium arrangement, you will be
invoiced directly by your consortium. Please contact your consortium
representative with any questions regarding your invoice. PLEASE SAVE
THIS MESSAGE should you have any questions upon receipt of your
renewal invoice. Questions regarding renewals and invoices should be
directed to our Subscription Services department at
muse@muse.jhu.edu.
*************************

We are pleased to announce that 2003 Project Muse pricing and title
information is now available on our web site at
http://muse.jhu.edu/ordering/new2003.html. With 26 new journal titles
set to join our collections in 2003, Project Muse continues to offer
institutional subscribers access to more quality full-text journal
content online. We are also pleased to inform our subscribers that
there will be no significant changes to our licensing or usage
policies. We continue to make enhancements to our search engine, enter
into linking arrangements with third-party partners, and improve our
statistics reporting package, all part of our efforts to make Muse
content more accessible and management of your subscription
easier.

As announced at our User Group meeting at the ALA Annual conference,
the Muse Full Database Collection for 2003 will include content from
221 journals representing over thirty publishers, including the 26 new
additions, four from new partners in the project. The list price for
this collection for 2003 is $17,000. Muse will again offer two
discipline-oriented journal collections, Arts & Humanities (162
titles, 2003 list price $12,000), and Social Sciences (123 titles,
2003 list price $9,500), and several publisher collections will also
continue to be offered. Price increases for the Muse collections are a
result of the addition of new content to the database, as well as
increases in print subscription rates, which are set by the print
edition publishers of the journals and which Muse is not legally
permitted to influence. The average increase in print subscription
rates across all Muse publishers for 2003 was just over 6%. With
Muse's generous discount scheme for certain categories of libraries,
and volume discounts we offer for consortium purchases, the average
subscriber to a Muse journal collection pays only 48% of list price,
resulting in a very modest average price per journal of only $37.
Nearly 80% of the journals in Muse include at least two years of back
files in addition to current content, and several titles include up to
seven volumes of back issues.

New publishers participating in Muse for 2003 include the University
of Illinois Press (Journal of Aesthetic Education), Ohio State
University College of Education (Theory into Practice), Society for
Military History (Journal of Military History), and West Chester
University (College Literature). As in previous years, many of the
current partner presses will be contributing additional titles to the
collection, expanding the database's offerings in film studies,
Latin American studies, linguistics, environmental studies, and
literature, among others. Several of these subject areas placed highly
in our recent subscriber survey of topics for which our customers
would like to see additional content offered.

Complete information on Project Muse 2003 prices, collection title
lists, and subscription options is now available on our web site at
http://muse.jhu.edu/ordering/new2003.html. Please use the links on
this page to access title lists and pricing grids for the various Muse
journal collections offered for next year. If you subscribe to Muse
via a consortium arrangement, please see our consortium pricing page
at http://muse.jhu.edu/ordering/consortiumplan03.html. **Please
contact your consortium's office if you have questions regarding the
discount you may expect to receive in 2003.** Your consortium should
invoice you directly for your Muse renewal. Muse 2003 information is
also being provided to all major domestic subscription agents.

Please watch the Muse "What's New" page at
http://muse.jhu.edu/journ_descrip/whats_new.html for further
announcements and updates.

July 05, 2002
From: Melanie Vandermark <melanie@jhupress.jhu.edu>
Subject: Project MUSE News: Volunteers Needed for JSTOR Link Testing

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR MUSE-JSTOR LINK TESTING

As announced at the ALA Annual Conference and in recent issues of Muse News,
Muse has entered into a linking arrangement with JSTOR, The Scholarly Journal
Archive (www.jstor.org). As we develop the online prototypes for the links
between the Project Muse search engine and tables of contents and full-text
articles in JSTOR, we are seeking librarians at Muse subscribing institutions
for feedback and usability testing on these prototypes.

Currently, our development team is mapping out our approach for implementing the
Muse/JSTOR links. We want implementation to provide maximum benefit to Muse
users with JSTOR access, while avoiding inconveniencing or confusing users who
do not have access to JSTOR full text. We are currently exploring different
possibilities, including suppressing links for subscribers whose institutions
do not participate in JSTOR. In addition, we are researching how to deal with
users who have access to only part of JSTOR's collections.

We seek volunteers to view and test prototypes of the Muse search engine, new
journal homepages, and tables of contents. We would like to get feedback from
both subscribers who have access to JSTOR, and those who do not.

To volunteer to participate in this feedback and testing phase, please DO NOT
reply to this email -- instead, contact Liz Brown, Muse Metadata Librarian, at
ebrown@jhu.edu. While we cannot offer monetary compensation to those who
participate, volunteers who are willing to provide detailed feedback on the
entire set of prototypes will receive a special Muse thank you gift!

July 02, 2002
From: Melanie Vandermark <melanie@jhupress.jhu.edu>
Subject: Project MUSE News: Two new titles debut in Muse

TWO NEW TITLES DEBUT IN PROJECT MUSE

The following journals, previously announced as joining Project MUSE in 2002,
are now online:


** From the Penn State University Press:

THE JOURNAL OF NIETZSCHE STUDIES

A Journal of the Friedrich Nietzsche Society of Great Britain. Essays, articles,
notices, and reports pertaining to the life, thought, and writings of Friedrich
Nietzsche.

E-ISSN: 1538-4594
Edited by Daniel Conway
Included in the MUSE Full Database, Arts & Humanities, Social Sciences, and
Penn State University Press Packages

For more information on the journal:
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/journal_of_nietzsche_studies/
OR
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/nie/
For the Table of Contents:
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/journal_of_nietzsche_studies/toc/nie23.1.html


** From the Michigan State University Press:

CR: THE NEW CENTENNIAL REVIEW

The Centennial Review has been reinvented in time for its 45th anniversary,
under the editorship of Scott Michaelsen (Department of English, Michigan State
University) and David Emanuel Johnson (Department of Comparative Literature,
SUNY at Buffalo). CR: The New Centennial Review is devoted to comparative
studies of the Americas that suggest possibilities for plural futures. We seek
philosophically inflected interventions, provocations, and insurgencies that
trouble the limits of the potentialities of the Americas. We also encourage
more global and theoretical work with implications for the Americas.

E-ISSN: 1539-6630
Edited by Scott Michaelsen and David E. Johnson
Included in the MUSE Full Database, Arts & Humanities, and Social Sciences
Packages

For more information on the journal:
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/new_centennial_review/
OR
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/ncr/
For the Table of Contents:
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/new_centennial_review/toc/ncr2.1.html

May 29, 2002
From: Melanie Vandermark <melanie@jhupress.jhu.edu>
Subject: Project MUSE News: Muse Announces Reciprocal Linking with JSTOR

PROJECT MUSE ANNOUNCES RECIPROCAL LINKING WITH JSTOR

Project Muse has activated links from 14 of its journals to earlier issues of
these titles available through JSTOR (http://www.jstor.org), a non-profit
organization dedicated to the digital preservation of scholarly journals.
For these 14 journals, a complete digital run is now available between the
Muse and JSTOR holdings. Links placed on the journals' homepages in Muse
allow users who also have access to JSTOR to browse or search the earlier
issues. The JSTOR link opens up a new browser window, so users do not have to
leave their Muse session.

Muse is now developing plans for providing links to articles on JSTOR from
tables of contents and search results on Muse.

This linking initiative is the result of an agreement between Muse and
JSTOR to link up mutual journal holdings and make browsing and
searching the complete backfile of the titles as seamless as possible.
Users with access to both Project Muse and JSTOR can also take
advantage of links to Muse articles on the JSTOR site.
(See http://www.jstor.org/about/recent-issues.html for more information on
JSTOR's efforts).

The following Muse journals now include links to JSTOR
American Journal of Mathematics
American Literature
American Quarterly
Callaloo
Eighteenth-Century Studies
ELH
Hispanic American Historical Review
Journal of the History of Ideas
MLN
Reviews in American History
Shakespeare Quarterly
Social Forces
Transition

World Politics

Please direct questions regarding the Muse/JSTOR linking project to Muse
subscriber support at muse@muse.jhu.edu.

May 23, 2002
From: Melanie Vandermark <melanie@jhupress.jhu.edu>
Subject: Project MUSE Users Group Meeting at ALA Annual Conference

Dear Project MUSE Subscribers,<br />
Please mark your calendars and join Project MUSE for breakfast in Atlanta! We
are pleased to announce that Project MUSE will once again host a Users Group
Breakfast Meeting at the upcoming ALA Annual Conference. All current Project
MUSE subscribers as well as those libraries who may be considering a
subscription are welcome to attend.

At the meeting, we will be making preliminary announcements about titles and
pricing for the 2003 subscription year, demonstrating the recent upgrades to
our statistics reporting system, discussing the exciting linking intiative
we're working on with JSTOR, updating you on our partnerships with third party
bibliographic database services, revealing the preliminary results of our
recent survey regarding future enhancements to the resource, and most
importantly, answering your questions about Project MUSE. A light breakfast
will be available.

The meeting is scheduled for Saturday morning, June 15, from 8:00 am - 10:00 am,
the Piedmont Room at the Hyatt Regency Hotel (265 Peachtree St., NE). We'll
begin our brief presentation at 8:15 and leave ample time for questions and
discussion to follow.

You will also receive an invitation by mail, but we wanted to provide plenty of
advance notice so you may plan your schedule at ALA appropriately. RSVP's are
appreciated to assist us with our planning. Libraries are welcome to send more
than one representative. Replies may be directed to me at
melanie@jhupress.jhu.edu. Please note the number of representatives you expect
to have attending from your institution.

Project MUSE will also have an exhibit booth at the Annual conference, #765. If
you are not able to make it to the meeting, or have a question you would like to
discuss in greater depth with a MUSE representative, please stop by anytime!

Thank you for your continued support of Project MUSE! We hope to see you
in Atlanta.

Regards,
Melanie Vandermark
--

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for Online Products Fax (410) 516-6968
Project Muse http://muse.jhu.edu
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May 14, 2002
From: Melanie Vandermark <melanie@jhupress.jhu.edu>
Subject: Project MUSE News: The Good Society Premieres Online

THE GOOD SOCIETY PREMIERES IN MUSE

The following journal from the Penn State
University Press, previously announced as joining Project MUSE in
2002, is now online:

THE GOOD SOCIETY

The Good Society is a journal of the Committee on the Political
Economy of The Good Society. PEGS is a nonpartisan,
ideologically diverse, nonprofit organization whose goal is to promote
serious and sustained inquiry into innovative institutional designs
for a good society.

E-ISSN:1538-9731
Edited by Stephen L. Elkin
Included in the MUSE Full Database, Arts & Humanities, Social Sciences
and Penn State Press Packages

For more information on the journal:
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/good_society/
OR
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/gso/
For the Table of Contents:
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/good_society/toc/gso11.1.html

May 07, 2002
From: Melanie Vandermark <melanie@jhupress.jhu.edu>
Subject: Project MUSE News: Two new titles premiere in Muse

TWO NEW TITLES PREMIERE IN PROJECT MUSE

The following journals from The MIT Press, previously announced as joining
Project MUSE in 2002, are now online:

INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION

International Organization is one of the leading scholarly journals of
international affairs in the world. Building on its base in
international political economy, the journal presents seminal articles
on a broad range of topics of interest to practitioners and students
of political science, government and diplomatic officials, and members
of the international organization community.

E-ISSN: 1531-5088
Edited by Lisa L. Martin
Included in the MUSE Full Database and Social Sciences Packages

For more information on the journal:
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/international_organization/
OR
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/ino/
For the Table of Contents:
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/international_organization/toc/ino56.1.html


Edited by Blenn McGee, Ph.D.
Included in the MUSE Full Database and Social Sciences Packages

For more information on the journal:
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/american_journal_of_bioethics/
OR
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/ajb/
For the Table of Contents:
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/american_journal_of_bioethics/toc/ajb2.1.html

April 23, 2002
From: Melanie Vandermark <melanie@jhupress.jhu.edu>
Subject: Project MUSE News: Three new titles debut in Muse

THREE NEW TITLES DEBUT IN PROJECT MUSE


The following journal from the Wayne State University Press is a new addition
to Muse for 2002, not previously announced. Access to this title is included in
all subscriptions to the Muse Full Database or Social Sciences Collections for
the remainder of this year at no additional charge to current subscribers.

HUMAN BIOLOGY
The International Journal of Population Biology and Genetics

A world-wide forum for state-of-the-art ideas, methods, and techniques in the
field, Human Biology focuses on genetics in the broadest sense. Included under
this rubric are population genetics, evolutionary and genetic demography,
quantitative genetics, genetic epidemiology, behavioral genetics, molecular
genetics, and growth physiology parameters focusing on genetic/environmental
interactions.

E-ISSN: 1534-6617
Edited by Dennis H. O'Rourke
Included in the MUSE Full Database and Social Sciences Packages

For more information on the journal:
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/human_biology/
OR
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/hub/
For the Table of Contents:
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/human_biology/toc/hub74.1.html

******

The following journals, previously announced as joining Project MUSE in 2002,
are also now online:


** From the Ohio State University Press:

NARRATIVE

Narrative is the official journal of The Society for the Study of Narrative
Literature, the association for scholars interested in narrative. Narrative's
broad range of scholarship includes the English, American, and European novel,
nonfiction narrative, film, and narrative as used in performance art.

E-ISSN: 1538-974x
Edited by James Phelan
Included in the MUSE Full Database and Social Sciences Packages

For more information on the journal:
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/narrative/
OR
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/nar/
For the Table of Contents:
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/narrative/toc/nar10.1.html


** From the West Virginia University Press:

LABOR STUDIES JOURNAL

Labor Studies Journal is a multi-disciplinary publication about work, workers,
labor organizations, and labor studies and worker education in the United
States and internationally. As the official journal of the United Association
for Labor Education, the journal is directed at a diverse audience including
union, university and community-based labor educators, labor activists and
scholars from across the social sciences and humanities. In addition to
refereed research articles, Labor Studies Journal has provided reviews of
relevant books, audio-visual and other electronic materials for more than a
quarter of a century. A forum for discussion of issues about work and labor,
and a section highlighting innovations in labor education, also appear.

E-ISSN:1538-9758
Edited by Paul Jarley and Bruce Nissen
Included in the MUSE Full Database, Arts & Humanities, and Social Sciences
Packages

For more information on the journal:
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/labor_studies_journal/
OR
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/lab/
For the Table of Contents:
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/labor_studies_journal/toc/lab27.1.html

April 10, 2002
From: Melanie Vandermark <melanie@jhupress.jhu.edu>
Subject: Project MUSE News: The Opera Quarterly Debuts Online

THE OPERA QUARTERLY DEBUTS IN MUSE

The following journal from the Oxford University Press, previously announced as
joining Project MUSE in 2002, is now online:

THE OPERA QUARTERLY

For two decades, The Opera Quarterly has earned enthusiastic praise from opera
lovers and professionals for its presentation of stimulating, enlightening and
enjoyable reading on all aspects of opera. Each issue contains several feature
articles, written by noted authorities in the world of opera. Incisive reviews
of books, recordings and videotapes, and interviews with and remembrances of
great vocalists make this a leading opera reference source. In addition, each
issue of The Opera Quarterly is abundantly illustrated - with rare, personal,
and archival photographs, musical examples, and drawings. The summer issue,
traditionally a commemorative, is devoted to in-depth coverage of one major
composer, singer, or topic of interest. Recent theme issues have spotlighted
Donizetti, Richard Strauss, and Bellini.

E-ISSN: 1486-2870
Edited by E. Thomas Glasow
Included in the MUSE Full Database and Arts and Humanities packages.

For more information on the journal:
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/opera_quarterly/
OR
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/opq/
For the Table of Contents:
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/opera_quarterly/toc/opq18.1.html

April 03, 2002
From: Melanie Vandermark <melanie@jhupress.jhu.edu>
Subject: Project MUSE News: Two new titles premiere in Muse

The following journals, previously announced as joining Project MUSE in 2002,
are now online:

** From the Johns Hopkins University Press:

PHILOSOPHY AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS

Issues of public concern often have an important philosophical dimension.
PHILOSOPHY & PUBLIC AFFAIRS is founded in the belief that a philosophical
examination of these issues can contribute to their clarification and to their
resolution. It welcomes philosophical discussions of substantive legal,
social, and political problems, as well as discussions of the more abstract
questions to which they give rise. In addition, it intends to publish studies
of the moral and intellectual history of such problems. PHILOSOPHY & PUBLIC
AFFAIRS is designed to fill the need for a periodical in which philosophers
with different viewpoints and philosophically inclined writers from various
disciplines- including law, political science, economics, and sociology--can
bring their distinctive methods to bear on problems of concern to everyone.

E-ISSN: 1088-4963
Edited by Charles R. Beitz
Included in the MUSE Full Database, Arts & Humanities, Social Sciences, and
Johns Hopkins University Press Packages

For more information on the journal:
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/philosophy_and_public_affairs/
OR
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/pap/
For the Table of Contents:
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/philosophy_and_public_affairs/toc/pap30.1.html


** From the Ohio State University Press:

JOURNAL OF MONEY, CREDIT AND BANKING

Widely read and cited by researchers and policy makers, Journal of Money,
Credit, and Banking is a primary economics journal reporting major findings
in the study of monetary and fiscal policy, credit markets, money and banking,
portfolio management, and related subjects. Founded in 1969.

E-ISSN: 1538-4816
Edited by Paul Evans, Mark J. Flannery, and Kenneth D. West
Included in the MUSE Full Database and Social Sciences Packages

For more information on the journal:
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/journal_of_money_credit_and_banking/
OR
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/mcb/
For the Table of Contents:
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/journal_of_money_credit_and_banking/toc/mcb34.1.html

March 26, 2002
From: Melanie Vandermark <melanie@jhupress.jhu.edu>
Subject: Project MUSE News: Essays In Medieval Studies Debuts Online

ESSAYS IN MEDIEVAL STUDIES DEBUTS IN MUSE

The following journal from the West Virginia University Press, previously
announced as joining Project MUSE in 2002, is now online:

ESSAYS IN MEDIEVAL STUDIES

Essays in Medieval Studies is an interdisciplinary journal of medieval studies.
Contents for each volume are selected from papers delivered at the annual
meeting of the Illinois Medieval Association. Since 1993 each volume has had a
thematic focus based on the theme or topic of the annual meeting. Recent themes
have included children and the family, medieval communities, and emotions in
the Middle Ages.

E-ISSN: 1538-4608
Edited by Allen J. Frantzen
Included in the MUSE Full Database and Arts & Humanities Packages

For more information on the journal:
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/essays_in_medieval_studies/
OR
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/ems/
For the Table of Contents:
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/essays_in_medieval_studies/toc/ems18.1.html

March 26, 2002
From: Melanie Vandermark <melanie@jhupress.jhu.edu>
Subject: Project MUSE News: Three weeks remain for Subscriber Survey

THREE WEEKS REMAIN TO PARTICIPATE IN THE MUSE SUBSCRIBER SURVEY

Project Muse will be closing out our online subscriber survey on **Friday, April
12.** if you would like your voice to be heard, please complete the survey
before this date!

Project Muse is in the process of long-term planning for the future development
of the resource. We would like to find out what new features or initiatives your
library would like to see at Project Muse. We invite librarians at your
institution to fill out a Project Muse feedback survey covering features and
initiatives currently under consideration for development or inclusion. This
survey gives the opportunity to rank adding or altering features in our search
engine, providing links to JSTOR, supporting SFX, Z39.50, CrossRef and other
reference linking initiatives, and more. It also provides an opportunity for you
to tell us what kinds of new content you would like to see in Muse and in what
subject areas we should expand our collection!

Because the survey covers a wide variety of topics, we welcome responses from as
many different individuals at your institution as are interested in taking the
time to complete the questionnaire. The responses will help us plan what new
features to provide and what priorities to give to their implementation.

So, please tell us what you think! We would appreciate your help in planning for
future Muse development.

The survey can be found at http://euterpe.press.jhu.edu/~ebrown/feedback.html.
There is an option to take a brief one-page version, or to provide responses to
an additional page of more in-depth questions.

**If you have any questions about the survey, please e-mail Liz Brown at
ebrown@jhu.edu.** Please do not respond to this email.

Thanks as always for your thoughts, and your support of Project Muse.

March 18, 2002
From: Melanie Vandermark <melanie@jhupress.jhu.edu>
Subject: Project MUSE News: The Journal of Higher Education Premieres Online

THE JOURNAL OF HIGHER EDUCATION PREMIERES IN MUSE

The following journal from the Ohio State University Press, previously announced
as joining Project MUSE in 2002, is now online:

THE JOURNAL OF HIGHER EDUCATION

Founded in 1930, The Journal of Higher Education is the leading scholarly
journal on the institution of higher education. Articles combine disciplinary
methods with critical insight to investigate issues important to faculty,
administrators, and program managers.

E-ISSN: 1538-4640
Edited by Leonard L. Baird
Included in the MUSE Full Database and Social Sciences Collections

For more information on the journal:
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/journal_of_higher_education
OR
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/jhe/
For the Table of Contents:
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/journal_of_higher_education/toc/jhe73.1.html

March 11, 2002
From: Melanie Vandermark <melanie@jhupress.jhu.edu>
Subject: Project MUSE News: Muse Introduces Referring URL Option

REFERRING URL NOW AN OPTION FOR ACCESS TO PROJECT MUSE

As part of our ongoing efforts to best meet the needs of our library customers
and their patrons, Project Muse is pleased to announce that we can now offer the
option of using a referring URL to access the Muse journals. The Referring URL
method joins IP authentication as the available options for access to Muse,
making it more convenient for subscribing libraries to provide access to these
important scholarly research materials to users both on and off campus.

If your library is currently using referring URL to provide remote access for
patrons, or you would like to take advantage of this new option for accessing
the Muse collection, please contact the Muse Systems Administration department
via email at muse_admins@chaos.press.jhu.edu to set up your access. Please be
sure to include the name of the subscribing institution, the referring URL, and
a name/phone/email for your staff technical contact in your message. Questions
about this service may also be directed to muse_admins@chaos.press.jhu.edu.

March 08, 2002
From: Melanie Vandermark <melanie@jhupress.jhu.edu>
Subject: Project MUSE News: Two new titles premiere in Muse

TWO NEW TITLES PREMIERE IN PROJECT MUSE

The following journals, previously announced as joining Project MUSE in 2002,
are now online:


** From the Ohio State University Press:

GEOGRAPHICAL ANALYSIS
An International Journal of Theoretical Geography

First in its specialty area and one of the most frequently cited publications in
geography, Geographical Analysis has, since 1969, presented significant advances
in geographical theory, model building, and quantitative methods to geographers
and scholars in a wide spectrum of related fields. Traditionally, mathematical
and nonmathematical articulations of geographical theory, and statements and
discussions of the analytic paradigm are published in the journal. Spatial data
analyses and spatial econometrics and statistics are strongly represented.

E-ISSN: 1538-4632
Edited by Morton E. O'Kelly
Included in the MUSE Full Database and Social Sciences Collections

For more information on the journal:
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/geographical_analysis/
OR
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/geo/
For the Table of Contents:
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/geographical_analysis/toc/geo34.1.html


** From the University of Texas Press:

JOYCE STUDIES ANNUAL

Interesting and provocative articles and previously unpublished documents are
the hallmarks of Joyce Studies Annual. JSA is dedicated to the latest
developments in the field and has become "a journal of record" as an
indispensable resource for Joyce research.

E-ISSN: 1538-4241
Edited by Thomas F. Staley
Included in the MUSE Full Database, Arts and Humanities, and University of Texas
Press Collections

For more information on the journal:
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/joyce_studies_annual/
OR
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/joy/
For the Table of Contents:
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/joyce_studies_annual/toc/joy2001.1.html

February 27, 2002
From: Melanie Vandermark <melanie@jhupress.jhu.edu>
Subject: Project MUSE News: Kritika Debuts Online

KRITIKA DEBUTS IN MUSE

The following journal from Slavica Publishers, previously announced as joining
Project MUSE in 2002, is now online:

KRITIKA
Explorations in Russian and Eurasian History

A leading journal of Russian and Eurasian history and culture, Kritika is
dedicated to internationalizing the field and making it relevant to a broad
interdisciplinary audience. The journal has several distinctive features: it
regularly publishes specially organized forums, discussions, and special issues
on scholarly topics in Russian and Eurasian historical and cultural studies; it
regularly features special "reaction" pieces in which top scholars reflect on
and critique major publications in the same issue in which they appear; it
regularly translates important works by Russian and European scholars into
English; and it publishes in every issue in-depth, lengthy review articles,
review essays, and reviews of Russian, Eurasian, and European works that are
rarely, if ever, reviewed in North American Russian studies journals.

E-ISSN: 1538-5000
Edited by Michael David-Fox, Peter Holquist, and Marshall Poe
Included in the MUSE Full Database and Arts & Humanities Packages

For more information on the journal:
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/kritika/
OR
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/kri/
For the Table of Contents:
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/kritika/toc/kri3.1.html

February 20, 2002
From: Melanie Vandermark <melanie@jhupress.jhu.edu>
Subject: Project MUSE News: Common Knowledge Premieres Online

COMMON KNOWLEDGE PREMIERES IN MUSE

The following journal from the Duke University Press, previously announced as
joining Project MUSE in 2002, is now online:

COMMON KNOWLEDGE

Described by the New York Times as one of two American journals in which public
intellectuals and other scholars prefer to publish, the highly acclaimed Common
Knowledge has returned to publication after a two-year hiatus. Born in an
attempt to moderate and get past the culture wars of the 1990s, Common Knowledge
has moved its headquarters, literally, to a war zone Israel and accordingly its
editorial interests have broadened to include culture wars of a less
metaphorical kind.

E-ISSN: 1538-4578
Edited by Jeffrey M. Perl
Included in the MUSE Full Database, Arts & Humanities, Social
Sciences, and Duke University Press Packages

For more information on the journal:
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/common_knowledge/
OR
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/ckn
For the Table of Contents:
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/common_knowledge/toc/ckn8.1.html

February 13, 2002
From: Melanie Vandermark <melanie@jhupress.jhu.edu>
Subject: Project MUSE News: Usage Statistics to be Revised

PROJECT MUSE USAGE STATISTICS UNDER REVISION

In autumn of 2001, in an effort to provide our subscribers with more efficient
and flexible usage statistics reporting, we implemented a new statistics
reporting system. Among the highlights of the new system are the ability for
subscribers to query it at any time for a current statistics report, and to
request reports for any time frame from one day to one year. While the
"self-service" functionality of the system has been well received, we are aware
that there are concerns among our subscribers about the contents and format of
the statistics reports generated by this new system. In response to these
concerns, we are now in the process of reformulating the new statistics
reporting system, with the ICOLC (International Coalition of Library Consortia)
"Guidelines for Statistical Measures of Usage of Web-Based Information
Resources" as a guide. If you are not familiar with these guidelines, or would
like more information about them, please see the ICOLC website at
http://www.library.yale.edu/consortia/.

Our goal is to have the revision of the new statistics reporting system
completed by the end of the first quarter of 2002. An announcement will be sent
to subscribers when the revision is complete and the reformulated statistics
package is ready for use. The new package will continue to offer self-service
functionality and enable subscribers to view up-to-the-minute usage statistics
at any time during the subscription term. If we encounter delays in the revision
of the new statistics system, we are also prepared to run subscriber statistics
reports for Quarter 1 2002 using our previous stats reporting system, which
generates quarterly reports and mounts them on a secure web page for viewing. If
we must revert to the previous system for this first quarter, subscribers will
receive the standard notification including the URL of the secure web page and a
username/password for accessing the first quarter usage reports.

The feedback and suggestions from subscribers have been invaluable as we
reformulate the new statistics system to better meet your needs. We appreciate
your thoughts and welcome any further comments as we complete the process. Thank
you for your patience and your continued support of Project Muse.

February 06, 2002
From: Melanie Vandermark <melanie@jhupress.jhu.edu>
Subject: Project MUSE News: Two new titles premiere in Muse

TWO NEW TITLES PREMIERE IN PROJECT MUSE

The following journals, previously announced as joining Project MUSE in 2002,
are now online:

** From the Johns Hopkins University Press:

JOURNAL OF THE HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY

The Journal of the History of Philosophy is an international journal that
publishes articles, notes, discussions, and reviews about the history of Western
philosophy, broadly conceived. Each issue includes five or six refereed articles
on topics ranging Ancient to Medieval to Nineteenth and Twentieth-Century
Philosophy. Issues contain approximately fifteen reviews of the most recent
books on the history of philosophy. The journal publishes material in English,
German, and French.

E-ISSN: 1538-4586
Edited by Gerald A. Press
Included in the MUSE Full Database, Arts and Humanities, and Johns
Hopkins University Press packages.

For more information on the journal:
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/journal_of_the_history_of_philosophy/
OR
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/hph/
For the Table of Contents:
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/journal_of_the_history_of_philosophy/toc/hph40.1.html


** From the Indiana University Press:

E-SERVICE JOURNAL

e-Service Journal is a multidisciplinary journal that publishes innovative,
peer-reviewed research on the design, delivery, and impact of electronic
services using a variety of computing and communication technologies. It
combines both private and public sector perspectives on electronic services and
bridges e-business and e-government.

E-ISSN: 1528-8234
Edited by Laku Chidambaram and Carol Saunders
Included in the MUSE Full Database, Art & Humanities, and Social
Sciences Packages

For more information on the journal:
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/eservice_journal/
OR
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/esj/
For the Table of Contents:
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/eservice_journal/toc/esj1.1.html

January 23, 2002
From: Melanie Vandermark <melanie@jhupress.jhu.edu>
Subject: Project MUSE News: Shakespeare Quarterly Debuts Online

SHAKESPEARE QUARTERLY DEBUTS IN MUSE

The following journal from the Johns Hopkins University Press, previously
announced as joining Project MUSE in 2002, is now online:

SHAKESPEARE QUARTERLY

Founded in 1950 by the Shakespeare Association of America, Shakespeare Quarterly
is a refereed journal committed to publishing articles in the vanguard of
Shakespeare studies. The Quarterly features notes that bring to light new
information on Shakespeare and his age, issue and exchange sections for the
latest ideas and controversies, theater reviews of significant Shakespeare
productions, and book reviews to keep its readers current with Shakespeare
criticism and scholarship.

E-ISSN: 1538-3555
Edited by Gail Kern Paster
Included in the MUSE Full Database, Arts and Humanities, and Johns Hopkins
University Press packages.

For more information on the journal:
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/shakespeare_quarterly/
OR
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/shq/
For the Table of Contents:
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/shakespeare_quarterly/toc/shq52.1.html

January 15, 2002
From: Melanie Vandermark <melanie@jhupress.jhu.edu>
Subject: MUSE at ALA: Welcome our New Director!

JOIN MUSE IN WELCOMING OUR NEW DIRECTOR WITH SOME SWEET NEW ORLEANS TREATS!

Project MUSE is pleased to announce the appointment of Aileen
McHugh as the new Director of Electronic Publishing at the Johns
Hopkins University Press. Please help us welcome her by joining us for
some sweet treats at the Project Muse booth during the ALA Midwinter
Meeting in New Orleans.

** On Saturday, January 19, please come by booth #4446 between
3:00 - 4:30 pm for a slice of delicious, traditional New Orleans King
Cake. If you find the baby in your slice of cake you will win a
Project Muse prize! (If you are not familiar with the King Cake
tradition, see
http://www.foodtv.com/holidays/mardigraskingcake/0,5656,,00.html.)

** On Monday, January 21, you are invited to join us in booth
#4446 between 9:00 - 10:30 am for everyone's favorite New
Orleans breakfast treat, beignets and coffee. Pour yourself a cup and
share your thoughts about Muse with Aileen and the rest of our
staff.

Aileen McHugh will officially join the
Press on January 21st, taking up the newly created post of Director of
Electronic Publishing. We are pleased she will be joining us in the
exhibit booth at Midwinter ALA, and she is looking forward to meeting
Muse customers and business partners.

Aileen comes with a wealth of experience in book and journal
publishing. In her previous work, she served as Publisher at
Current Science, Executive Vice President, General Manager, and
Editorial Director at Scientific American Medicine, and Director of
Reference and Professional Publishing at WebMD. A native
of Philadelphia, she holds a Master's degree in English from Temple
University.

In keeping with her experience, Aileen's
assignment will cross the divisions at the Press. She will be
responsible for the day to day operation and strategic direction of
Muse, and she will describe and implement a broader e-publishing
strategy for the Press comprising journals, books, and other novel
electronic publications. We expect her to contribute to
the ongoing acquisition of new content in the humanities, as well as
in science and medicine.

RSVP's to the above events are not required but are appreciated
to assist us in ensuring we have enough treats to go around! If you
are not planning to attend the ALA meeting, please feel free to pass
the invitation along to appropriate colleagues who will be there.
Please reply to melanie@jhupress.jhu.edu, or phone 410-516-3846. We
hope to see you in the Crescent City!

___________________________________________________
Melanie B. Vandermark melanie@jhupress.jhu.edu
Marketing and Sales Manager Phone (410)516-3846
for Online Products Fax (410) 516-6968
Project Muse http://muse.jhu.edu
The Johns Hopkins University Press
2715 N. Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21218-4319

January 07, 2002
From: Melanie Vandermark <melanie@jhupress.jhu.edu>
Subject: Project MUSE News: Visit Muse at ALA!

Dear Project MUSE Subscriber,<br />
Project Muse invites you to visit our exhibit at the upcoming American Library
Association Midwinter Meeting In New Orleans, January 18-21. Please stop by
booth #4446 for the latest news on Muse, details on 2002 pricing and titles, a
demo of our evolving search interface, news about linking initiatives,
promotional materials to help you promote Muse at your institution, and the
opportunity to discuss any questions or concerns you have regarding Muse. We are
also looking for a few Muse users to assist us in further development of the
resource by participating in special sessions with our project librarian.

Project Muse is currently in the process of setting priorities and making key
decisions about future enhancements and additions to the database. As always,
theopinions of our library customers and their users are very important to us
as we make our plans! We'd like to thank all the librarians who have
participated so far in our online customer feedback survey, announced in
November. If you or your colleagues have not yet done so, please be sure to take
the survey, located at http://euterpe.press.jhu.edu/~ebrown/feedback.html. This
survey covers different features and initiatives under consideration at Muse,
such as search engine development and reference linking, as well as content
expansion. Your feedback will help us determine what kinds of development
are the most important for Muse!

In addition to the survey, Project Muse librarian Liz Brown will conduct
sessions with librarians at ALA for more focused feedback on Muse development.
These "one-on-one" sessions will consist of an informal survey and demo covering
search engine development, linking initiatives and more. We're targeting
librarians who work directly with or teach users how to use electronic
resources. The sessions take around 30-40 minutes and will be conducted in the
Muse exhibit booth, #4446.

Session participants will receive a free Project Muse shirt!! For more
information or to make an appointment before ALA, please email Liz at
ebrown@jhu.edu, or sign up during the conference at our booth. Even if you are
not able to participate in a session, your thoughts on the Muse's future
development are important to us -- please share your feedback via the survey
mentioned above, at the booth, or via email.

Thank you for your continued support of Project MUSE! We hope to see you in New
Orleans.

Regards,
Melanie Vandermark
--
___________________________________________________
Melanie B. Vandermark Marketing and Sales Manager Phone (410) 516-3846
for Online Products Fax (410) 516-6968
Project Muse\256 http://muse.jhu.edu
The Johns Hopkins University Press
2715 N. Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21218-4319