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The University of Chicago Press Partners with Portico for Preserving E-journal Content

We are pleased to announce that the University of Chicago Press has signed an agreement with Portico to preserve selected titles of its e-journal collection. The University of Chicago Press (UCP), the largest university press in the United States , publishes nearly 50 journals and hardcover serials in a wide range of academic disciplines, including the social sciences, the humanities, education, the biological and medical sciences, and the physical sciences.

With this agreement, four (4) e-journal titles from UCP are initially being designated for long-term preservation in the Portico archive. These include: Journal of Geology, Library Quarterly, Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, and Social Science Review.

By joining Portico, UCP is building upon its existing relationship with JSTOR. In addition to the 4 journals now part of the Portico archiving service, UCP provides for the long-term preservation of an additional 35 journals through its participation in JSTOR. JSTOR will preserve the e-versions of these titles using the Portico archiving infrastructure it helped to develop and continues to support. It is expected that, in the future, the e-versions of these titles will be accessible through JSTOR in accordance with the moving wall.

UCP is the latest publisher to commit journal content to the Portico archive. They join the American Anthropological Association, the American Mathematical Society, Berkeley Electronic Press, Elsevier, John Wiley & Sons, Oxford University Press, Symposium Journals, and the UK Serials Group as publisher participants in Portico.

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