Washington, D.C., Jerusalem, Israel: The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), publisher of the journal Science, has partnered with Ex Libris Group to provide integrated access to its online content via Ex Libris' Primo Central Publisher Program. Full-text articles from the journals Science, Science Signaling, and Science Translational Medicine are now indexed in Primo Central. AAAS joins several of the leading information providers that have contributed their content for indexing to the Primo Central index of scholarly materials, thus enhancing the discoverability of their content by the research community.
"We are very pleased to enter this collaboration with AAAS, offering library users at institutions that license AAAS' online content, fast, effective, and seamless access to the important scholarly content of the journal Science and its sister publications," remarked Nancy Dushkin, Corporate Vice President of Discovery and Delivery Solutions at Ex Libris. "We are delighted to include AAAS in the rapidly growing number of content providers who are partnering with Primo Central to enhance user access to their resources included in the library's offerings.
"It is very important to us at AAAS that the scientific literature published in our electronic resources are discoverable by the research community through a variety of Web-Scale Discovery services and Ex Libris is one of the leading providers in this area," Tom Ryan, Director at AAAS, explained. "We are excited about the implementation of these new Web-Scale Indexes, which enhances the end users' experience by empowering them with the best discovery tools available. The realization of a single index for end users to discover our scientific content is definitely a step in the right direction. We are confident our partnership with Primo Central is an example of this evolutionary progression."
The AAAS/Science family of e-resources includes Science which provides access to high-impact research and breaking science news from around the world; Science Signaling, the most up-to-date essential research and commentary in the dynamic field of cellular signaling; and the newest addition to the family, Science Translational Medicine, which focuses on the emergence of personalized diagnosis and treatment to increase the strengths of experimental results.
About AAAS
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is the world’s largest general scientific society, and publisher of the journal, Science (www.sciencemag.org) as well as Science Translational Medicine (www.sciencetranslationalmedicine.org) and Science Signaling (www.sciencesignaling.org). AAAS was founded in 1848, and includes some 262 affiliated societies and academies of science, serving 10 million individuals. Science has the largest paid circulation of any peer-reviewed general science journal in the world, with an estimated total readership of 1 million. The non-profit AAAS (www.aaas.org) is open to all and fulfills its mission to “advance science and serve society” through initiatives in science policy; international programs; science education; and more. For the latest research news, log onto EurekAlert!, www.eurekalert.org, the premier science-news Web site, a service of AAAS.
About Ex Libris Group
Ex Libris Group is a leading provider of automation solutions for academic libraries. Offering the only comprehensive product suite for electronic, digital, and print materials, Ex Libris provides efficient, user-friendly products that serve the needs of libraries today and will facilitate their transition into the future. Dedicated to developing creative solutions in close collaboration with our customers, Ex Libris enables academic, national, and research libraries to maximize productivity and efficiency and, at the same time, greatly enhance the user experience. By empowering users to discover and obtain the information they need, libraries ensure their position as the bridge to knowledge. For additional information on Ex Libris Group, see www.exlibrisgroup.com.