Emerald Announces Digitisation of Complete Archive
British Library assists in project digitising articles dating back to 1800s
UNITED KINGDOM, October 3, 2007 – Emerald Group Publishing Limited is pleased to announce a project underway to digitise the full archive of its journal titles in the areas of business, management, library and information services, materials science, and engineering. Working with the British Library, more than 50,000 articles from over 120 journals are to be processed into PDF format and made available electronically for the first time. Called Emerald Backfiles, the electronic archive is due for release in early 2008.
Emerald Group Publishing has initiated the digitisation project to capture the earlier published articles as part of its 40th anniversary commemoration activities. The British Library, with its vast journal collections, will be responsible for the digitisation programme as well as helping Emerald locate elusive paper copies that are not held at the BL.
Mat Pfleger, The British Library’s Head of Sales and Marketing – Priced Services, comments “Many of Emerald’s titles began as far back as the 1800’s. Today, it is an expectation that researchers are able to access papers published in 1800s as readily as those published in 2007. As the national library of the United Kingdom, and with a collection spanning over 250 years, the British Library holds on site over 90% of the project content and has additionally supported Emerald in sourcing those elusive older papers not held by the BL. The provision of a single sourcing and digitisation programme removes the usual logistical issues associated with such projects and means we are able to provide Emerald with a simple and secure digitisation solution”.
“When complete, the Emerald Backfiles will provide business and management scholars and social historians electronic access to materials which hitherto now, only existed in print,” said Emerald’s Director of Publishing, Rebecca Marsh. “Because the papers are being processed into PDF format, the contents of each article will be fully searchable, making Emerald Backfiles a robust resource for researchers.”
Emerald Backfiles will include articles from such seminal publications such as British Food Journal, European Journal of Marketing and Journal of Documentation. Further information can be found at ww2.emeraldinsight.com/backfiles or via email to backfiles@emeraldinsight.com.
About Emerald
Established in 1967, Emerald Group Publishing Limited is the world’s leading publisher of management journals and databases. Emerald celebrates 40 years of publishing excellence in 2007. Consistently ranked at 98 per cent in customer satisfaction surveys, Emerald was voted "Best Customer Support" by readers of The Charleston Advisor. Emerald is COUNTER-compliant, meeting the international code of practice for reports that allow clients to measure usage of online information products and services in a consistent manner.
Emerald publishes over 180 titles, 93 per cent of which are peer-reviewed. Titles such as Management Decision, European Journal of Marketing, Journal of Documentation, Library Hi-Tech, Journal of Knowledge Management, Industrial Management and Data Systems and The TQM Magazine are published by Emerald, along with a core collection of library and information science journals. 36 Emerald journals are now ranked by Thomson Scientific (formerly ISI) – an important indicator of their high quality within the research community.
The Emerald online collection of journals, abstracts and resources, Emerald Management Xtra, is designed for business schools and management departments worldwide. For managers in corporate and public organizations, Emerald Management First provides fast and friendly access to applied research, ideas, insights and interviews from the world’s best management thinkers.
Contact: Gillian Etienne, Head of Corporate Communications
Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Howard House, Wagon Lane, Bingley BD16 1WA,
United Kingdom Phone: +44 (0)1274 777700 Email: getienne@emeraldinsight.com
About The British Library
The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom and one of the world’s greatest research libraries. It provides world class information services to the academic, business, research and scientific communities and offers unparalleled access to the world’s largest and most comprehensive research collection. The Library’s collection has developed over 250 years and exceeds 150 million separate items representing every age of written civilisation. It includes: books, journals, manuscripts, maps, stamps, music, patents, newspapers and sound recordings in all written and spoken languages.
Contact: Lawrence Christensen at the British Library Press Office (telephone +44 (0)20 7412 7114, email: lawrence.christensen@bl.uk)