FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Emerald signs German National Licence
DFG purchases Emerald Archive for German Research Community
UNITED KINGDOM, 19 March 2007 - Emerald Group Publishing Limited, a leading
publisher of academic and professional literature in management, library
services and engineering is pleased to announce an agreement with the DFG
(Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) which will entitle registered users in
Germany to access all Emerald journals that were owned and published between
1st January 1994 and 31st December 2005.
The agreement, negotiated by the Universitäts-und Stadtbibliothek Köln (USB)
and Informationszentrum Sozialwissenschaften (IZ), means that everyone in
Germany can access Emerald content if they are students or faculty of higher
education institutions, or are members of an academic library, research
institution or governmental institution. Individual access is permitted via
usernames and passwords subject to permanent residence in Germany.
The licence will cover the 339 universities in Germany, and will provide
access to Emerald’s flagship journals, including Management Decision,
European Journal of Marketing, Library Hi-Tech, Library Management and
Soldering & Surface Mount Technology. Jenny Pickles, Head of Business
Development at Emerald says, “We are delighted that as a result of this
agreement with the DFG, researchers throughout Germany will now have
unlimited access to Emerald’s prestigious journal archives to support their
work and career development. We look forward to working in partnership with
our German colleagues to continue to provide enhanced, up-to-date content on
an ongoing basis."
The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) is the central public funding
organization responsible for promoting research in Germany. Its activities
focus on funding research projects carried out by scientists and academics
working at universities or research institutes. The work of the DFG serves
all branches of science and the humanities to reflect its role as the
self-governing organisation of German science and research. DFG membership
is made up of German universities, non-university research institutions,
scientific associations as well as the Academies of Science and Humanities
Eligible German organizations may request access to the Emerald archive via
www.Nationallizenzen.de
About Informationszentrum Sozialwissenschaften (IZ)
Social Science Information Centre
http://www.gesis.org
The Social Science Information Centre (IZ) collects and disseminates
information on the current state of research and literature in the social
sciences in the German-speaking countries as well as on the social science
research in Eastern Europe. In order to obtain, process and use the
information in an efficient way, IZ carries out research & development in
information science and in information technology.
About Universitäts- und Stadtbibliothek Köln (USB)
University and City Library of Cologne
http://www.ub.uni-koeln.de
The University and City Library of Cologne (USB) is the central universal
library of the University of Cologne, the largest university in Germany with
almost 50,000 students. In the field of economics and business
administration there are about 7,500 students.
The USB has a special collection in management / business administration.
For this field – funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft DFG – the
library provides students and academics all over Germany via
inter-library-loan and document delivery with the literature they need. The
special collection has a main focus on non-German material and grey
literature from Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
The main platform for the management collection is the Virtual Library for
Management and Economics EconBiz (together with the Deutsche
Zentralbibliothek für Wirtschaftswissenschaften (ZBW) in Kiel). EconBiz
contains a subject guide for more than 16,000 internet resources, calendar
of events, full text and other information services (free of charge).
http://www.econbiz.de EconBiz has a meta-search that leads you to all kinds
of printed and online material in business and economics.
About Emerald
www.emeraldinsight.com
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% 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 170 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, along with a core collection of library and information
science journals. 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.
For further information, contact:
Gillian Etienne
Head of Corporate Communications
Emerald Group Publishing Ltd
60/62 Toller Lane, Bradford, BD8 9BY UK
Phone: 011 44 1274 777700
Fax: 011 44 1274 785201
www.emeraldinsight.com
getienne@emeraldinsight.com