The Hague, 1 November 2004. Today, just before the start of the conference ‘Permanent Access to the Records of Science’, Ian Bannerman, Managing Director – Journals, Taylor & Francis, and Wim van Drimmelen, Director General of the Koninklijke Bibliotheek (KB), the National Library of the Netherlands, signed an agreement on long-term digital archiving of all electronic journals of the Taylor & Francis Group. Under the terms of this agreement the Koninklijke Bibliotheek will receive digital copies of all journals made available on the online platform of Taylor & Francis which currently contains over 350,000 articles in over 1,000 academic journals.
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| Ian Bannerman (left) and Wim van Drimmelen sign the archiving agreement |
"Taylor & Francis has been publishing journals for over 200 years," says Ian Bannerman. "This agreement with the Koninklijke Bibliotheek is an important part of our commitment to safeguard scholarly information for future generations."
In 1994, the KB decided to include electronic publications into its depository collection. Since then, research and development on long-term digital archiving has been top priority in the National Library of the Netherlands. In close collaboration with IBM the KB developed the electronic deposit system, which was implemented in December 2002. The Koninklijke Bibliotheek was the first national library in the world to own an operational system for the deposit and long-term preservation of digital publications.
"For everybody involved in research and the communication of research results - authors, researchers, librarians and publishers alike - the agreement between the KB and academic publisher, Taylor & Francis, is yet another step forward in securing permanence of the records of science", commented Wim van Drimmelen. The KB already signed similar agreements with other major STM publishers and tries to enter into a contract with all major scientific publishers.
The KB will provide on site access to the journals on a current basis to all who come to the library and are permitted access to the library's collections. The agreement covers new publications as well as digitized backfiles. In addition, should there be a catastrophic disaster such that the online platform of Taylor & Francis is inoperable for a long period of time, the KB would be part of the interim service system.
About Taylor & Francis
Building on two centuries' experience, Taylor & Francis has grown rapidly over the last two decades to become a leading international academic publisher. With offices in London, Abingdon, Brighton and Basingstoke in the UK, New York, Boca Raton and Philadelphia in the USA and India, Singapore and Sydney in the Pacific Rim, the Taylor & Francis Group publishes more than 1,000 journals and around 1,800 new books each year, with a books backlist in excess of 20,000 specialist titles and over 6,000 e-books.
In May 2004 Taylor & Francis Group plc merged with Informa Group plc to form T&F Informa plc - a new international force in the provision of specialist information through publishing and events businesses. The Academic Division of T&F Informa, Taylor & Francis Group, now encompasses both journals and books publishing.
About the Koninklijke Bibliotheek
The Koninklijke Bibliotheek (KB) is the National Library of the Netherlands (www.kb.nl). The Library was founded in 1798. The KB is an autonomous administrative body financed by the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science. The KB's mission statement is to provide universal access to the knowledge and culture of the past and present by providing high-quality services for research, study and cultural enrichment.
Major tasks are:
Preservation, management, documentation and accessibility of the national cultural heritage in written, printed and electronic form. Deposit library for Dutch publications and National Bibliography. Research library aimed at Dutch history, language and culture in a wide international context. Rare and special collections like medieval manuscripts and early printed books. Exhibitions and publications. Knowledge center for digitization, preservation and restoration. Support for co-operation between libraries, musea and archives. Co-ordinator of national preservation and digitization programs Metamorphose and Memory of the Netherlands.
(For general information about the conference ‘Permanent Access to the Records of Science’: www.kb.nl/euconference)
For further information please contact:
Taylor & Francis Group
Ashleigh Bell Journals Sales Manager
Taylor & Francis Group
4 Park Square
Milton Park
Abingdon OX14 4RN
UK
Tel: 0207 017 6350
Web: www.tandf.co.uk
Koninklijke Bibliotheek
Johan Steenbakkers, Director e-Strategy and Property Management
PO Box 90407
2509 LK The Hague Tel + 31 70 3140644 Fax + 31 70 3140651
Web: www.kb.nl