Multinational Licence Agreement
Multi-Science
Multi-Science Publishing was established in 1961, and is one of the few remaining privately owned STM publishers: its vision to facilitate the flow of information among scholars at the most affordable price possible. Multi-Science journals are brought into existence to fill important gaps in the scientific literature; they are themselves responses to technological developments, which have called new disciplines into existence.
As such, the journals in this collection are unique. Thus, while some other journals publish, for example, papers on acoustics within buildings, only our journal Building Acoustics is devoted to the subject: there is no other journal (in English) worldwide on this topic.
Therefore, when the backfile of these journals is taken into account, it can be seen that they come to represent the best and most convenient stores of knowledge and research on particular subjects: the reader is offered an instant core of specialisation, which cannot be found elsewhere.
With a bias towards applied science, an emphasis on topics of growing research interest – energy/renewable, environment, engineering – our journals are a useful addition to any academic library. Content is peer reviewed and all journals edited by distinguished figures in the particular fields, assisted by editorial boards of experts.
1. Content Description and title list
2. Subscription and Licensing Terms
3. Offer including pricing
4. Functionality and Standards Compliance
5. Library Support Information
1. Content Description
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/mscp
Main Subject Areas
Engineering, energy, acoustics, and built environment.
Academic Level of Service
Multiscience will be of interest to undergraduates, postgraduates and researchers.
Timeline of offer
The agreement will be for three years, starting from 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2011. Institutions can subscribe up till the 1 September 2009.
Updates
Monthly/bi-monthly/quarterly, depending on different titles publishing schedule.
Testimonials, Case Studies or User Reviews
Publisher's Selection Policy
Published on http://www.multi-science.co.uk/publish_journals.htm.
Other Institutions that have expressed interest in or who are subscribing to this agreement
KE will update this section.
2. Subscription and Licensing Terms
The agreement will be for three years, starting from 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2011. Institutions can subscribe up till the 1st of September 2009 and can opt-out annually with no penalty on the anniversary of the starting date.
For instructions on how to subscribe, the pricing and to access the licence agreement, please see the subscription page on the local websites:
• Denmark’s Electronic Research Library (DEFF) in Denmark http://licenser.bs.dk
• German Research Foundation (DFG) in Germany https://www.nationallizenzen.de/knowledge-exchange
• Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) in the United Kingdom: http://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/knowledge_exchange
• SURFfoundation in the Netherlands: https://www.surfdiensten.nl/
The agreement complies with the terms of the Knowledge Exchange Model Licence.
4. Functionality and Standards Compliance
Full Text Linking
Yes.
Federated Searching
Open URL.
MARC Records
No.
Metadata Standards
Dublin Core Metadata Initiative, Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OMI-PMH).
Search Options
Advanced Search option http://www.ingentaconnect.com/search/advanced allows Boolean searching for article titles, keywords and abstract searches.
Ingenta plan to roll out a new search engine during late 2008, which will enable:
- Full-text search
- More flexible advanced searching
- Search stemming, spell checking and relevance ranking
- Federated searching
Post Search Options
None.
Usage Statistics
COUNTER compliant statistics available via Ingenta.
Authentication
IP, Currently Ingenta does not support Shibboleth authentication, we do support Athens authentication. We plan to support shibboleth by end of July 2008.
Personalization of the Online Resource
Institutions can add branding to their pages and personal users can use the 'My Ingenta' functionality to created marked lists and saved searches. No specific provision.
Accessibility
IngentaConnect aims to be AA compliant with WAI (Web Accessibility Initiative Recommendations).
Ingenta is currently working with the following protocols:
http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616.html
http://www.w3.org/WAI/
http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/
http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/
http://www.w3.org/DOM/
5. Library Support Information
Login URL
www.ingentaconnect.com/content/mscp
Product Documentation
www.multi-science.co.uk
Training Materials
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Technical Support
ke@multi-science.co.uk
Administrative Support
ke@multi-science.co.uk
User Support
ke@multi-science.co.uk
Trial Access
www.ingentaconnect.com/content/mscp/trial
Knowledge Exchange contacts
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