[BOAI] Step forward in the digitalization of science in Poland

[Peter Suber]

[Forwarding from Versita.  --Peter Suber.]


*Step forward in the digitalization of science in Poland*

*Polish Academy of Sciences will publish their journals with Versita*

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Warsaw, 17thJanuary 2011*

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In 2009, Committees and Departments of the Polish Academy of Science, a
leading scholar and research institution in Poland, published 254 titles in
about 100.000 copies. Now the organization has decided to further expand
availability of research by publishing electronically 21 of its journals in
the Open Access model. Versita has been chosen the technology and publishing
services provider for the project.



The 21 journals of the Polish Academy of Sciences make for the biggest
portfolio of journals so far, contracted by Versita at one time. Currently,
the company, which is a leading science publisher in Central and Eastern
Europe, offers its services to nearly 200 journals in the region and
globally, and expects to increase the number of customer journals to 500 in
the near future. The partnership with the Polish Academy of Sciences is a
significant step in making this vision possible.


The cooperation of the Polish Academy of Sciences and Versita includes
publishing of journals across various scientific disciplines, ranging from
biology and veterinary sciences, through to psychology, transportation and
engineering. While Versita will offer its electronic publishing,
distribution and marketing services to contracted journals, the journal
editors will be able to focus on the acquisition and editing of manuscripts.



Commenting on the partnership, Dawid Cecula, Head of Versita Open says “The
journals’ content will be available in the Open Access model, which is a new
development in scholarly publishing, giving researchers equal access to the
latest research results. As a company dedicated to global dissemination of
scientific discovery, we are delighted to be a part of this ambitious
venture”.



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About the Polish Academy of Sciences
*The Polish Academy of Sciences (www.english.pan.pl) is a state scientific
institution founded in 1952. It functions as a learned society acting
through an elected corporation of leading scholars and research
institutions. The activity of the Academy is financed mainly from the State
budget via the Ministry of Science and Higher Education.

*About Versita
*Versita (www.versita.com) publishes over 200 own and third-party scholarly
journals across many disciplines, in the subscription model and in the open
access model. Versita is the exclusive journal publishing partner of
Springer (www.springer.com) in Central Europe. Open access journals are
available at the newly launched Versita Open platform (www.versitaopen.com).
The company was established in 2001 by Jacek Ciesielski.

*About Open Access
*Open Access (OA) is an emerging model for academic publishing where readers
receive free access to scientific journals and books. In typical OA models,
the publishing costs are paid by authors. The first OA advocates were
librarians, and recently several publishers have introduced their OA
offerings.
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