Backfile journal digitisation: Wellcome/NLM/JISC PubMed Central scanning project
I am reposting this from an my liblicense email.
Over the past 2 years the Wellcome Library, Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) and the National Library of Medicine (NLM) have been working together to digitise the backfiles of a number of historically significant medical journals. Once digitised, the archive is made publicly accessible through the NIH life sciences archive, PubMed Central (PMC). Titles that have been digitised (or are in the processing of being digitised) include the Biochemical Journal, the Journal of Physiology and Annals of Surgery. [Further details of the project, including a full list
of titles that will be digitised, can be found at: http://library.wellcome.ac.uk/backfiles]
of titles that will be digitised, can be found at: http://library.wellcome.ac.uk/backfiles]
Though this project is well along the road to completion, there is still a small amount of funding available to pay for the digitisation of additional titles. Consequently if there are any medical
publishers/learned societies who are interested in participating in this project, I'd like to hear from you.
In brief, publishers who wish to participate in this project have to:
- Give the NLM permission to digitise the backfiles. Once digitised, the NLM will make the archive freely accessible through PMC.
- Agree to deposit future issues in PMC. Research articles can be embargoed in PMC for up to 12 months; all other papers (editorials, reviews etc), can be embargoed for 3 years. Full details available at: http://www.pubmedcentral.gov/about/guidelines.html
In return:
- Wellcome/JISC/NLM fund the backfile digitisation in its entirety. [In addition to digitising the archive and making it fully searchable, the process also involves creating an XML citation for each article, that is added to the PubMed database.]
- Wellcome/JISC/NLM will host the file at PMC - and look after the dataset over time. In practice this means taking responsibility for converting digital files to new, future formats.
- Provide a copy of the digital archive to the publisher for hosting on the publisher site (if required)
If any publisher of medical journals is interested in participating in this project, please contact me as soon as possible, indicating the name(s) of the titles that might be interested in joining this project. I look forward to hearing for you.
Robert Kiley
Head of Systems Strategy & Acting Librarian
Wellcome Library.
210, Euston Road, London. NW1 2BE
Tel: 020 7611 8338; Fax: 020 7611 8726; mailto:r.kiley@wellcome.ac.uk
Library Web site: http://library.wellcome.ac.uk
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