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Aptara Selected as Sole Data Conversion Supplier for 7.5 Million page Wiley Journal Backfile
Fairfax, VA, July 27, 2005 — Aptara, a recognized leader in providing composition and data conversion services, announced today that it has been selected as the sole data conversion provider for the Wiley backfile conversion of all its journal holdings, dating back to its 1800s collection.
Wiley's digitization of legacy content is an ongoing project designed to improve the research pathway and ensure content discovery is as seamless and time efficient as possible. The project will continue through 2005 and 2006, and is scheduled for completion in 2007, in conjunction with Wiley's 200th Anniversary. The completed backfile will span two centuries of scientific research and comprise over 7.5 million pages and is one of the largest archives of its kind issued by a single publisher.
"We have been working with Wiley on this project since mid 2002 and are very honored to now be selected as the sole provider for completion of the data conversion segment of this prestigious project." said Gurvinder Batra, President, Aptara Professional Publishing Group. "This ambitious project by Wiley has certainly created a buzz in the industry. Having Aptara selected as the sole provider for the entire backfile conversion is confirmation of the scope and quality of our industry leading, data conversion offering."
"Wiley’s journal backfiles represent an enormous advantage for researchers worldwide. Aptara has been an excellent partner in this large-scale endeavor to bring all of Wiley’s 400 journals to the desktop starting with volume 1 number 1," said Craig Van Dyck, Vice President, Operations, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Aptara has handled numerous data conversion projects for customers including the American Psychological Association, Blackwell Publishing, Elsevier, National Library of Medicine, University of Michigan, IMechE, the Royal Society of Chemistry, and others. Aptara is well known for its technical expertise and project management skills.
About Aptara
Aptara is a privately-held company with its headquarters in Fairfax, Virginia. Aptara (www.aptaracorp.com) is a fast-growing U.S. company and market leader in providing services to content rich businesses. It provides content outsourcing services and solutions across multiple media to businesses including publishers, information aggregators, professional societies, government agencies, universities, and major corporations.
Aptara is currently in six locations in the U.S., U.K. and India with the corporate headquarters located in Fairfax, Virginia. Other U.S. office locations are Los Angeles, California; York, Pennsylvania; and Boston, Massachusetts. Aptara also has a large operational presence in New Delhi, India and a customer service center located in Cambridge, U.K.. Aptara currently employs over 2,800 people across its global operations.
About Wiley InterScience
Since its commercial launch in January 1999, Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com) has earned its reputation as a world-leading Internet resource for quality research material promoting discovery across the spectrum of scientific, technical, medical and professional endeavors. Today Wiley InterScience features a vast reservoir of must- have content from almost 2000 journals, books, reference works, databases, and Current Protocols laboratory manuals.
About Wiley
Founded in 1807, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., provides must-have content and services to customers worldwide. Its core businesses include scientific, technical, and medical journals, encyclopedias, books, and online products and services; professional and consumer books and subscription services; and educational materials for undergraduate and graduate students and lifelong learners. Wiley has publishing, marketing, and distribution centers in the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia, and Australia. The Company is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbols JWa and JWb. Wiley's Internet site can be accessed at www.wiley.com. |
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