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PRESS RELEASE Lisse, the Netherlands, 11 October 2000
Swets Blackwell has announced the addition of all 23 of OECD's electronic journal titles to SwetsnetNavigator, their electronic journal service.
Online access to full-text articles, abstracts and tables of contents from this prestigious publisher are available free with a subscription to the corresponding print journal. The addition of OECD's titles brings the number of full-text journals accessible via SwetsnetNavigator to nearly 4,900 (this figure includes approximately 1,100 Elsevier Science journals which are only accessible for authorised NESLI users of SwetsnetNavigator, whose institutions are also subscribers to ScienceDirect).
The OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) is an inter-governmental organisation of 30 member countries, originally formed in
1948 and containing countries from Western and Central Europe, North America, the Far East and Australasia.
Its primary purpose is to provide members with a forum to research, debate and develop economic and social policy. As a direct result, the OECD is the independent publisher of more than 250 publications per annum, including a staggering 98 million statistics which have been verified and made comparable, making it one of the world's largest and most reliable sources of data.
Mr. Toby Green, Head of Marketing at OECD, commented: "We have worked very closely with Swets Blackwell to be able to offer our online service
SourceOECD.
With the availability of our journal titles via SwetsnetNavigator, we are looking forward to enjoying increased visibility and usage. We will continue to build on the successful working relationship with Swets Blackwell, towards the objective of making all OECD material fully accessible."
SwetsnetNavigator offers a single point of access to a large range of full-text titles, as well as tables of contents and abstracts. 75
publishers are currently participating in SwetsnetNavigator, and further information on the growing number of titles available in the service can be found by visiting www.swetsnetnavigator.com.
Swets Blackwell is the single largest subscription agent in the world, handling 2 million subscriptions annually. Their database contains
nearly 250,000 titles from over 65,000 publishers. Swets Blackwell communicates in 25 languages with over 60,000 academic, medical, corporate and government library customers through their branches in 19
countries across five continents.
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Swets Blackwell acquires Munksgaard Direct
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PRESS RELEASE:Lisse and Copenhagen, 27 October 2000
Swets Blackwell and Munksgaard announced today the signing of an agreement stating that
Swets Blackwell have acquired Munksgaard Direct, the book and subscription service division of the Munksgaard Group. The agreement is effective from October 2000, and will result in Swets
Blackwell becoming Denmark's leading agent within the business of subscription, database and electronic information services.
Swets Blackwell currently maintains an office in Glostrup, Denmark, but will move their operations
to Copenhagen. The turnover of Swets Blackwell Denmark will be 160 million Danish kroner (nearly 18 million US$). Integration of Munksgaard Direct's activities into Swets Blackwell
Denmark will take place over the next 7- 8 months. All current employees of Munksgaard Direct will transition into the new company, bringing the total number of staff to 40.
The Manager of Swets Blackwell's Glostrup office, Peter Munksgaard (no relation), will remain the
manager of the new, expanded operation. He commented: "It is exciting to see Denmark's two leading agents combine forces. This agreement will result in Swets Blackwell's being able to
offer an even higher level of service for our customers in Denmark than ever before. "
Since its founding in 1917, Munksgaard has evolved from a traditional bookseller to an
international supplier of books, journals and electronic media. Their publishing division, Munksgaard International Publishers, will remain separate from Swets Blackwell. More
information on Munksgaard Direct can be found by visiting www.munksgaard.dk.
Swets Blackwell is the single largest subscription agent in the world, handling 2 million
subscriptions annually from a database containing nearly 250,000 titles from over 65,000 publishers. Swets Blackwell communicates in 25 languages with over 60,000 academic,
research & development, medical, corporate and government library customers through their branches in 19 countries across five continents.
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