Wiley Announces Launch of Wiley Digital Archives

John Wiley and Sons Inc., (NYSE:JW-A) (NYSE:JW-B) is pleased to announce a new program of digital primary sources providing unprecedented access to historical records across the sciences and medicine. Launching in 2018, Wiley Digital Archives will enable institutional customers to purchase digital access to unique or rare historical primary sources, digitized from leading societies such as the New York Academy of Sciences and the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. Additional partner societies, libraries, and archives around the world will be added, continually expanding the availability of rare documents and information to improve research outcomes and further educational goals. From one of our inaugural partners, The New York Academy of Sciences, Douglas Braaten, Chief Science Officer, says, “The Academy’s history captures not only the history of our society but of New York City and beyond. Digitizing our archives brings to light 200 years of scientific progress through the extraordinary efforts of individuals and institutions.” The program will tell the stories behind the journals and society content Wiley publishes and will include: maps, manuscripts, periodicals, administrative papers, data, fieldwork, correspondence, books, photographs, illustrations, proceedings, meeting minute books, conference papers, pamphlets, reports, grey literature, and ephemera. This program will have a broad, multidisciplinary appeal, and run along the histor...
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