Blackwell Synergy journals merging into Wiley InterScience June 30

["Gillingham, Emily - Oxford" <emily.gillingham@wiley.com>]

PLEASE NOTE: All journal content on Blackwell Synergy is merging 
into Wiley InterScience

As of Monday, June 30th 2008, all Blackwell journal content - 
including all full-text HTML and PDF versions of articles from 
current issues, backfiles, and issues published online before 
print - will be incorporated into Wiley InterScience.

We plan to close Blackwell Synergy at the end of business 
(Pacific Standard Time) on Friday June 27th and we anticipate 
that the migration will be completed by Monday June 30th. Over 
the weekend of June 28th and 29th, there will be a period when 
both Blackwell Synergy and Wiley InterScience will be unavailable 
while we transition and re-index data.

After June 30th, Blackwell Synergy will no longer be available.

Please forward this message to any library colleagues in your 
institution who need to know and help us to inform your patrons. 
We have written to all registered users on Blackwell Synergy and 
you will also see banners informing about the change on both 
sites.

Details about the actual downtime period will be posted on each 
site prior to June 27th, and you can find other essential 
information and FAQs about the change in service here:

* http://www.interscience.wiley.com/transition - for Librarians 
and Institutional Customers

* http://www.interscience.wiley.com/transition-users - for 
Individual End Users

* http://www.interscience.wiley.com/support - Customer Support 
contact information

* http://www.interscience.wiley.com/training - to sign up to a 
free webinar about using Wiley InterScience

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Some important things to remember:

* No new Wiley-Blackwell content will be published online from 
June 21st until July 7th. After July 7th, publication schedules 
will resume as usual.

* Links to journals on Blackwell Synergy will automatically 
redirect to Wiley InterScience. There is no need for you to 
change your links.

* Subscriptions for Blackwell journals on Synergy will migrate to 
Wiley InterScience, with the terms of all existing licenses 
honored.

* These access options will continue to function seamlessly:
      - IP authentication
      - Athens authentication
      - Username and password access

* If you have activated TPS access for your institution, see 
http://www.interscience.wiley.com/transition for details on 
updating your TPS script.

* For the Library/Customer Administration area, we have matched 
Synergy and Wiley InterScience accounts so you will be able to 
manage all your Wiley and Blackwell journals using your existing 
Wiley InterScience Administrator login. If you do not already 
have a Wiley InterScience administrator ID, you will receive 
further instructions after the transition.

* From September 2008 onwards, usage data for Blackwell journals 
will be available on Wiley InterScience, presented in a separate 
report but in the same format as that offered for Wiley journals. 
Usage data for Blackwell journals for the period prior to 
December 2005 will not be transferred to Wiley InterScience and 
is no longer be available.

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New Online Service Launching in 2009

This transition to Wiley InterScience is in preparation for the 
launch of our next-generation online service for all 
Wiley-Blackwell journals, books, reference works, databases, 
laboratory protocols, and other Wiley resources in 2009. This 
will include many of the best features of the current platforms 
and more, enabling us to deliver even greater publishing 
capabilities and customer value for the future. More information 
about the new service, will be provided well in advance of the 
launch date in 2009.

If you have any queries, please contact our Customer Support 
service (Regional contact details are posted here: 
http://www.interscience.wiley.com/support) or your usual 
Wiley-Blackwell Account Manager.

We will do our very best to ensure a smooth change and thank you 
for your patience and support during this transition time.

Best wishes,

Emily Gillingham
Director, Library and Institutional Marketing
Wiley-Blackwell
John Wiley & Sons
Tel: +44 1865 476425
Fax: +44 1865 471425
emily.gillingham@wiley.com