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SPARC Partner Returns Science to Scientists
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Peter Suber
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Nov 19, 2002 11:32 PST
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For Immediate Release
November 19, 2002
For more information, contact:
Alison Buckholtz, SPARC, ali-@arl.org
http://www.arl.org/sparc, http://www.sparceurope.org
SPARC PARTNER DOCUMENTA MATHEMATICA CONTRIBUTES E-PUBLISHING SAVINGS TO NEW
PRIZE FOR MATHEMATICIANS
Journal Editor Cites Desire To "Return Science to Scientists"
Washington, DC - SPARC partner Documenta Mathematica has contributed
savings gleaned from electronic publication of a recent special journal
edition to the creation of a new prize for the international math
community. The prize, known as the Carl Friedrich Gauss Prize, includes a
medal and EUR 10,000. It will be awarded by the International Mathematical
Union (IMU) and administered by the German Math Society (Deutsche
Mathematiker-Vereinigung, or DMV). The prize will be given every four
years during the International Congress of Mathematicians, alongside the
Fields Medal. The first award will be given in 2006.
"SPARC is founded on the idea of returning science to scientists and
Documenta Mathematica has long put that theory into practice," said Ulf
Rehmann, managing editor of Documenta Mathematica. "Redirecting our
earnings back into research, rather than giving it to commercial science
publishers, is both logical and rewarding. It is our way of illustrating
that electronic journals can succeed in returning science to its rightful
owners, thus pushing research forward."
Documenta Mathematica's ability "to produce two thirds of the Proceedings
before the Congress and one third immediately after is a remarkable
demonstration of the potential to publish a major book at minimal cost with
no commercial assistance," said David Mumford, the IMU president who
presided over the conference.
Founded by the DMV in 1995, Documenta Mathematica is a free,
peer-reviewed electronic journal covering general mathematics. The DMV
awarded Documenta Mathematica the contract to produce the ICM'98
Proceedings as an extra volume, with a grant of EUR 25,000 to cover
production costs. As an established electronic journal with little
overhead, Documenta Mathematica produced the electronic version of the
proceedings for only EUR 1,250. It transferred back to the DMV the savings
plus EUR 6,500 earned in sales of the edition, for a total contribution of
EUR 30,250. The DMV then used this contribution and other savings achieved
at ICM'98 to found the Carl Friedrich Gauss Prize, announced earlier this year.
Documenta Mathematica is archived electronically at scores of university
libraries worldwide. Any institution or individual with access can print
out complete volumes of the journal at no cost.
For further information about Documenta Mathematica:
http://www.mathematik.uni-bielefeld.de/documenta/Welcome-eng.html and
http://www.mathematik.uni-bielefeld.de/~rehmann/OAI_2002/index.html.
For further information about the Carl Friedrich Gauss Prize:
http://www.mathematik.uni-bielefeld.de/DMV/Gauss/.
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SPARC and SPARC Europe are coalitions of research universities and
libraries supporting increased competition in scholarly publishing.
Membership currently numbers approximately 240 institutions and library
consortia in North America, the U.K. and Europe, Australia, New Zealand
and Asia. SPARC is also affiliated with major library organizations in
Canada, the U.K. and Ireland, Denmark, Australia and the USA. SPARC is
located on the web at http://www.arl.org/sparc; SPARC Europe is located on
the web at http://www.sparceurope.org.
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Alison Buckholtz
Associate Enterprise Director
SPARC -- The Scholarly Publishing & Academic Resources Coalition
21 Dupont Circle, Ste. 800, Washington, DC 20036 USA
T: 202 296 2296 x115 * F: 202 872 0884 * E: ali-@arl.org
http://www.arl.org/sparc http://www.sparceurope.org
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