Two More Renowned University Presses Select Project MUSE as Their Journals Platform
By Project MUSE
Project MUSE is pleased to announce that, beginning in 2022, it will serve as the chief journal platform for both University of Minnesota Press and Wayne State University Press. Both of these distinguished publishers have worked with Project MUSE since the early 2000’s as part of MUSE’s Journal Collections Program. University of Minnesota Press will add five subscription journals to the MUSE Hosting Program for 2022, and Wayne State University Press will add three subscription journals to the MUSE Hosting Program for 2022, with each publisher having a total of 12 journals on offer. The new Minnesota and Wayne State journal titles, along with the volume year for which coverage on the MUSE platform will begin, are as follows:
University of Minnesota Press:
• Environment, Space, Place – Vol. 9, No. 1 Spring 2017
• Journal of American Indian Education – Vol. 50, No. 1, 2011
• Norwegian-American Studies – Vol. 1
• Preservation Education & Research – Vol. 11, 2019
• Verge: Studies in Global Asias – Vol. 1, No 1, Spring 2015
Wayne State University Press:
• Storytelling, Self, Society – Vol. 7, No. 1, January – April 2011
• Fairy Tale Review – Vol. 6, 2010
• Jewish Folklore and Ethnology – Vol. 1, 2022
Journals in the MUSE hosting program are not included in the MUSE journal collections, but libraries may take up individual subscriptions to access the titles on the platform.
We are excited to expand our partnership with Project MUSE through their hosted journals program,” said Diandra Coles, Journals Manager at University of Minnesota Press. “We look forward to giving our subscribers access to this wonderful platform and helping new scholars find and engage with our content.”
Julie Warheit, Journals Manager at Wayne State University Press added, “We are delighted to broaden our relationship with Project MUSE and to join so many of our fellow university presses in making all of our journals available to subscribers on such a prestigious platform.”
With the exception of Jewish Folklore and Ethnology, which will debut in Fall 2022, content from the journals listed above, beginning with the volumes indicated above and through current issues, will be available on the MUSE platform by the beginning of 2022. Libraries wishing to subscribe or needing to renew single title subscriptions to these and the other Minnesota and Wayne State journals may do so via their usual subscription agency, or by emailing jrnlcirc@jh.edu or via our online form (requires creation of a user account). MUSE will distribute metadata for the titles to our many discovery partners, and subscribing libraries will be able to access custom holdings data and COUNTER-compliant usage statistics through the MUSE Library Dashboard. All of the journals listed except Jewish Folklore and Ethnology were previously hosted on JSTOR.
About University of Minnesota Press
Founded in 1925, the University of Minnesota Press is best known as the publisher of groundbreaking work in social and cultural thought, critical theory, race and ethnic studies, urbanism, feminist criticism, and media studies. The University of Minnesota Press has also now developed Manifold, an innovative platform to publish and read online, and home to many open access titles.
About Wayne State University Press
Wayne State University Press is a distinctive urban publisher committed to supporting its parent institution’s core research, teaching, and service mission by generating high-quality scholarly and general interest works of global importance. Through its publishing program, the Press disseminates research, advances education, and serves the local community while expanding the international reputation of the Press and the University.
About Project MUSE
Project MUSE has offered libraries affordable access to essential humanities and social science research for more than 25 years, as an integral part of the scholarly communications ecosystem and platform of choice for respected not-for-profit publishers. Currently, Project MUSE is the trusted and reliable source for over 700 journals and nearly 80,000 books, from more than 200 of the world's leading university presses and scholarly societies. MUSE also hosts thousands of open access books and several open access journal titles, freely available to anyone worldwide. Project MUSE's recently expanded and enhanced Hosted Journals Program offers an affordable, comprehensive electronic publishing service aligned with the mission and values of not-for-profit publishers. Hosted journal content benefits from being part of a large corpus of related scholarly material on the MUSE platform, providing a seamless user experience and enhanced discovery opportunities.
