For Immediate Release

22^nd January, 2007

Oxford University Press is pleased to announce that, as of September 2007, it will be expanding its groundbreaking Oxford Scholarship Online (OSO) (www.oxfordscholarship.com) programme to offer the majority of its scholarly monograph publishing online. Scholars and students will have unrivaled access to online monographs in the core areas of: Biology, Business/Management, Classics, History, Maths, Linguistics, Literature, Physics and Psychology – in addition to the current list of available subjects: Economic and Finance, Philosophy, Political Science and Religion.

Launched in 2003 as a subscription database, OSO expanded to a perpetual access purchase model in 2005, and increased usage over that time by 450%. With the September 2007 expansion, Oxford University Press will publish frontlist titles in the core disciplines more or less simultaneously with the publication of the print edition. Many universities, institutions, and government offices throughout the world now make use of OSO, each with thousands of users. As a result, millions of scholars, students and researchers now have access to this outstanding content, when they need it, wherever they need it.

Claire Grace, Electronic Resources Manager, Open University, comments, “The Open University Library welcomes the announcement by Oxford University Press and keenly awaits the delivery of additional titles, in new subject areas and in a format which substantially increases access for our students to valuable online book content. We also acknowledge and support Oxford University Press's efforts to respond to customer demand in publishing their frontlist titles in this format.”

Through this exciting development, Oxford is affirming the future of the research monograph, its value as a form of academic expression, and reasserting its commitment to this vital means of scholarly communication.

Kate Jury, Marketing Director Academic Division, OUP-UK says, “Throughout the conception, development, and expansion of OSO we have worked very closely with librarians and academics, and have benefited greatly from their advice and support. We hope that this further expansion of OSO will enable all of us to benefit from the continued vitality of the monograph, and we believe that it is a strong commitment from Oxford to the support and dissemination of scholarship in this much valued and important publishing format.”

Dr. Henry Reece, Chief Executive Officer of Oxford University Press explains, “Oxford Scholarship Online is a prime example of the ways in which innovative technologies can assist us in our mission of disseminating high-quality information. OSO enables our authors to reach audiences around the globe who would once have been far out of reach. Since its launch, the number of OSO users has been growing steadily and we are delighted to be in a position to extend OSO's reach even further, into most of the core areas in which the press publishes.”

At least 200 new titles will be available online each year, and from September, Oxford will publish many new monographs online and in traditional print versions. This means that an even wider range of scholars and students will have access to more academic works than ever before, and with remote access available, the service brings these high quality resources within easy reach of customers, wherever they are.

Tim Barton, President of OUP-New York and Managing Director of the Academic Division-UK remarked, “Oxford was proud to launch OSO back in 2003 as the first online monograph service in the humanities and social sciences. Now to see this project grow, and to expand the service into the sciences, and to publish the majority of our monographs simultaneously in print and online, is truly satisfying.“