History E-Book Project

The History E-Book Project of the American Council of Learned Societies is pleased to announce that Cambridge University Press, long an important publisher in the Project's title list, has joined its partnership to produce new XML titles, becoming the ACLS's tenth participating university press for XML development. According to HEB Project directors Eileen Gardiner and Ron Musto, "Cambridge's participation comes at an important time, as the ACLS project has achieved self-sustainability and is focused on completing R&D on its suite of XML features and capabilities. These have allowed electronic publishing in History to move from experimental and individual efforts toward replicable and scalable workflows and publication standards. Cambridge's excellent History list will help us achieve these goals."

According to Frank Smith, CUP's Editorial Director for Academic Books, "Cambridge is very pleased to be participating in the ACLS program. Although we think printed books are here to stay for a few more decades, we are also very keen to explore the new possibilities for disseminating knowledge provided by the digital environment." ACLS and Cambridge have already begun work on the first of Cambridge's new XML titles to be included in the Project.

For further information, email info@hebook.org