Gwen Lochstet
gsl@pobox.upenn.edu

EMANI to Create Mathematics Archive
In July, Springer-Verlag announced the formation of the Electronic Mathematics Archiving Network Initiative (EMANI) in cooperation with Tsinghua University Library (China), Goettingen State and University Library (Germany), and Cornell University Library (USA). The goal of EMANI is to insure the preservation and dissemination of mathematical information for future generations by creating a mathematics electronic information archive.

Recognizing that mathematics publishers, government agencies, and the mathematics community have long seen the need for a stable, internationally accessible, electronic archive for valuable mathematical content, Springer-Verlag stated in its press release that EMANI has taken on the responsibility of developing the framework for such an archive. It is likely that other libraries and publishers will join this initiative in the near future. In particular, a major French partner is expected to announce its participation imminently.

In the press release, Sarah E. Thomas, University Librarian, Cornell University, noted that "preservation of published knowledge is part of a library's core mission and digital preservation is especially challenging. The opportunity to collaborate with Springer and other partners in defining a model that will serve scholars today and in the future by offering long-term access to publications in mathematics is an important one in which we are pleased to participate."

Professor Dr. Bernd Wegner, who was instrumental in developing this initiative added, "The solution for creating a true archive for mathematical information can only be achieved by combining the talents of centers of excellence around the world - we have that cooperation. The aim of EMANI is to unite libraries and publishers to preserve the intellectual history of mathematics and provide this to mathematicians and professionals applying mathematics now and in the future."

For more information, contact:

Professor Dr. Bernd Wegner
Mathematics Archiving Network
c/o Technical University Berlin
Strasse des 17. Juni 135
+49-6221-4878-130
10623 Berlin, Germany
Email: wegner@math.TU-Berlin.DE

or

Joan Robinson
Press and Public Relations
Springer-Verlag
Email: robinson@springer.de
Fax: +49-6221-4878-141

Digitization of Christoph Clavius' Opera Mathematica
Parker Ladwig, Mathematics Librarian at the University of Notre Dame, sent a message to PAMnet in August informing of his intention to digitize the 5 volumes of Christoph Clavius' Opera Mathematica, which was published in 1612, in cooperation with the Clavius Group (http://www.faculty.fairfield.edu/jmac/cl/clavius.htm). Before he began, he wanted to check to make sure that this had not already been done.

He had already checked the following web sites:

Mathematics Books at Cornell
http://www.math.cornell.edu/~library/reformat.html

Facultat de Matemàtiques Univeristy of Barcelona
http://www.mat.ub.es/

Digital Sun-Site at Berkeley
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Catalogs/

Directory of Electronic Text Centers
http://www.ceth.rutgers.edu/infosrv/ectrdir.html

The On-Line Books Page
http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/

Electronic Text Center - University of Virginia
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/

Digital Libraries: Electronic Journal and Text Archives IFLA
http://www.ifla.org/II/etext.htm

Internet Library for Librarians
http://www.itcompany.com/inforetriever/

The Internet Public Library
http://www.ipl.org/

He would like to know if anyone is involved in such a project or know of someone else who is. Please contact him at: ladwig.1@nd.edu.

IMU Calls All Mathematicians to Make Their Work Available Electronically
Molly White forwarded to PAMnet a statement endorsed by the Executive Committee of the International Mathematical Union (IMU) at its 68th session in Princeton, NJ, on May 15, 2001.

The statement calls all mathematicians to make as much of their work available electronically as possible. The statement can be seen at: http://elib.zib.de/IMU/IMU_Committees/call_authors.html. The text of the statement is as follows:

Our recent work is likely already in computer readable form and should be made available variously in TeX source, dvi, pdf (Adobe Acrobat), or PostScript form. Publications from the pre-TeX era can be scanned and/or digitally photographed. Retyping in TeX is not as unthinkable as first appears.

Our action will have greatly enlarged the reservoir of freely available primary mathematical material, particularly helping scientists working without adequate library access."

This statement was written and recommended by the Committee on Electronic Information and Communication (CEIC) of the International Mathematical Union (IMU).

Math Forum Moves to Drexel University
Math Forum, a web site for math and math education resources, which was once a part of Swarthmore and then a part of WebCT, has recently been acquired by Drexel University. It is now called The Math Forum @ Drexel. The url is: http://mathforum.org/.

Math Forum @ Drexel lists resources by subject, ranging from the K-12 level to the advanced level. The site also features announcements, discussion groups, Problems of the Week, and question and answer services such as, Ask Dr. Math and Teacher2Teacher. Users can also search for specific resources.

At Drexel, it will be maintained under the direction of Dr. Harvill Eaton, the university's senior vice president for research and graduate studies.

Introductory Offer for Regular and Chaotic Dynamics
In September, Turpion Ltd announced an introductory offer for the journal, Regular and Chaotic Dynamics, which is an English-language journal that they publish jointly with the Department of Mathematics of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The offer allows new subscribers to pay half price for the year 2002.

This mathematical journal specializes in:

• Nonlinear Dynamics
• Integrability and Nonintegrability of Dynamic Systems
• Determined Chaos
• Symmetries, Lie Algebras, and Hamiltonian Formalism
• Fractal Dynamics
• Self-organization Theory and Synergetics
• Quantum Chaos
• Computer Dynamics

The three pricing options for the journal and the 2002 U.S. price for each is listed below:

The online version is available on their web site four to six weeks before the print version. Subscribers to the Print+Online and Online Only options will get access to articles of the current volume, and to the full text electronic archive going back to 1998 at no extra cost.

Full details about the journal is available at http://www.turpion.org/php/homes/pa.phtml?jrnid=rd

Discount for Stochastic Processes and Their Applications Continue
Last year, the Bernoulli Society for Mathematical Statistics and Probability, which sponsors the journal, Stochastic Processes and Their Applications (SPA), negotiated with Elsevier to offer a 50% institutional discount for the journal on a multi-year basis. Recently, the notice of the 50% discount disappeared from Elsevier's web site. Dr. Ofer Zeitouni, editor of SPA, confirmed that the discount is still in effect, even though Elsevier may not be advertising it. He reported that Elsevier said they will update their site and repost the offer, but he would like to be notified of any problems getting the reduced rate. He can be reached at: spa@ee.technion.ac.il.

As was the case last year, the discounted subscription entails a delay in the delivery of the print copy. Issues are mailed once every 3 month instead of monthly. Electronic access is immediate.

More information on the journal is available at http://www.elsevier.nl/inca/publications/store/5/0/5/5/7/2/