Over 100 years of Scientific American Available Online

June 14, 2011 - PRLog -- New York City - The Scientific American archive brings together over 100 years of content highlighting advancements in science, technology, and medicine. Institutional customers can now access every issue of Scientific American back to January 1910. Scientific American, part of Nature Publishing Group (NPG), entrusted the scanning and digitization of most of the paper archives to MPS Limited's archive conversion unit, following MPS's successful digitization of NPG's flagship journal, Nature.

The MPS team designed a set of specialized in-house tools to convert each issue to XML before publishing it online. The text of the content is fully searchable and is presented in PDF form to preserve the look and feel of the original issues. Work to expand Scientific American's archive back to 1845, its first year of publication, is currently under way. Appligent Document Solutions is also assisting in the digitization of the Scientific American archive.

Scientific American's online archive reveals a wealth of treasure from the magazine's history. Gems include: a 1932 article called "And Now the Neutron;" the 1954 article prophetically entitled "Computers in Business;" the landmark 1988 single-topic issue "What Science Knows About AIDS" featuring contributors Robert C. Gallo and Luc Montagnier, the co-discoverers of HIV; and policy pieces including the 1990 Al Gore essay, "A New Initiative to Save the Planet."

Rajiv Seth, MD and CEO of MPS Limited, comments: "Scientific American has had a huge influence on the development of science in the Western world, and its archives are an important insight into the history of science and technology. We are delighted to help NPG make these archives available online."

"Scientific American has been bringing its readers unique insights about developments in science and technology for more than 165 years," said Diane McGarvey, Director of Ancillary Products at Scientific American. "We look forward to continuing our work with MPS Limited in the creation of the digital archive."

About MPS Limited
In today's digital world, content is becoming ever more sophisticated and increasingly inseparable from technology. MPS Limited, a Macmillan company company with over 35 years of relevant experience serving major publishers worldwide, is helping the world navigate this new market by creating high-quality solutions designed to transform and enrich content for print, online, and mobile media. For more information, visit: www.macmillanpublishingsolutions.com

About NPG
Nature Publishing Group (NPG) is a publisher of high-impact scientific and medical information in print and online. NPG publishes journals, online databases, and services across the life, physical, chemical, and applied sciences, and clinical medicine.

Focusing on the needs of scientists, Nature (founded in 1869) is the leading weekly, international scientific journal. In addition, for this audience, NPG publishes a range of Nature research journals and Nature Reviews journals, plus a range of prestigious academic journals including society-owned publications. Online, nature.com provides over 5 million visitors per month with access to NPG publications and online databases and services, including Nature News and Nature Jobs plus access to Nature Network and Nature Education's Scitable.com.

Scientific American is at the heart of Nature Publishing Group's consumer media division, meeting the needs of the general public. Founded in 1845, Scientific American is the oldest continuously published magazine in the US and the leading authoritative publication for science in the general media. Together with scientificamerican.com and 14 local language editions around the world it reaches more than 5 million consumers and scientists. Other titles include Scientific American Mind and Spektrum der Wissenschaft in Germany. For more information, please visit www.scientificamerican.com.

Throughout all its businesses NPG is dedicated to serving the scientific and medical communities and the wider scientifically interested general public. Part of Macmillan Publishers Limited, NPG is a global company with principal offices in London, New York, and Tokyo, and offices in cities worldwide including Boston, Buenos Aires, Cairo, Delhi, Mumbai, Hong Kong, Madrid, Barcelona, Munich, Heidelberg, Basingstoke, Melbourne, Paris, San Francisco, Seoul, and Washington DC. For more information, please visit www.nature.com.


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