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SPi Announces Renewal of Partnership With JSTOR
SPi to Provide Content Conversion Services to Support JSTOR's Archival Program
| Source: SPi
WASHINGTON, DC--(Marketwire - March 13, 2008) - SPi, a global provider of editorial, content
production, and business process outsourcing solutions (BPO) for publishers
and other information providers, announced today that it has been selected
by JSTOR to continue to provide content conversion services to support
JSTOR's journals archive. SPi has been helping JSTOR with its archival
program since 2002; by providing large scale scanning, OCR, and metadata
creation services.
"Over the years, SPi has proven itself to be a reliable and trustworthy
partner to JSTOR and has shown an understanding and commitment to JSTOR's
needs and requirements. We look forward to continuing our association with
SPi," said John Kiplinger, Director of Production, JSTOR.
Speaking on the occasion, Bill Schieffelin, SPi's Senior Vice President,
Global Sales and Account Management, said, "We are very pleased to renew
our long-standing relationship with JSTOR. The extension of our
relationship with JSTOR via this renewal is a testament to our commitment
to provide customized solutions that meet the unique needs of our
customers."
About JSTOR
JSTOR is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to helping the scholarly
community discover, use, and build upon a wide range of intellectual
content in a trusted digital archive. JSTOR's overarching aims are to
preserve a record of scholarship for posterity and to advance research and
teaching in cost-effective ways. JSTOR operates a research platform that
deploys information technology and tools to increase productivity and
facilitate new forms of scholarship. JSTOR collaborates with organizations
that can help in achieving its objectives and in maximizing benefits for
the scholarly community. For more information on JSTOR, visit
www.jstor.org.
About SPi
SPi's Publishing division seamlessly blends years of in-depth domain
knowledge with global resources and the latest technologies to offer
exceptional editorial, content production, and business process outsourcing
(BPO) solutions to a wide variety of publishers including not-for-profits,
university presses, commercial and database publishers, as well as content
aggregators and other information providers.
SPi, 100% owned by ePLDT, is a leading full-service BPO provider with
offices and facilities across North America, Europe, and Asia. SPi has
14,000 employees delivering a wide range of Knowledge Process and Customer
Interaction solutions to diversified markets, including financial services,
healthcare, legal, and publishing. SPi consistently improves operating
efficiency, lowers costs, and helps to strengthen the competitive position
of more than 500 clients.
For more information on SPi, visit www.spi-bpo.com.