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Wiley-Blackwell announces partnership with Australian Human Resources Institute

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Wiley

MELBOURNE—May 12, 2011—Wiley-Blackwell, the scientific, technical, medical and scholarly publishing business of John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (NYSE: JWa), (NYSE: JWb) is pleased to announce a partnership with Australian Human Resources Institute (AHRI) to publish its journal Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources from 2012.

Fully peer-reviewed and ISI-listed, Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources will celebrate its 50th Volume in 2012. The new partnership with Wiley-Blackwell will bring more frequent, enhanced content to AHRI's growing membership of HR professionals, and will build on the journal's strong international reputation as the premier journal for human resources within the Asia Pacific region.

Mark Robertson, Publishing Director, Wiley-Blackwell, Asia Pacific commented "This signals the beginning of an exciting publishing partnership and also opens up great new opportunities for Wiley and AHRI together to provide education, training, and resources to empower and enlighten members of the AHRI community and support professional development. As world-leading publishers of human resource management content, Wiley offers AHRI access to a full spectrum of tools and resources from introductory textbooks, to practical professional resources, to academic book and journal content."

"We are delighted to welcome Wiley-Blackwell as the new journal publisher," said AHRI Chief Executive Serge Sardo. "We are also looking forward to the increased capacity of the journal, now that it's going quarterly, to expand its content offerings for the benefit of the HR profession."

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About Wiley

Founded in 1807, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., has been a valued source of information and understanding for more than 200 years, helping people around the world meet their needs and fulfill their aspirations. Since 1901, Wiley and its acquired companies have published the works of more than 400 Nobel laureates in all categories: Literature, Economics, Physiology/Medicine, Physics, Chemistry and Peace.

Wiley's core businesses include scientific, technical, medical and scholarly (STMS) journals, encyclopedias, books and online products and services; professional/trade books, subscription products, training materials, online applications and Web sites; and educational materials for undergraduate and graduate students and lifelong learners. Wiley's global headquarters are located in Hoboken, N.J., with operations in the U.S., Europe, Asia, Canada and Australia. The company's Web site can be accessed at www.wiley.com. The company is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbols JWa and JWb.

Wiley-Blackwell is the international scientific, technical, medical, and scholarly publishing business of John Wiley & Sons, with strengths in every major academic and professional field and partnerships with many of the world's leading societies. Wiley-Blackwell publishes nearly 1,500 peer-reviewed journals and 1,500+ new books annually in print and online, as well as databases, major reference works and laboratory protocols. For more information, please visit www.wileyblackwell.com or our new online platform, Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com), one of the world's most extensive multidisciplinary collections of online resources, covering life, health, social and physical sciences, and humanities.

About Australian Human Resources Institute

The Australian Human Resources Institute (AHRI) is the national association representing human resource and people management professionals and currently has in excess of 16,500 members.

AHRI leads the direction and fosters the growth of the HR profession through actively setting standards and building the capability of the profession.

Through its international affiliations and close association with industry and academia, AHRI ensures that its members are given access to a soundly-based professional recognition framework.

The AHRI vision, 'Shaping the future of the profession through our members', recognises the connection between the responsiveness of AHRI to its membership and the strengthening of the HR profession as a whole. Our new positioning statement, 'HR with Impact', acknowledges the continuing opportunity for the HR profession to actively contribute to people management solutions that work.


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