1. RSC Publishing Lund Online 12 th April 2012 Richard Blount - Journals Sales Executive (UK & Northern Europe

2. Overview  Who are the RSC?  What we do  RSC Publishing  Chemistry landscape  Books programme  RSC eBooks  The future of eBooks?

3. Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)  One of the largest organisations for advancing the chemical sciences  Professional body with a worldwide network of 47,500 members  Internationally acclaimed publishing business

4. What does the RSC do? RSC Activities Global membership organisation Education facilitator Science policy campaigning organisation Learned Society charity Library and Information Centre Conferences & events International publisher not-for-profit Professional body qualifications ‘Advancing the chemical sciences’

5. International Reach São Paulo Beijing & Shanghai Bangalore London & Cambridge Tokyo Philadelphia & Raleigh

6. RSC Roadmap for the Chemical Sciences Priority Areas Energy Food Future cities Human health Lifestyle & recreation Raw materials & feedstocks Water & air

7. Partnership Projects Enhancing education Building science capacity Global Challenges Investing in teachers Creating a Chemistry Centre

8. Pan Africa Chemistry Network

9. RSC Publishing The object for which the Society is constituted is the general advancement of chemical science and its application and for that purpose: to foster and encourage the growth and application of such science by the dissemination of chemical knowledge

10. Global Chemistry Landscape

11. Chemistry Topic Areas

12. What is RSC Publishing?

13. Engaging with communities internationally

14. Raising profile, visibility & community influence Increase the number of people downloading and reading our content (usage)

15. Books Publishing Programme Overview

16. RSC Books - Portfolio Overview  First title published in 1968  1000 backlist titles  Growing annual frontlist  Scientific publisher of biology, biophysics, chemical science, materials, medicinal drug discovery and physics high-impact books

17. RSC Books - Portfolio Overview Portfolio detail  Monographs/Professional Reference  Multi-contributor edited/single authored  Published within Series with world class Editorial Boards including Catalysis, Green Chemistry, Energy and Environmental Science and Polymer Chemistry  Textbooks  Popular Science  Specialist Periodical Reports  Conference Proceedings From Food to Forensics, Environment to Materials...

18. Monographs/Professional Reference  Multi-contributor edited/single authored  Published within Series with world class Editorial Boards  International contributors  Compliment RSC Journal Areas RSC Books – Portfolio Overview

19. Textbooks Specialist Periodical Reports Popular Science Conference Proceedings RSC Books - Portfolio Overview

20. RSC Books – worldwide print distribution and reseller partners AmericasRest of World

21. RSC e-Books  RSC publishing books since 1960’s  Big back collection  Majority of backlist print on demand  RSC eBook Collection launched October 2007

22. Free Services to All  Free access to 1 st chapter of every book  Browse and search the collection  Full access to all front matter

23. Benefits to Librarians  Value for money  One-off purchase  Full text PDF access to all content  OCLC MARC Records  MARC 21 and MARC UK records  COUNTER usage statistics  Perpetual Ownership  Unlimited access and use  Flexible DRM

24. Reader Benefits  Google searching identifies exact content  Locate cited content by DOI  Find eBooks via library catalogue  PDF format provides:  Accessibility for the visually impaired (licensed Adobe reader required)  Viewing on eBook readers, iPads/iPhones, laptops and netbooks  Fast access and download times  All chapters as separate files and citable by DOI

25. RSC eBooks Portfolio  The RSC eBook Collection is available as:  The Full Collection (1968 to current year)  The current publication year only  Subject Collections – launched October 2009

26. The Full Collection (1968-2012)  1,000+ titles, 36Gb of data, ~ 15,000 chapters  A wealth of scientific literature  All specialist periodical reports since 1968  All conference proceedings published by RSC  122 textbooks  Rapid growth in monographs

27. Annual Collection  Covers content purchased each calendar year  Number of titles vary from 60 to 80  Previous years can be bought at any one time

28. Subject Packages (2000-2010 Closed Collection)  Nine themed packages containing content back to 2000  Ideal for SMEs and themed research institutes

29. New eBook Business Models Pick ‘n’ mix Aggregators Short term loans PDA

30. Patron Driven Acquisition  USA, UK & Scandinavia  Increase in demand  Uncertainty on both sides  Not THE best model  Brave new world

31. RSC eBooks - Developments  Aggregators  Title-by-title offering  Packages  PDA – pilot schemes?

32. Thank you! Questions? blountr@rsc.org