Jim Kao Blackwell Publishing Journal Collections

2 Building Our Story…… Why buy Blackwell Publishing’s Journal Collections ……

3 We have publishing partnerships with more societies than any other publishers Partnerships with Societies

4 Working for more than 600 societies

5 Broad Subject Coverage

6 Articles published from many countries 2004 Data. Not including HSS journals nor Boston journals.

7 401 STM Journals in 2006 Collection 2006

8 357 ‘HSS’ Journals in 2006 Collection 2006

9 Choice and flexibility in our offers Pick and choose individual titles – Standard – Premium – Online only Collection of titles – Full Collection – Science, Tech, & Medicine (STM) – Humanities & Social Sciences (HSS) – Medical & Nursing Consortial cross-access to subscribed to titles Consortial access to all published titles Discounted print Subject bundles Pay per view

10 Generous Licensing Terms License designed by librarians, for librarians License permits: Walk-in users Off-site use Course pack use Perpetual archival rights to paid-for content Access to recent online back files during the period of the subscription Access to articles published online before print

11 Launch of Blackwell Publishing’s Legacy/Back Files New Legacy Strategy for 2006 Redefinition: From 1997 to current volume = recent back files From Volume 1 to 1996 = legacy back files From 2006 premium/online-only and consortia customers will only be entitled to access recent back files (ie from ’97) Exceptions journals that have a general free back file policy will be excluded from the sales program society members can be offered free access via their society site

12 Legacy Back Files Pricing Pricing: titles will be priced individually pricing will be based on a price per page there will be a minimum price of £100 libraries will either get perpetual access in return for a one-off fee

13 Blackwell Synergy Popular, easy to use journals platform in Blackwell Synergy “Your system works so well I'd love all the journals to be Blackwell's!” – Librarian, Baxter Healthcare

14 Blackwell Synergy Average 5 million sessions per month 2.7 million PDFs downloaded per month 900k searches carried out on the site each month Almost 3000 single articles bought each month Atypon contract resigned Live 99.31% of the time Avg Load Time (seconds)Monthly Uptime 2004 January % February % March % April % May % June % July % August % September % October % November % December % 2005 January % February % March % April % May %

15 Used in Institutions Around the World Data source – top 1000 customers report, 2004 usage data

16 15,000 New Registered Users Each Month

Demo

18 Online Access to the most highly cited and reasonably priced journals from the world’s leading international professional and scholarly societies

19 Interface

20 Browse and Search over 600K articles from 814 journals

21 Browsing Journals & Articles Browse by Journals or Articles

22 Browsing Journals & Articles Choose to show journals by different groups

23 Access includes all available online back volumes Browsing Journals & Articles

24 …or go directly to an article Browsing Journals & Articles

25 Searching Quick Search ….Other Search Options

26 Simple & Advanced & CrossRef Search Find exactly the research needed

27 Simple Search Example Search for words or phrases amongst all journals, or a subset.

28 Search Results Refine Search Or click straight through to the abstract or full-text article.

29 Free access to journal abstracts…

30 HTML Full Text Article Link directly to other databases for author and keyword searches.

31 Images embedded in the html full-text Images, Figures and tables expand to full screen.

32 Seamless reference linking Link directly from references to cited and citing articles with CrossRef, ISI, PubMed, CSA, CIS, JSTOR or Medline links

33 Online Early access to peer- reviewed articles before they appear in print

34 Personal Account - Journal

35 Personal Account - Article

36 Personal Account - Alerting

Administrator

38 Easy to Use Admin Area Stay in control of your institution’s online subscriptions, access and usage.

39 SFX-compatible holdings file Download a tab separated holdings file for easy integration in your OPAC or library website

40 Usage Data First Publisher to produce COUNTER- compliant usage reports

41 Customise Synergy Upload your institutions’ logo to appear on every screen

42 Endusers can register to set up table of contents alerts, and access free sample issues Many benefits for endusers

43 Benefits of Blackwell Synergy Your patrons have access to the most highly cited journals from top scholarly societies. Full-text HTML and PDF articles with reference links to CrossRef, PubMed, ISI, CSA, CIS, JSTOR and Medline links. Link forward to articles and papers that cite the current article. Self-service IP administration keeping you in control. COUNTER-compliant usage data that’s easy to download. MARC 21 compliant holdings file for setting up links in your library OPAC SFX-compatible holdings file for easy OPAC integration. OnlineEarly articles available on Synergy before print.

44 5 reasons to buy from Blackwell Publishing 1. We are the world’s leading publisher on behalf of academic and professional societies. – What this means: our society journals represent excellent quality and value. 2. The average prices of our journals are below average. – What this means: the cost per use of our journals is low. 3. We are committed to growing the intellectual strength of our journals and to publishing the best research. – What this means: our list is continuously growing in size and quality. 4. Our list is both broad – covering a wide range of disciplines – and deep - we publish several of the top titles in many core subject areas. – What this means: our journals can meet the research needs of most institutions. 5. Our online developments and licensing terms ensure that libraries get the most use from their purchase. – What this means: the value library customers get from their purchase is high.

45 Keeping Librarians Informed Newsletter distributed by every 2 months Hosted on our Librarian’s website (10,000 hits per month) Includes: – New and transfer journal news – Title changes, cessations, changes in frequency – New features and how to use them – Blackwell company updates, policy, and news Sign up on our website!

46 Self Help Resources Corporate website resources – Price list – 2006 Collection brochures – Synergy guide tructions.PDF – Librarian’s newsletter

47 New Corporate Website Entry points for different customer & client groups Top-level subjects listed on home page News features from Press Room

48 Synergy Redesign – later in 2006

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