The European Mathematical Society The Electronic Library of Mathematics Michael Jost FIZ Karlsruhe / Zentralblatt MATH OAI workshop on peer review journals in Europe Geneva, March 2001
The European Mathematical Society The Electronic Library of Mathematics What HBroadly based electronic distribution and archiving network for mathematics HProvided by the European Mathematical Information Service (EMIS) under the auspices of the European Mathematical Society (EMS) HMirrored world wide (about 40 mirror sites) HEstablished 1995
The European Mathematical Society The Electronic Library of Mathematics What HContents today: PJournals: 50 (45+2[disc.]+3[tba]) H20 also available in print Habout 403 volumes PProceedings/Collections: 13 PArticles: about 6900 PMonographs: 8 PCollected Works: 2 (Riemann, Hamilton) HUnrestricted access
The European Mathematical Society The Electronic Library of Mathematics Why HNot-for-profit bundling offer for academic and society publications HCritical mass to be competitive with commercial publishers HWide distribution of contents HExploit synergies with related activities to secure free flow of scientific information
The European Mathematical Society The Electronic Library of Mathematics Who HEuropean Mathematical Society: Part of EMIS, information services network HScientific supervision: EMS Committee on Electronic Publishing HTechnical administration: Editorial office of Zentralblatt MATH HContents: Academic publishers, editors, authors
The European Mathematical Society The Electronic Library of Mathematics How HDistribution agreement with editors Pno copyright transfer, free of charge HELibM hosted publications HELibM produced publications HLong term preservation agreements: PSUB Göttingen PCornell, Kroch Library
The European Mathematical Society The Electronic Library of Mathematics Quality standards (1) HScientific standards PAn editorial board must assure that articles accepted for publication are of good scientific quality PEvery article must be refereed and recommended for publication by one or more experts PThe choice of articles must involve no discrimination on the basis of politics, nationality, race, sex, or religion
The European Mathematical Society The Electronic Library of Mathematics Quality standards (2) HEditorial and typographic standards PArticles in polished form similar to that of printed mathematical journals PApproximately uniform typography PUnique identification suitable for use in bibliographies of other articles PRecommended: abstract, dates of receipt of articles, dates of publication
The European Mathematical Society The Electronic Library of Mathematics Quality standards (3) HTimeliness: Pat discretion of Editors HFor journals with print version: Pmay be delayed a specified period so as to favour sales (e.g: Annals of Mathematics: 5 years, JEMS: 3 years)
The European Mathematical Society The Electronic Library of Mathematics Related activities HZentralblatt MATH Previewing and abstracting service in pure and applied mathematics HERAM, “Jahrbuch Fortschritte Math.” project PDB and archive of historical math ( ) HEULER Pportal site to mathematical library holdings, preprints, reviews, qc internet resources, publishers,...
The European Mathematical Society The Electronic Library of Mathematics Metadata standards HJournal-volume-issue-article based navigation structure HComplete, standardised metadata not generally available HLack of stable standards HReduced load on editors and providers HContents first
The European Mathematical Society The Electronic Library of Mathematics Outlook HNew publication types PElectronic Geometry Models PLibrary of project results (e.g. tools, software for solving flow problems in industry) HReference desk for scanned historical works PDIEPER, Cornell Math Books, ERAM, etc. HPaid subscription based offerings
The European Mathematical Society The Electronic Library of Mathematics