1. Springer Workshop on eBooks February 2014
Tiberius Ignat
Scientific Knowledge Services

2. About Scientific Knowledge Services
SKS is Swiss company backed up by 20 years of experience in working with academic, public and research libraries.
We started in 1993, selling print books and journals to academic, research and public libraries.
In 2001 we started to sell electronic products like bibliographic databases, e-journals and e-books.

3. About Scientific Knowledge Services
With a focus on our customers’ objectives, we aim to create a partnership with our clients where their individuality is recognized and for which we are ready to provide customized services to the maximum efficiency.
We work closely with our customers, offering services and products so that they can connect knowledge with their patrons
SKS policy is to become a trusted partner of libraries in Hungary, exceeding the role of a vendor. We are open to propose a partnership in which our customers gain not only access to high impact scientific information at decent prices, but also balanced information about products, transparent negotiations and our commitment to work togather in promoting, make efficient use and continously evaluate these academic resources.

4. About Scientific Knowledge Services
We are ready to team up with you and deliver unprecedent and objective bibliometric studies in wich YOU will be able to take important decisions about the products you choose to deliver to your patrons. This includes practical applications of Bradford Law, Citations and Co-citations Analysis, Cost- Benefit Analysis, The Precision and Recall of your Information and Retrieval Systems.
Although now over 85% of our turnover is made from electronic publications, SKS still continue supplying organizations with print materials, at their choice.

5. A Note On Prices
Using our services you will benefit of the same price structure for customers as working directly with publishers. In other words, customers will take a great benefit of building an efficient and transparent relation with publishers, at the same price paid for products and services.

6. Springer eBooks Trial in Hungary, 2013
A Summary Of Results
TIBERIUS IGNAT

7. INSTITUTIONS (alphabetic order)
1. Central European University 2. Corvinus Budapest University 3. Debrecen University 4. Eötvös Lorand University 5. Library of the Hungarian Academy of Science 6. Miskolc University 7. Pannon University 8. Pecs Univeristy 9. Szeged University 10. Szent István Egyetem 11. University of Technology and Economics

8. Usage per institutions
Name of university
Feb-Mar 2013
No. of visits %
University of Technology and Economics
109,215
28%
Eötvös Lorand University
93,917
24%
Corvinus Budapest University
41,732
11%
Debrecen University
39,135
10%
Library of the Hungarian Academy of Science
29,407 8%
Pecs University
25,826 7%
Szeged University
23,114 6%
Pannon University
13,047 3%
Miskolc University
5,792 2%
Szent István Egyetem
2,849 1%
Central European University
1,935
Total
385,969
100%

9. Usage per institutions

10. Usage per institutions, amended by FTE

11. eBooks Usage In A Closed Comparison
Name of university
No. Ebooks (titles) %
University of Technology and Economics
6,871
100%
Eötvös Lorand University
5,206
76%
Library of the Hungarian Academy of Science
2,679
39%
Corvinus Budapest University
2,611
38%
Debrecen University
2,521
37%
Szeged University
2,364
34%
Pecs University
1,858
27%
Pannon University
1,250
18%
Miskolc University
621 9%
Central European University
418 6%
Szent István Egyetem
301 4%
Total
26,700

12. eBooks Usage In A Closed Comparison

13. Usage per eBooks Packages
eBook package
Usage %
Biomedical and Life Sciences
48,971
13%
Mathematics and Statistics
47,479
12%
Computer Science
43,490
11%
Business and Economics
38,082
10%
Medicine
37,018
Engineering
36,673
Earth and Environmental Science
29,474 8%
Physics and Astronomy
21,357 6%
Chemistry and Materials Science
21,171 5%
Humanities, Social Science and Law
18,964
Others*
43,290
Total
385,969
100%

14. Usage per eBooks Packages

15. Usage During The Trial Period

16. Conclusions
The conclusion of this report reveals great interest for Springer eBooks tested by a great number of academics and recommends a national approach. Individual purchases are possible, but better conditions will be obtained over EISZ Consortium.

17. TRENDS in eBooks

18. FACT: Current trend of eBooks usage

19. 2013: Digitize everything Journals Books Journal articles:
146,000 articles/yr
1842 Springer-Verlag founded
Journals
Books
1870
1880
1890
1900
1910
1920
1930
1940
1950
1960
1970
1980
1990
2000
1860
2010
Journal articles:
From 1996 to 2009 = 1.6 million published articles
From 1842 to 1996 = 2 million published articles
Online Journal Archive = 38 million EUR revenues

20. Scientific Knowledge Services
Tiberius Ignat Peter Szanto THANK YOU!