3-1 "the new economics of bibliographic publishing … what librarians and publishers must...
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"The New Economics of Bibliographic Publishing …
What Librarians and Publishers must
accomplish to make research more effective"
Presented by Matt DuniePresident, Cambridge Scientific Abstracts
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Presentation Will Cover...
• What’s Happening
• What’s Important
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Major Bibliographic Publishers
• American Institute of Physics (IOP)
• BIOSIS
• Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (CSA)
• Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS)
• Elsevier Science (Ei)
• Institute for Scientific Information (ISI)
• INSPEC, Institution of Electrical Engineers
• National Library of Medicine (NLM)
• OCLC Public Affairs Information Service, Inc.
• Ovid Technologies, Inc.
• SilverPlatter Information, Inc.
• The H. W. Wilson Company
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Bibliographic Publishing Today
Identifying
Acquiring
Processing
Abstracting
Indexing
Structuring
Databasing
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Bibliographic Publishing Today
Identifying
Acquiring
Processing
Abstracting
Indexing
Structuring
Databasing
Searching*
Integrating*
Linking*
Updating*
Monitoring*
Alerting*
*New Web-based activities
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Bibliographic Publishing Today
Identifying
Acquiring
Processing
Abstracting
Indexing
Structuring
Databasing
Searching*
Integrating*
Linking*
Updating*
Monitoring*
Alerting*
Delivering
Marketing
Selling
Usage Reporting*
Servicing
*New Web-based activities
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What’s Happening Today
• High Demand for Quality Information• Value Added Becoming More Important• Selling/Servicing More Appreciated• Customization and Flexibility Valued• Prospect Base Expanding (Internationally)• Corporate World Expanding, Maybe?
Revenue Increasing
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What’s Happening Today
Cost of First Copy -- Still Very High
Cost of Duplication -- Approaching Zero
Cost of Delivery -- Approaching Zero
Cost of Selling -- Remains High
Cost of Marketing -- Trending Up
Cost of Human Capital -- Trending Up
Pressure on Margins
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What’s Important To...
Librarians Publishers
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What’s Important To...
Librarians• Cost• Usefulness• Full Text Access• Expert vs. Student• Accessing Internet Resources
Publishers
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What’s Important To...
Librarians• Cost• Usefulness• Full Text Access• Expert vs. Student• Accessing Internet
Resources
Publishers• Pricing / Education• Usage Reporting• Linking / Delivery• Interface Options• Indexing / Filtering
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Usage Report:Logons
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Usage Report:By Database
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Linking Options
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Full Text Linking
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Web Resources Database
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Summary
• Bibliographic publishing more important than ever
• Indexing of Web resources -- the next frontier
• Technology and competition driving down the cost
per search
• Full text publishing will ultimately follow