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Critical Success Factors in Choosing an OnlineHosting Platform
Don Hemenway, AAAS
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Overview of AAAS Online Publishing
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Science magazine
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Science NOW
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Science’s NextWave
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Science Careers
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Science’s Signal TransductionKnowledge Environment
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Science of AgingKnowledge Environment
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Goals and Objectives of Online Publishing
l Stay competitive in the STM marketplace
l New user services
l New revenue sources
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Business Model: AAAS
l Some content free to all
l Member access as part dues
l Site licenses
l Pay per view
l Staff does regular production work
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Business Models: Vendors
l Fee for services
l Joint venture on STKE
l Staff does new development
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Critical Factors AAAS wanted supportedl Volume of work
l Tight schedules
l Customer service
l Features and functionalities of sites
l Costs (ongoing and transition)
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Decision Making Process
l RFP winnows initial vendor list
l Q & A
l Evaluate proposals from vendors
l Q & A
l Negotiations
l Decisions
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Gotchas
l If it’s important put it in the Request for Proposal
l If you want Content Management System functionalities for your sites, don’t assume your vendor provides them
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Gotchas
l If it’s important put it in the RFP
l If you want good, solid disaster-recovery plans for your sites, don’t assume your vendor provides them
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The End
l Don Hemenway
AAAS
1200 New York Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20005
202/326-7094
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New user services
l Alerts
l Full-text searching
l Quicker access to content
l Forums for discussions
l Databases
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New revenue sources
l Pay-per-view
l Banner ads
l Site licenses
l Data sales
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Features
l Links for CrossRef, ISI, Medline
l Alerts (subjects, TOCs, jobs, etc.)
l E-commerce
l Ad-serving software
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Vendor Proposal Evaluations
l Quality of overall proposal
l Ability to meet your requirements
l How technically sound they appear
l Price competitiveness
l Quality of references
l Similar customers• Back
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Making Complex Decisions
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Weighting the Factors
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