BrowZineYour Libraries new Journal Engagement

PlatformAaron Maierhofer

What is Journal Engagement?Users can:

• Easily browse and find new journals of interest

• Easily follow favorite journals on any device

• Connect directly to journal content from any device

BrowZine™ Journal Engagement

Research Use of JournalsSearch Browse

✅Search for specific information from the broad body of information available

✅Stay current in field of study via recent articles from key journals

✅Serendipitous discovery of information from related journals

❌General search terms (e.g. subject areas) provide too many results

❌Search term required: users cannot search for information they don’t yet know

❌Search for specific information from a broad range of content

Complementary

Complete Scholarly Aware-ness

× General search terms (e.g. subject areas) provide too many results

× Search term required: users cannot search for information they don’t yet know

× Search for specific information from a broad range of content

• 550+ customers in 20+ countries across Academic, Hospital, Corporate and Government Libraries

• Used by leading global pharmaceutical companies• Used by the Top 10 Medical Schools in the United

States

The Global Standard

UK Customers• Cardiff Metropolitan University• Cardiff University• City University London• Imperial College London• Institute of Cancer Research• London School of Politics and Economics• Newcastle University• Swansea University• The Open University• University College London• University of Birmingham• University of Huddersfield• University of Manchester• University of Nottingham• University of Reading• University of Sheffield• University of St Andrews • University of Sussex • University of the Arts London

Maximize the return on your journal spend Showcase the latest journal research to

your users from the hundreds of scholarly journal publishers included in your subscriptions

BrowZine enables your users to easily browse/find, follow and connect to your journals

BrowZine has really helped me keep abreast of the literature in nephrology. On innumerable occasions on rounds BrowZine has made me look good. I've introduced a number of the faculty and the fellows to this product and they have reacted with enthusiasm.Nathaniel Reisinger, MD, Nephrologist, Univ of Pennsylvania

The Current Experience

Step 2: Enter JournalName

Step 3: View Results by Source

Step 1: Go to A-Z List

Studies show between 25% and 48% of users terminate their search when presented with link optionsPrice and Trainor (2010) & Waikimoto, Walker and Dabbour (2006)

Step 4: Login

Step 5: Inconsistent presentation of journals issues, table of contents across different publisher platforms

BrowZine Landing PageContent scoped to your journal holdings

Browse JournalsVisual presentation enhances browsing and allows for serendipitous discovery

of journals

Table of Content All journals are presented in a uniform way to quickly connect the user to relevant content

One click to get full text access

BrowZine works with Athens Redirector

Set up is very easy and quick

Simply email us your unique redirector URL and holdings data

Suitable for most standard remote authentication systems (Athens Redirector, Proxies, VPN)Please contact us for details

Companion Mobile App for iOS & Android Devices

Complete Journal Engagement With BrowZine

Homepage search of

A-Z/CatalogDiscovery/

Search Service

Subject Guides

iOS and Android

Mobile Apps

BrowZine™ Journal Engagement

Aaron Maierhoferaaron.maierhofer@thirdiron.com

• Quick and Easy to Set-up• World Class Technical

Support• Librarian-Led Training

BrowZine™ Journal Engagement

BrowZine the web version. Journals presented the way libraries should have done it 20 years ago

BrowZine can be firmly recommended to any scholarly library keen on boosting the visibility and accessibility of its collections

Guus van den Brekel

University of Groningen

Medical Library

Steven ChangWestern Health,

Melbourne

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Visual display Allows for easy browsing, fast navigation to relevant content and serendipitous discovery

of related journals

Export options: multiple ways for users to manage article content

My BookshelfUser is notified when new articles are published and can

easily follow journals of interest on customized bookshelves