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"The New Economics of Bibliographic Publishing …
What Librarians and Publishers must
accomplish to make research more effective"
Presented by Mr. Alan T. C. LuiChief Representative, Asia - Cambridge Scientific Abstracts
March, 2001 – Hong Kong
Presentation Will Cover...
• What’s Happening
• What’s Important
Benefits …You can manage your library better through
knowing how to maximize your interest when dealing with Publishers
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
Bibliographic Publishing Today
Identifying
Acquiring
Processing
Abstracting
Indexing
Structuring
Databasing
Bibliographic Publishing Today
Identifying
Acquiring
Processing
Abstracting
Indexing
Structuring
Databasing
Searching*
Integrating*
Linking*
Updating*
Monitoring*
Alerting*
*New Web-based activities
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
What’s Happening Today
• High Demand for Quality Information• Value Added Becoming More Important, down
to individual users level• Selling/Servicing More Appreciated• Customization and Flexibility Valued• Prospect Base Expanding (Internationally)• Corporate World Expanding, Maybe?
Revenue Increasing
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
What’s Important To...
Librarians Publishers
What’s Important To...
Librarians• Cost• Usefulness• Full Text Access• Expert vs. Student• Accessing Internet Resources
Publishers
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
Usage Report:By Database
Linking Options
Full Text Linking
Web Resources Database
Summary
• Bibliographic publishing more important than ever
• Indexing of Web resources -- the next frontier
• Technology and competition driving down the
Cost per Search
Thank you very much!謝謝 !
Alan T. C. Lui – CSA Hong Kong OfficeEmail: alanlui@csa-asia.com
Tel: (852) 26365636
Mirror Site in China: csa.tsinghua.edu.cn;
Mirror Site in Taiwan: www.csa.com.tw;
U.S. Main Site: www.csa.com