A ‘Sea Change’ in Chemical -...
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A ‘Sea Change’ in ChemicalA ‘Sea Change’ in ChemicalInformationInformation
Bill TownManaging DirectorChemWeb, a division of Elsevier Science Ltd84 Theobalds Road, London WC1X 8RR, UK
ACS Spring Meeting, Orlando, 8 April 2002
An overview
• what has been happening to chemicalinformation in the last five years
• chemical information today (a ‘sea change’?)• current trends in chemical information• examples of chemical information products
available today• what might happen in the next five years?
What has happened in the last five years?
• community websites (portals)• publisher websites• content aggregators• preprint servers• e-commerce market places• scientific search engineshave all been launched in this timeframe.
What has happened in the last five years?
• The rate of innovation has shown a dramaticincrease, which shows no sign of abating
• Publishers are completing the transition fromprint-based to hybrid electronic- and print-based businesses
• New players and new partnershipscharacterise the scientific information markettoday
• Consolidation of the industry has alreadybegun
Chemical information today (‘sea change’?)
• Some ‘traditional’ players (e.g. secondarypublishers such as CAS, Derwent, ISI, etc.)are still strong
• online hosts (Dialog, STN, Questel.Orbit)have consolidated or been absorbed
• content aggregators (SilverPlatter, Ovid) havealso consolidated or been absorbed
• subscription agents developing new roles?
Chemical information today (‘sea change’?)
• New players (Ingenta) getting stronger byacquisition
• New roles for existing players (e.g. publisherwebsites, portals)
• New partnerships creating linking initiatives(e.g. CrossRef)
• Search engines - the ultimate end user tool?• Self publishing - the new paradigm?
Chemical information today (‘sea change’?)
What has enabled this Tsunami of innovation?• Convergence of technologies (computing/communication)• Moore’s law effect on the cost of technology
(commoditisation)• Reduced barriers to entry• Ubiquitous communication networks (cable, satellite)• Improving software tools empowering end users to become
publishers• Changing business models
Current trends in chemical information
• Focus on end-user tools (SciFinder,DiscoveryGate)
• Integration through hyperlinking (handbooks,databases, primary journals)
• Web versions of existing products stillappearing (Xfire web browser)
• Creation of electronic versions of archivematerial (journals, databases)
Beilstein CrossFire
Documents
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COOH Molecules
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Reactions
COOH CONH2Abstracts
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Documents to Databases
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Handbooks
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Completed circuit
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MultipleDocumentRepositories
citationCOOH
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Dymond
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Dymond – Databases to Documents
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Dymond
You export a hit-set & email it to a friend..
Journal Text
MS-Word, Excel
Web Browser
Single Point Access
Multiple Systems
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LitLink – Citation from Anywhere
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DOIserver
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LitLink and Dymond Philosophy
• The link is a query
• Multiple queries from one link
• Dynamic links
Multiple Queries from One Link
The “Intermediate Window”
• Gives user choice of service without cluttering theinitial rendering
• Gives user opportunity to refine query (e.g.specify operator)
• Can be configured for default behavior
Compound Warehouse
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Other structuredatabases and services
CompoundWarehouse
“hop into”COOH
query
Connected chemical information
User wants:• to be able to Click and go anywhere• free access to information (not the same as free information)• someone else to pay
Librarian wants:• predictable costs for chemical information products• affordable costs for content• uniformity of licensing models• contented users
What might happen in the next five years?
• More exciting products based ontechnologies just beginning to emerge today
• More integration• More consolidation• Emergence of self publishing?• Disappearance of old friends• Contented customers?