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ACS Publications & ICOLCEstablishing PartnershipsLisle, IL, October 2, 1999
Dean J. SmithPublications Division
American Chemical SocietyWashington, D.C.
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CORE Chemists on
editorial, production and technical staff
Robust peer review Investment in
infrastructure High production
standards Highly cited
WEB Articles ASAP ASAP Alerts Intra & inter-linking Multiple formats Cross jrl searching Electronic ILL ACS - CAS Linking Usage reports
ACS Publications 2000: Print & Web
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Peer Review Plus Project started in 1975 Goal was a highly structured and
consistent database Materials held in flexible format Affords opportunities for electronic
authoring & editing tools, accelerated peer review, online formatting features & delivery, etc.
ACS Web Editions DrivenOff of a Core Database
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All text edited in FrameMaker– Includes mathematics and chemical
equations All graphics scanned
– Line art and photographs Pages composed on Xyvision
– PostScript output complete pages Final files converted to SGML
ACS Digital Production Stream
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ACS Electronic Program Carries a Total Investment of $5 Million with a Base Requirement of $1 Million in Annual Upkeep
85%of our costs occur before we print a single copy or load an articleIs It Worth the Cost?
Cost of ACS Web Editions
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Articles ASAPsm
ASAP Alertssm
CAS reference linking Articles on Commandsm
Electronic manuscript submission PDF & HTML Formats Organic Letters
The Results: A More Flexible Product
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First SPARC journal project First issue launched at National Org Symp
1:1 mailed in July (203 pages, 43 papers) Submissions well ahead of plan Online submission used by 70% of authors Receipt to publication time - 8 weeks Acceptance to publication time - 3 weeks
Organic Letters
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Revenue generating arm of a non-profit Society whose mission is to widely disseminate top quality chemistry research
ACS quality is biggest asset -- committed to translating that to electronic
Deliver ACS Quality at ACS Prices
It’s Worth the Investment
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1998 Performance Highlights
Articles ASAP program launched, January. (20,000 articles delivered, 80-100 per day)
Launched Articles on Command, April. Web delivery grew 12.8% per month in
1998. Delivering nearly 10 million “pages” per month.
Web servers available 98.41% of the time
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LibraryLink live, January 50 free electronic reprints for authors ASAP Alerts launched, March Homepage Redesign, March New Journals (Journal of Combinatorial
Chemistry and Organic Letters), Jan/June Account Management team in place, April
1999 Highlights
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Pubs/CA Linking Delivery of softcopy manuscripts to
reviewers and page proofs to authors(OL)
Announce updated archive policy
Cross-journal searching Improve web statistical reporting Launch Biomacromolecules
1999 Highlights
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1 Class C Subnet=Print Cost + 5% Additional Class C subnets=10% of Print Print & 1 Class C subnet=Print
Cost+20% Site License=Print Cost + 65% Site License + Print= Print + 90%Wide distribution costs less than 1
duplicate print subscription
First Attempt: Option A Pricing
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Librarians would like to keep print Librarians felt that 190% over print
was too high a price Librarians want an organization
wide license, no site restrictions Librarians want InterLibrary Loan
We listened to Customersand Added Price Option B
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Web with print subscriptions Customer promises to keep all print
for 1998 Site license costs 25% more than
base print price Organization wide license, no site
restrictions
Price Option B: Web With All Print Subscriptions (1/98)
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Option B is designed for Consortia All institutions participating in a
consortium can have Web access to the maximum number of titles subscribed to by the consortium members
ACS Offers Consortia Licensing Plan (2/98)
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Worked with economists Consulted ACS Library Advisory
Group Looked at usage models Still in transition from print to Web Elected to increase usage
ACS Web Editions Pricing 2000
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Print prices increase by 8.65% Reduced Web premium from 25%
to 15% Web price based on 1999 holdings
ACS Web Edition Option B Pricing 2000
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Pay for current print subscriptions plus 15%
Agree not to cancel current print subscriptions for 1999
Current print subscriptions defined as of Jan. 1999
All member institutions pay just for their current holdings, but get access to all Web Editions licensed by Consortium
ACS Consortia Pricing 2000
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Wide Variety Of Customers Count As “Authorized Users”
Faculty and other employees– Full-time, part-time, visiting,
contractors Students
– Full-time, part-time Walk-in patrons Distance Learning
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Authorized Users may search and retrieve articles for personal use– Research, scholarly, or educational use– View, download, or print articles
Authorized Users may make printed copies for other authorized users
Dial-in access allowed by Authorized Users Connected through institution’s network
Permitted Use Defined to Support Research
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For use by non-commercial libraries to support research– Public, school, college libraries
Use Web to find and retrieve PDF article– Print and mail or fax to requester– Forward PDF file electronically
May not be used to fill requests by commercial customers
Limited ILL Allowed
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May not modify, alter, or create derivative works from ACS material
May not remove or obscure ACS Copyright notices on articles
May not sell to others or use for fee-based Document Delivery
May not be stored in aggregate quantities for later retrieval
A Few Usage Restrictions Apply
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Every annual subscription includes access to Web archive: Jan. ‘96 to date
ACS committed to maintaining an electronic archive
Open to suggestions on mutually acceptable ways to provide access to that archive should subscription end
Archive Question Remainsto be solved
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Customers want an archive Customers want Metadata Customers want all-electronic pricing Customers want ownership vs. license Customers want simplified licenses or
one standard document Customers want C&EN Online
We hear your concerns
ACS is Still Listening to Customers
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Adopt standard license for each consortium
Develop with consortium mutually agreeable contract administration– Signed license from each member institution– Single master license covering all members
Multiple year agreements possible Consortia works out payment structure
What ACS Can Offer Consortia
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The greatest possible distribution and usage of ACS Web Editions on a global scale
What Consortia Offer ACS
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“Making the ACS journals available to students and faculty is the single most important thing I have seen any library do.”
“Look at the total cost of the information package rather than to look separately at the paper and electronic components…our cost per use on ACS journals is among our lowest…our faculty rate their quality above that of the more expensive publishers.”
“An excellent conversion of the ACS journals into an electronic, web-accessed version.”
Feedback from Consortia
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Bob Bovenschulte, Director, Publications Division
Lorrin Garson, Director, Electronic Publishing
Mary Scanlan, Director, Production
Jack Ochs, Director, New Product Development
Justin Spence, Director, Sales & Marketing
The ACS Web Editions Team
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Contact us to review special concerns Dean Smith, Sales Manager, Global
– [email protected]; 202-872-8063 Amanda Werth, Account Manager, NE, SE
– [email protected]; 202-872-6362 Alan Diehlmann, Account Manager, MW, W
– [email protected]; 202-872-8067
Dawn Hayes, Inside Sales Specialist; Price Quotes - [email protected]; 202-872-4437
ACS Consortia Contacts
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