ABOUT THE COMMERCIAL DIGEST SERIALST Commercial Digest pilot project: Since June 2008, the SERIALST moderators have been experimenting with compiling and distributing a Commercial Digest once a week, on Friday afternoons, with messages containing informational content from commercial bodies (i.e., publishers, vendors, agents, etc.). The moderators review submitted messages for informational content that may interest our subscribers. We reserve the right to reject messages that are purely for advertising or product/service solicitation, with little or no informational content beyond the solicitation, as well as other content that are not within the scope and purpose guidelines of SERIALST (see: http://www.uvm.edu/~bmaclenn/serialst.html) If you have thoughts or feedback about the Commercial digest, or other aspects of SERIALST, please let us hear from you. Contact information for the SERIALST moderators is at: http://www.uvm.edu/~bmaclenn/serialst.html#contacts This week's digest contains 5 messages: 1) Springer survey uncovers additional facts on eBooks use 2) Renaissance Quarterly Now Published by U. Chicago Press 3) BioOne and PCG expand partnership globally 4) OECD becomes a KnowledgeWorks Certified content partner 5) Join APA for Annual Charleston Librarian Dinner --------- Message 1: Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Springer survey uncovers additional facts on eBooks use From: "Timmerman, Angela, Springer SBM NL" <Angela.Timmerman@springer.com> Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:08:27 +0200 PRESS RELEASE Springer survey uncovers additional facts on eBooks use New York/Heidelberg, 24 September 2008 A survey conducted by Science+Business Media (www.springer.com), the world's largest science, technology and medical book publisher, in conjunction with five leading academic institutions, highlights prominent research and academic usage of eBooks. The survey was conducted to better understand the adoption of eBooks, the use of eBooks, and user perception of eBook advantages and disadvantages. The new survey revealed that, despite the recent emergence of eBooks, most users were already aware of their existence and had used them at least once, whether through libraries or other sources. The study also found that most users access eBooks for research and study purposes and that the types of eBooks frequently used were reference works and textbooks. The survey also focused on some of the perceived advantages of eBooks, citing the ability to gain 24/7 access for multiple users, convenient full-text searchability, and easy access to information. However, difficulty of reading books from a screen and preference for traditional print books were cited as the primary disadvantages. Participating university libraries included: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; University of Turku, Finland; Centre for Mathematics and Computer Science (CWI) Amsterdam, the Netherlands; University of Muenster, Germany; and the JRD Tata Memorial Library, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. "Mostly the advantage of using eBooks would be their convenience," said a user at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. "Instead of going through the hassle of tracking down a specific work and checking it out, eBooks provide me with easy access to the information I need way at my own convenience and leisure." Added Olaf Ernst, President eProduct Management & Innovation, Springer, "The survey results show that eBooks are best suited for research purposes or in a search environment. eBooks have the potential to stimulate new forms of book content usage. The feedback provided in this survey can help us accommodate their needs as their eBook collections grow." In 2007 Springer Science+Business Media commissioned a survey which revealed that the Springer eBook program was widely accepted among librarians. The full-text PDF of the white paper, "eBooks - The End User Perspective" can be found at: www.springer.com/ebooks. Springer (www.springer.com) is the world's second largest journal publisher in the STM (Science, Technology, Medicine) sector and the largest supplier of STM books. It is part of Springer Science+Business Media, one of the internationally leading suppliers of scientific and specialist literature. The company publishes more than 1,700 journals, over 5,500 new books a year and the world's largest collection of STM eBooks. The group has some 5,000 employees working in offices in more than 20 countries in Europe, the USA and Asia. Contact: renate.bayaz@springer.com, Springer Corporate Communications, +49 6221-487-8531; --------- Message 2: Subject: Renaissance Quarterly Now Published by U. Chicago Press From: Kevin Stacey <kstacey@uchicago.edu> Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2008 11:18:48 -0500 ***With apologies for cross-posting*** The Journals Division of the University of Chicago Press and The Renaissance Society of America are pleased to announce their new partnership to publish Renaissance Quarterly, the leading American journal for the interdisciplinary review of Renaissance Studies. The first issue under the new partnership will be volume 62 (March 2009). Since its founding fifty-five years ago, RQ has been published by the Society. With its move to the Press, the journal's online edition will feature active reference linking, online-only enhancements such as color images, audio and video files, appendices, and other ancillary material, and much of the journal's back content. Institutional access to Renaissance Quarterly's current content will be available only through direct subscriptions with the University of Chicago Press. RQ publishes twelve to sixteen articles a year and about four hundred reviews that use the lenses of multiple disciplines-from Art History to the History of Science to Women's and Gender Studies-to view the Renaissance. While firmly committed to publishing the best research on the Italian and Northern Renaissance, spanning the period of 1300-1650 in Western history, Renaissance Quarterly welcomes scholars who explore new methodologies. Circulation, submission, and other information about Renaissance Quarterly may be found at its new Web site: www.journals.uchicago.edu/rq. For specific subscription questions, email subscriptions@press.uchicago.edu, or call (773) 753-3347, U.S. or toll-free from Canada (877) 705-1878. Kevin Stacey Publicity Manager University of Chicago Press Journals Division P: 773-834-0386 F: 773-702-0172 kstacey@uchicago.edu<mailto:kstacey@uchicago.edu> www.journals.uchicago.edu<http://www.journals.uchicago.edu> --------- Message 3: Subject: BioOne and PCG expand partnership globally From: "Doug Wright" <dwright@pcgplus.com> Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2008 16:06:56 -0400 Dear colleagues, As a follow up to our announcement earlier this year, I would like to inform you that today BioOne and PCG announce the expansion of its sales and marketing partnership. From January 2009, PCG will provide BioOne with worldwide marketing, sales, and customer service, and has appointed Jeff Downing to lead the program. Both PCG and BioOne want to make sure that BioOne customers are well informed about this forthcoming change. I've pasted an announcement with more details below, and I or Mark Kurtz from BioOne would be very glad to provide any additional information that you may need. Our contact details are also below. Best regards, Douglas Wright Executive Vice President Publishers Communication Group, Inc. a division of Publishing Technology Tel: +1 617-395-4070 dwright@pcgplus.com www.pcgplus.com BioOne and PCG expand marketing and sales partnership globally; PCG appoints Jeff Downing as Global Marketing and Sales Director for BioOne BioOne, the non-profit collaborative of high-impact bioscience publications, and Publishers Communication Group (PCG), provider of research, sales and marketing services to scholarly and professional publishers, today announced the global expansion of their existing sales and marketing partnership. From January 1, 2009, PCG, which has been providing BioOne with North American sales and marketing services since September, will provide exclusive worldwide marketing, sales representation and library customer service for BioOne and its prestigious publishing partners. Susan Skomal, BioOne's executive director and chief operating officer, explains BioOne's decision to expand its relationship with PCG: "In this globalized era, we need our marketing, sales and customer service strategies to be consistently implemented such that local as well as regional preferences are acknowledged. We are pleased to have found a single partner that can provide this strategic service - globally-coordinated but nonetheless localized to reflect varying customer needs. PCG truly understands BioOne's mission." "This extended agreement with BioOne will see PCG build on its existing presence in a range of international markets including Latin America, China and Japan," adds Douglas Wright, PCG's executive vice president. "I'm very pleased to have Jeff Downing lead this growing global team; his knowledge of BioOne's products and expertise in unifying diverse business needs combine to ensure that we will scale our proven services effectively to deliver global success for BioOne." Jeff Downing, newly-appointed Global Marketing and Sales Director for BioOne, joins the PCG team from sister division Ingenta where he served as Library Services Director. He comments: "I'm looking forward to furthering BioOne's collaboration with libraries throughout the world. We're proud to be creating a global and coordinated support infrastructure for the valuable research in which BioOne's publishing partners invest." Jeff is now recruiting dedicated sales representatives in Europe and Latin America, and will deploy PCG's extensive network of representative agents to serve other key growth markets. BioOne and PCG are working together to ensure a smooth transition and wish to assure current subscribers that they will continue to receive uninterrupted access to the BioOne databases. We encourage any existing or potential subscribers with questions or concerns to contact either PCG or BioOne for more information. For more information, please contact: Douglas Wright Publishers Communication Group, Inc. Tel: +1 617-395-4070 Email: dwright@pcgplus.com Mark Kurtz BioOne Tel: +1 202-296-2296 Email: mkurtz@arl.org About PCG www.pcgplus.com Publishers Communication Group, Inc., a division of Publishing Technology plc, is a full-service marketing and sales consulting firm with locations in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Oxford, England. PCG was established in 1989 as a resource for scholarly publishers to more effectively work with the global library market. PCG offers qualitative and quantitative marketing research, international multi-lingual telemarketing services, UK- and US-based customer services operations, sales representation, and strategic consulting. About BioOne www.bioone.org Established in 2000, BioOne is the product of innovative collaboration between scientific societies, libraries, academe, and the private sector, who seek a sustainable, mission-driven alternative to commercial publishing. BioOne brings to the Web a uniquely valuable aggregation of the full-texts of high-impact bioscience research journals. Most of BioOne's titles are published by small societies and non-commercial publishers. BioOne provides integrated, cost-effective access to a thoroughly linked information resource of interrelated journals focused on the biological, ecological, and environmental sciences. --------- Message 4: Subject: OECD becomes a KnowledgeWorks Certified content partner From: "Laura Cox" <laura.cox@frontlinegms.com> Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2008 14:28:32 +0100 Paris, France, 2nd October 2008. OECD announced today that it has become a Serials Solutions KnowledgeWorks Certified content provider. Bibliographic metadata relating to SourceOECD, the OECD's iLibrary of socioeconomic analysis and data will be kept accurate and up-to-date in the Serials Solutions KnowledgeWorks database. Serials Solutions KnowledgeWorks supplies data to Serials Solutions 360, a complete set of e-resource access and management services. With constantly changing collections, managing e-resources is a never ending challenge and OECD is committed to enabling librarians to provide access to its content as easily as possible. By becoming KnowledgeWorks certified OECD is confirming that precise and timely bibliographic metadata will continue to be provided to Serials Solutions to enable librarians to run their complex and diverse online collections. OECD provides bibliographic data for journals, e-books and other content to Serials Solutions on a monthly basis for input into the knowledgebase. Serials Solutions has granted direct access to KnowledgeWorks enabling OECD to undertake regular verification of metadata and provide any changes. Participation in the program also ensures direct communication between Serials Solutions and OECD to resolve client inquiries in a timely manner. More information about SourceOECD is available at: http://www.SourceOECD.org/. Information about Serials Solutions KnowledgeWorks Certification is available at: http://www.serialssolutions.com/knowledgeworks/certification.html Contact: Toby Green, Head of Publishing toby.green@oecd.org Tel: +33 6 10 11 49 89 About OECD OECD (www.oecd.org <http://www.oecd.org/> ) brings together the governments of the 30 Member Countries committed to democracy and the market economy from around the world to support sustainable economic growth, raise living standards, maintain financial stability and assist other countries' economic development. OECD Publishing (www.oecd.org/publishing) is one of the world's largest publishers in the fields of economics and public policy. OECD Publishing disseminates OECD's intellectual output, both analytical and statistical. More information about publications is available through the OECD Online Bookshop <http://www.oecdbookshop.org/oecd/index.asp?lang=EN> and SourceOECD <http://www.sourceoecd.org/> , the groundbreaking iLibrary of statistical databases, books and periodicals. About Serials Solutions Founded in 2000 by a librarian for librarians, Serials Solutions is the global leader in E-Resource Access and Management Services (ERAMS) that serves more than 2,000 libraries of all sizes and types. Serials SolutionsR KnowledgeWorks, the authoritative e-resource knowledgebase, is the foundation for Serials SolutionsR 360, the only complete and integrated e-resource access and management solution. Serials Solutions provides fast implementation, easy customization, and outstanding value to libraries throughout the world. For more information, please visit www.serialssolutions.com <http://www.serialssolutions.com/> --------- Message 5: Subject: Join APA for Annual Charleston Librarian Dinner From: "Hillson, Susan" <SHillson@apa.org> Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2008 11:50:19 -0400 Apologies for cross posting. Dear Colleagues: If you are attending the Charleston Conference, RSVP today for the American Psychological Association's annual Librarian Dinner on Wednesday, November 5th, from 7 to 9 pm, following the Vendor Showcase. Please join Linda Beebe, Senior Director of PsycINFO; Jan Fleming, Director of Business and Planning; Lynn Willis, Manager of Content Development; Alvin Walker, Manager of Product Development; Tim Rinda, Director Database & Electronic Product Marketing; Bryan Dennis, Director of Planning & Journals Operations; Anne Hill, Senior Editorial Supervisor for Journals; and Susan Hillson, Manager of Customer Relations, for an informal dinner with interesting conversation; delicious, low-country cuisine; and answers to all your APA questions. To attend the APA dinner, please RSVP to psycinfo@apa.org <mailto:psycinfo@apa.org> by October 30th. We look forward to seeing you in Charleston! Best regards, Susan Hillson Susan B. Hillson Manager, Customer Relations PsycINFO American Psychological Association 750 First Street, NE Washington, D.C. 20002-4242 1-800-374-2722 shillson@apa.org
