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Future Perspectives for the „Historische Bibliographie“

Future Perspectives for the „Historische Bibliographie“ Martin Rethmeier Oldenbourg Academic Publishers 4 th Conference on European historical bibliographies Bavarian State Library Munich, March 17 th , 2011. Agenda. The Partners and their cooperation A True Success Story

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Future Perspectives for the „Historische Bibliographie“

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  1. Future Perspectivesfor the „Historische Bibliographie“ Martin RethmeierOldenbourg Academic Publishers 4th Conference on European historical bibliographies Bavarian State Library Munich, March 17th, 2011

  2. Agenda • The Partners and their cooperationA True Success Story • From License Fee to Open AccessA Maybe(come) Success Story • Grey, Green, Gold – and the „Munich Road“Challenges and Options for the HBO

  3. Oldenbourg Academic Publishers -partner for the academic community since 1858 • The Academic Publishers of Oldenbourg Group • Part of the Franz Cornelsen Bildungsgruppe • Oldenbourg Verlag, Munich (founded in 1858) • Akademie Verlag, Berlin (founded in 1946) • Program • Humanities (History, Philosophy, Arts and Linguistics) • Economics and Social Sciences • Science, Technology, Mathematics and Information Technologies • Products (Print & Electronic) • Reference Books • Textbooks • Scientific editions and monographs • Bibliographies • Journals • List • More than 4.000 titles and 40 Journals • About 400 new publications annually

  4. Three decades of cooperationA success story based on partnership • 1970sClose Contacts since the very beginning of the AHF • 1985Discussions on the idea of a Historical Bibliography • 1987Launch of the “Historische Bibliographie” • 1990“Jahrbuch der Historischen Forschung” • 2002Historische Bibliographie Online (HBO)plus electronic version of “Jahrbuch” • 2010HBO in Open Access

  5. From license fee to open accessfacts and figures • 2002 – 2009: HBO as a license fee product • Single and campus licenses • Subscriptions worldwide • 30.000 visitors in 2008 • Increasing annual royalties for the AHF • 2009: A Public Private Partnership Agreement • Bavarian State Ministry of Science • AHF • Oldenbourg • 2010: HBO in Open Access • Accessibility anytime and anywhere • 67.000 visitors in 2010 • Fixed annual royalties for the AHF

  6. From license fee to open accessconclusions at first glance • Better accessibility • Though traffic through search engines can still be improved • Visibility improved • Though increase in number of visitorsremains below expectations • Branding and reputation secured • Though greatest part of additional traffic comes via google and referring sites • BUT sustainability at risk • No longer subscription revenues • Print sales 2010 going down remarkably

  7. Transforming the HBOa role model for cooperation in external driven changes STEP ONE 2010 • Public Private Partnership as transformation framework • Common agreementon a three step programimproving the quality of data and cross-linked content-services • Medium term financial security for AHFby state funding and publishers fees • Medium term publishing security for Oldenbourg • Publishers commitmentto further improve the usability and visibility of the HBO internet services • Guaranteed freedom – and the need – of searching for further financing options

  8. Transforming the HBOa role model for cooperation in external driven changes STEP TWO 2011 – 2013 • Third-Party Funding as transformation lift-off • AHF and cooperating partners • are enabled to develop a new, interconnectable database infrastructure • Oldenbourg • is enabled to adapt its HBO application to the new structure of data • and to integrate the HBO more closely into the range of content services on its history gateway (Geschichtsportal)

  9. Transforming the HBOa role model for cooperation in external driven changes STEP THREE 2013 ff • Sustainability as transformation goal • Sustainability for AHF • Securing the economic base • Securing the delivery of high quality data • Sustainability for the HBO • Conceptualizing and Implementing additional paid content services • Securing license fees for AHF • The Challenge ahead!

  10. PPP and Open AccessThe “Munich Road” Conclusion • The “Munich Road” meets three core challenges of Open Access • Visibility • Quality • Reputation • And leaves – like all OA roads – one challenge to approach • Sustainability and funding

  11. Future Perspectivesfor the „Historische Bibliographie“ Thank you for your attention! Martin Rethmeier Editorial Director Humanities Oldenbourg Academic Publishers Phone: +49 89 45051-213 Fax: +49 89 45051-266 E-Mail: martin.rethmeier@oldenbourg.de

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