September 2008 Michael Walsh Director of Sales

1. ACS PublicationsEvolving to meet the needs of researchers and librarians – An update on our products and services September 2008 Michael Walsh Director of Sales

2. Agenda • About the American Chemical Society • About ACS Publications • Coming Attractions • New Journal • New User Interface • New ACS Publications Region Manager

3. About the American Chemical Society

4. The American Chemical Society • Founded in 1876, the American Chemical Society (ACS) is the world’s largest scientific society with more than 160,000 members. • The mission of ACS is to encourage in the broadest and most liberal manner the advancement of the chemical enterprise and its practitioners. • ACS advances scholarly knowledge, provides professional service support, communicates with varied audiences, and is actively involved in the science, education, and public policy arenas.

5. About ACS Publications

6. ACS Publications • ACS first published Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS) in 1879. ACS currently publishes 33 journals with the 34th title coming next year. • For 2007 ACS Web Edition journals once again rank #1 in citations and/or ISI Impact Factor in 15 separate Thomson Reuters categories, including the 7 core chemistry categories. • ACS offers a number of products to support the research environment to include: • Web Edition Journals (1995 to current issue) • The ACS Legacy Archive Collection (1879 through 1994) • Print journals • Chemical & Engineering News Online/Print • ACS Division Proceedings • Reagent Chemicals Online (10th Edition)

7. Fall 2008ACS Publications will introduce

8. A Better Online Journalfor Researchers, Faculty and Students

9. Featuring…

10. Better Searching

11. quick search create an RSS feed of your search search by citation or DOI filter your results preview a snippet of the article advanced interface search now includes results from figures and table legends figure preview lets you flip through thumbnail figures w/out leaving the page

12. Better Browsing

13. most read, most cited articles ASAP and current issue highlights on home page figure preview on the TOC complete list of issues browse by Issue box view multiple abstracts simultaneously an improved author index previous/next article scroll cover art gallery

14. A Better Full Text Article

15. user-friendly layout content recommendations based on previous user behavior links to SciFinder figure browser – flip through all of the articles’ figures without leaving the page favorite articles option one-click to results of other ACS papers by each author in-line reference displays e-mail a colleague article history recommend/share to popular social networking sites forward citation links

16. TOC graphic now available on PDF enhanced version with figure and reference links links to Full Text HTML institutional co-branding logo display hi-res version for improved printing quality date & time stamp citation counts on PDF Journal branding with prominent logo display and About info abstract and synopsis sections

17. A Personalized Experience

18. maintain a list of favorite articles easier registration and edits for e-alerts save your searches improved e-alert templates for all ACS journals set up personalized RSS feeds citation alerts

19. Better Navigation

20. quick search on every page CAS assigned subject groupings for alternate browsing option Site-wide global, publisher, and product-level nav layers virtual issues newly organized journal navigations with easy access to content, subscription, and author info access icons on TOC and search results pages

21. Better for Librarians

22. manage contact info, add account administrators new interface for Librarian Admin Site OpenURL linking Co-branding site-wide and on PDF cover page automatic CrossRef deposits Release 2 COUNTER reports MARC records delivery reports for archive usage and denials backup and recovery by IBM view IP list and ranges site monitoring in 32 locations around the world

23. A new journal from the American Chemical Society coming January 2009…

24. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces is: • Being launched with the goal of becoming the international publication of choice for the interdisciplinary community of chemists, engineers, physicists and biologists • Focusing on how newly-discovered materials and interfacial processes can be developed and used for specific applications. • A publication with full length articles and letters from researchers in academia and industry in addition to featuring comments and forums dedicated to advancing applied materials research. • An enhancement to the portfolio of existing ACS publications focusing on fundamental materials science discovery, including Chemistry of Materials, Langmuir, Biomacromolecules, Macromolecules and The Journal of Physical Chemistry B and C.

25. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces “Applied Materials & Interfaces is a key, strategic addition to the ACS Publications portfolio. The journal will be the first in the area of ACS materials publication to focus on applied science and engineering and will establish itself as one of the highest visibility journals in the broad area of applied polymer and materials science interfaces.” - Kirk S. Schanze, Editor-in-Chief, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

26. September 2008: ACS Publications is enhancing its management capabilities for the Latin American and Caribbean Region

27. Introducing Steve Hansen • Graduated from Penn State University in 1990 with a degree in Polymer Science. • 6 years as synthetic chemists for DuPont Agricultural Products in Newark, NJ where he focused on research on fungicides, herbicides and insecticides. • Steve participated in a target-site design group whose work with a crystal structure of the scytalone dehydratase enzyme to develop a fungicide for Rice Blast resulted in two granted US Patents (#7,135,585 and #7,205,331).

28. Introducing Steve Hansen • 1996 to May 2008 Steve worked for Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS). He started as a field sales representative and grew to become the East USA Regional Manager. Steve’s customer base for CAS is highlighted by all BIG Pharma companies as well as the US Patent Office. • In May 2008 Steve joined ACS Publications Division as the Government Account Manager for the USA and Canada. • September 2008 Steve takes on the additional responsibility of Manager for the Latin American and Caribbean Region.

29. Introducing Steve Hansen • Steve will manage all sales and marketing activities for ACS Publications in the region. • ACS Publications will continue to rely on Systems Link international as our value added representative for the region. • ACS Publications will allow orders through EBSCO as an authorized subscription agent in the region. • Marcello Bomfim is the ACS Publications Customer Service Representative for the region. He is located in Columbus, Ohio and has language skills in Portuguese, Spanish and English.

30. Thank you for your time, attention and your business! ¡Gracias! Obrigado!