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Expanding Global Access

Your Logo Here. Expanding Global Access. CAIP Meeting September 22, 2000. Mission Statement. Provide to its members and to the worldwide scientific community a comprehensive collection, in any medium, of high-quality information products and services that

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Expanding Global Access

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  1. Your Logo Here Expanding Global Access CAIP Meeting September 22, 2000

  2. Mission Statement Provide to its members and to the worldwide scientific community a comprehensive collection, in any medium, of high-quality information products and services that advance the practice of the chemical and related sciences.

  3. International Goals • Provide the highest quality research from the global research community • Increase worldwide distribution of content • Increase global usage • Increase number of global licenses

  4. Global Factors • Global collaboration among scientists • Global market for scientific information • Global recognition and appeal of ACS publications • Web technology driving change • Country-wide licenses for electronic journals

  5. ACS International Scope • International editors and offices increasing • 55.35% of manuscripts are published by corresponding authors outside the U.S. • Highest cited and most heavily used publications in chemistry • SPARC Projects increasing global awareness (OL, CGD)

  6. The Web Environment • Publishing at the “Speed of Science” • Building global community • Improving cycle times • Increasing usage of ACS Web Editions (ca. 10% per month) • Digitizing backfile • Examining Preprints vs. Prepublication

  7. Preprint Servers • Extensive discussions with ACS journal editors • 1999 survey of ACS members (organic, analytical, physical, polymers/materials, biochemistry, pharmaceutical, applied energy) produced mixed reviews, serious concerns • Other scientific disciplines (e.g. physics) have a tradition with preprints

  8. Preprint Servers (Cont.) • ACS is monitoring the development of and the response to preprint servers in chemistry

  9. Prepublication Examples • ACS Articles ASAP delivers fully-edited and peer-reviewed articles two weeks to three months ahead of print • ORGANIC LETTERS receipt to publication: 7 weeks • JBC peer-reviewed unedited articles posted in advance

  10. Global Presence • ACS has three account managers in North America • ACS has two international representatives based in the U.K and Latin America • Established global exhibit presence (e.g. London Online, Global SLA, Frankfurt Book Fair) • International authors campaign

  11. Global Access • International consortia (e.g. Australia, Finland, Sweden, Germany, Israel, Taiwan) • Global usage is increasing • Exclusive agent in Japan

  12. Developing Country Initiatives • History of donating subscriptions to developing countries (e.g. over 800 subscriptions to Science Journals Donation Program in 1997 and 1998). • Participate in Project Bookshare • ACS has announced FREE Articles ASAP for SPARC endorsed ORGANIC LETTERS

  13. Developing Country Initiatives (Cont.) • Working with ACS governance and other divisions to develop solutions

  14. Questions for Future Initiatives • What criteria distinguish potential subscribers from gratis access users? • Will expanded usage degrade performance? • What safeguards are needed to prevent unauthorized redistribution?

  15. 2000 and Beyond • Expand international presence • Increase global corporate & consortial licenses • For developing countries, continue to look at ways to collaborate and encourage global cooperation. • Test new models

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