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ACS PUBLICATIONS Over a Century of Essential Chemistry on Your Desktop

A C S P U B L I C A T I O N S. ACS PUBLICATIONS Over a Century of Essential Chemistry on Your Desktop. Expanding Access for the Advancement of Science: Making Scientists More Productive. Robert Bovenschulte Director, ACS Publications Division ICOLC Archiving Session

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ACS PUBLICATIONS Over a Century of Essential Chemistry on Your Desktop

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  1. A C S P U B L I C A T I O N S ACS PUBLICATIONS Over a Century of Essential Chemistry on Your Desktop Expanding Access for the Advancement of Science: Making Scientists More Productive Robert Bovenschulte Director, ACS Publications Division ICOLC Archiving Session Nashville, September 20, 2002 H I G H Q U A L I T Y. H I G H I M P A C T.

  2. A C S P U B L I C A T I O N S Overview • ACS Web Editions and Cancellation Policy • ACS Journal Archives • Product • Pricing • Delivery and Preservation • Clarifications • Final Words H I G H Q U A L I T Y. H I G H I M P A C T.

  3. A C S P U B L I C A T I O N S Long-Term Preservation of ACS Web Editions • Mission-Driven Society Objective • Heavy Investment in Infrastructure (Since 1975) • Archives Project: Scanning of Content Not Previously Available in Electronic Format • Tested Disaster Recovery (Since 1998) • Multiple Mirror Sites Under Consideration • Participation In LOCKSS H I G H Q U A L I T Y. H I G H I M P A C T.

  4. A C S P U B L I C A T I O N S ACS Web Editions – A Brief History • 1998: Official Launch of Web Editions and ASAP Articles with 25% Surcharge • 1999: Feedback from ICOLC Led to a Formal Cancellation Policy • 2000: Reduction of Surcharge from 25% to 15% • 2001: Print Cancellations Allowed • 2002: Launch of ACS Journal Archives H I G H Q U A L I T Y. H I G H I M P A C T.

  5. A C S P U B L I C A T I O N S ACS Web Editions Cancellation Policy “Except for termination for cause, upon request at time of cancellation, ACS Web Edition customers will be provided access to the content contained in a current subscription of the ACS Web Editions to which they subscribed in the given year of cancellation.” H I G H Q U A L I T Y. H I G H I M P A C T.

  6. A C S P U B L I C A T I O N S ACS Journal Archives: Product • More Than: • 2.5 Million Pages • 11,000 ACS Journal Issues • 500,000 Articles • Immediate Access at Desktop • Browse All Back Issues • Search Full-Text Across Articles • Content Back to 1879 • CAS References Linked from 1907 • ACS Responsibility to Migrate Content to New Technologies • Flexible and Open to Evolution of Product H I G H Q U A L I T Y. H I G H I M P A C T.

  7. A C S P U B L I C A T I O N S ACS Journal Archives: Pricing • Complex Issues, Many Points of View • Multiple Approaches and Models Evaluated for Two Years • Dialog with Librarians, Editors, and ACS Governance • No Single Policy that Meets Concerns of All Stakeholders • Policy Decision by ACS Governance in December 2001 H I G H Q U A L I T Y. H I G H I M P A C T.

  8. A C S P U B L I C A T I O N S ACS Journal Archives: Pricing • Single Database of All Titles • Annual Access Fee H I G H Q U A L I T Y. H I G H I M P A C T.

  9. A C S P U B L I C A T I O N S ACS Journal Archives: Delivery and Preservation • 2002 Complete IT Environment Redesign - Integration of 2.5 Million New Pages - Revised Interface – Search and TOCs - Cross-Journal Searching, Free Abstracts • Clustered Servers Linked to a High Capacity Storage Area Network (SAN/Cluster Project) - 16 Unix Servers, Load Balancers, Redundant Servers, eRights Authentication, New Journal Delivery System, Oracle Databases, Increased Bandwidth H I G H Q U A L I T Y. H I G H I M P A C T.

  10. A C S P U B L I C A T I O N S Clarifications • Distinguishing “Current Subscription” from ACS Archives • “Current Subscription” = Current Year + 4 Previous Years • Introduced in 2000 • Activated in 2002 • Implemented in 2003 • ACS Journal Archives = All Titles and All Content Preceding “Current Subscription” H I G H Q U A L I T Y. H I G H I M P A C T.

  11. A C S P U B L I C A T I O N S Clarifications • For Archive Subscribers: Access to Everything – All Years – at Low Price • For Archive Nonsubscribers: PDF Content for Those Years Subscribed to as They Move from “Current Subscription” into the Archives (e.g., 1996-1998 for 2003) H I G H Q U A L I T Y. H I G H I M P A C T.

  12. A C S P U B L I C A T I O N S Final Words • Complexity of the “Great Transformation” • Evolving Policies and Practices • Challenges to our Collective Patience and Understanding • Serving our Common Purpose H I G H Q U A L I T Y. H I G H I M P A C T.

  13. A C S P U B L I C A T I O N S ACS PUBLICATIONS Over a Century of Essential Chemistry on Your Desktop For More Information http://pubs.acs.org/liblink H I G H Q U A L I T Y. H I G H I M P A C T.

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