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TDNet: E-Journals Management & Access

TDNet: E-Journals Management & Access. Presentation to: ICOLC April 23, 2001 Newport, Rhode Island Presentation by: Asher Sofrin CEO, TDNet Ltd Aliza Friedman VP, TDNet Ltd Michael Markwith President, TDNet Inc. Today ’ s Discussion Points. Company Background The Service

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TDNet: E-Journals Management & Access

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  1. TDNet: E-Journals Management & Access Presentation to: ICOLC April 23, 2001 Newport, Rhode Island Presentation by: Asher SofrinCEO, TDNet Ltd Aliza FriedmanVP, TDNet Ltd Michael MarkwithPresident, TDNet Inc

  2. Today’s Discussion Points • Company Background • The Service • Enhancements • Pricing • Summary

  3. www.tdnet.com April 2001

  4. The Teldan Group

  5. TDNet, Inc. • US Office established and Incorporated Feb 14, 2001 • West Chester, PA • Experienced staff • Leadership Advisory Board • Primary TDNet Servers located in DC • Existing sales & support Infrastructure (Distributors)

  6. What is TDNet? • Customized E-Journals Access and Management System • Locally controlled (INTRANET) • Universally Connected (Internet) • Vendor neutral (Agent or Aggregator) • ALL E-journals included

  7. TDNet Developed for Librarians • Libraries struggling with e-journal management issues • Libraries investing money, time & talent to monitor and manage e-journals on the web • Consortia purchasing shared resources • Consortia seeking flexible solutions: Centralized; De-centralized; Hybrid

  8. The Service E-Journal Management

  9. TDNet Modules • Basic Module: • Based on the TDNet database, e-journal sites are located and linked to the organizational intranet site. Access information is provided based on customer’s arrangements. • Database (Site) Maintenance Service: • Weekly updating URLs, Obtaining access rights & adding/omitting links. • ETOC Updating Service: • Weekly updating of ETOCs onto local servers, installing an Intranet search mechanism. • Personal profiles (push technology) – alerting and current awareness purposes.

  10. Journals in Your TDNet • Your library’s E-subscriptions (with full text access) • Your Print subscriptions only w/E-TOCS • Titles NOT in your collection

  11. Customized Solutions • Customer decides: • Collection of titles displayed • Data displayed for users • Hosting (local or TDNet servers) • Document delivery options • Link solutions – per customer’s arrangements with aggregators, publishers or local storage • Includes all e-journals

  12. Practical Applications • Updates – All links updated daily – customer receives weekly updates • Retrieval at Article and Journal level • Flexibility – TDNet files can be exported for easy OPAC integration

  13. Article Linking • Thousands of journal titles already linked at article level. • CrossRef (DOI) links – will be added soon. • Additional technologies • SFX discussions already ongoing with ExLibris • URN based on market, technology and customers’ readiness.

  14. Administrative Tools • Unlimited SDI profiles/current awareness managed by users and or administrators • PRIVATE ZONE • Locally controlled Statistics: Monitoring e-journals usage • Local administration control: updates, add and/or delete titles

  15. E-Contents Planned Enhancements

  16. Enhancement:Z39.50 Databases

  17. Pricing

  18. Pricing Philosophy • TDNet is annual subscription • Price Based on: • Number of unique titles • Number of sites

  19. More pricing philosophy • Additional (minor) price considerations: • Publishers / Aggregators (discounts for major ones) • Duplications (Groups)

  20. Pricing summary • Per title fee from $23 to $6 • More titles, less $ per title • Significant discounts for pre-June commitment

  21. Consortia & Multi site Pricing • One list / many access sites: • Per title charge • per access site tbd • Separate Lists – One purchase: • Per list, per title • discount (10%-30%)

  22. US Consortia Pricing Model Case Details: 10 libraries; 1,000 titles each

  23. Another Case Study:30 Library Members: 10,000 unique titles 10 Libs <1,000 titles; 20 Libs > 1,000 titles • 10,000 unique titles = $60,000 • Cost per Library: $ 2,000 • Per Site fee for libs with less than 1,000 titles (.5k) • Total Cost =$2,500 per library • Per site fee for libs with more than 1,000 titles (1.5k) • Total cost =$3,500 per library

  24. Summary • Customized solution • Comprehensive e-journal holdings management & access • User statistics • Local Administration and Control via Intranet • All E-content possible

  25. …..thank youmichael@tdnet.teldan.comtdnetus@tdnet.teldan.com And time now for more grilling and/or additional questions for Aliza or Asher

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