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CAIRN A m utualist approach for distributing online contents in the humanities APM 2009 Conference – March 20th. -----------------------------------------. Context (1/2). 2005 - 95 % of French universities budget dedicated to electronic journals acquisitions concerned english-speaking ones

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  1. CAIRNA mutualist approach for distributing online contents in the humanitiesAPM 2009 Conference – March 20th • -----------------------------------------

  2. Context (1/2) • 2005 - 95 % of French universities budget dedicated to electronic journals acquisitions concerned english-speaking ones • French-speaking journals disqualification : dramatic impact of online referencing for authors • Existing projects concentrate on a patrimonial and pure open access approach : Gallica, Revues.org, Persée • demand for current digital contents in French language

  3. Context (2/2) • Atomization of academic publishing structures in the SHS • Technical and organizational limits of individual experiences • Slow but structural decrease for printed journals subcriptions • Huge aggregators perceived as a strategic threat • publishers relunctance to come to double publication

  4. Cairn (1/2) • An initiative launched in 2005 by … • French (La Découverte, Belin, Erès) and Belgian (De Boeck) publishers • Belgianinstitutionnalinvestors (Université de Liège) • With the support of … • French National Library - BnF • National Center for Books - CNL • … to propose a balancedapproach : • Publishers & Users • Private & Public • Belgian & French actors

  5. Cairn (2/2) • A plaform : www.cairn.info … • …. giving access to major academic journals in full text … • … in the Humanities and social sciences only … • … but also to « general interest » journals of academic level … • …. focussed on current issues : from 2001 until the very last issue released in print format

  6. Access model – the « moving wall » • Open access … • Metadata for each articles : abstracts, indexes • Introductions, editorials, book reviews • Archives behind the moving wall fixed by each publisher • … and conditionnal access : full text for the latest issues • Individuals : pay-per-view • Institutions : annual licencing for general or thematic packages

  7. Publishers’ choices • 2 years : 3,1 % • 3 years : 35,1 % • 4 years : 37,1 % • 5 years : 24,7 % • (On average : 3,8 years) 2000 2005 2009

  8. Observations (1/3) • The mutualistapproachseem to bequiteappropriate • The « thresoldeffect » for libraries • Recurringinvestmentsneeded to construct value-added services • Economies of scale in production and promotion • The movingwallapproach has been wellaccepted • The economic model has progessively come to besustainable • From 20 % to 30 % of academicjournalsincomes • 100 pay-per-viewdailypurchases on average • Diffusion into 250 institutions

  9. Consultations - www.cairn.info- march 2006 to march 2009

  10. Cairn’s institutionnal licensing – number of licenses

  11. Observations (2/3) • Users’ profiles are actuallyquitediversified … • Frontierbetweenacademic and high-level non academlc publications seem to bequitethin in the Humanities and social sciences … • … as well as the frontierbetween the academicenvironment, professionnalones and growing part of « leisureusers » • … and theirdemand are evolvingquitequickly • Journals have led to demands for other contents • Whichwouldrequired new models for publishers

  12. Online enquiry – Autumn 2008 – Users’ profiles

  13. Online enquiry – Autumn 2008Users’ demand for diversification

  14. Observations (3/3) • Somespecificitiesobserved for publications in SHS • Given the data observed on www.cairn.info, consultations for academicjournals in SHS are visibly long lasting • A degressive but flat curve for consultations - a « long trail » phenomenon for SHS publications ? • Some possible lectures … • French and Belgianpublishers have acceptedthatarround 66 % of the potential digital content marketisnowreleased online in open access • legaldepositafter 12 or 18 months, as itwasproposed in the European Commission mainlybased on observations made for STM journals, mayunsettle the actual model for SHS online publication

  15. SHS long trail phenomenon Dispersion of consultations according to the date of publication for articles 66 % Conditionnal 33 % Open-access

  16. SHS Long trail phenomenon 50 % Publishers’ projects 33 % 66% 50 % - Patrimonial projects

  17. SHS Long trail phenomenon 15 ? 85 % - Patrimonial projects

  18. thomas.parisot@cairn.info

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