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How to find and use the best free resources

How to find and use the best free resources. Chris Lau Regional Manager Asia Bowker October 2005. Agenda. Journal publishing overview Where’s the free stuff? Routes to content Issues of Free content Providing Aggregated OA content Pulling and Integrating Free content Future.

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How to find and use the best free resources

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  1. How to find and use the best free resources Chris Lau Regional Manager Asia Bowker October 2005

  2. Agenda • Journal publishing overview • Where’s the free stuff? • Routes to content • Issues of Free content • Providing Aggregated OA content • Pulling and Integrating Free content • Future Data from Ulrich’s – July 2005

  3. Serials Market Analysis • Academic/Scholarly Journals • 47,944 actively published • 73% English language text • 46% refereed • 36% online • 650+ digitized editions of ceased print titles • 12,982 are U.S. country of publication • Dominant outlet in STM fields (hard sciences) • Second to Humanities, Social Sciences • 963 publishers w/10 or more scholarly titles Data from Ulrich’s – July 2005

  4. Serials Market Analysis Primary Publishers – 90,955 actively publishing

  5. Serials Market Analysis Primary Publishers - Top 10 Academic/Scholarly

  6. Serials Market Analysis • Academic Libraries • Are and will continue to be major purchasers of scholarly academic journals • 2003 Median serials expenditures in (120) ARL institutions = $5,392,007 (+7.8% over 2002) • Journal price increases in academic libraries average +39% per year1 • Most maintain duplicate holdings of a single title (i.e., print as well as electronic)2 1EBSCO – Five Year Journal Price Increase History (2001-2005) 2CLIR Research Report, The Nonsubscription Side of Periodicals, Schonfeld et al. June 2004

  7. Serials Market Analysis Academic library serials expenditures up over 270% since 1986

  8. Open Access • Currently only 3% of core Academic journals are Open Access • DOAJ lists 1700 titles • Ulrichs tracks about 5800 free serials including all those in DOAJ • About 40-50 are added per month • 10-30 are academic/peer reviewed

  9. Some key free journal information sources • Ulrichs • ADS - NASA Astrophysics Data System • Bioline - Bioline International • DOAJ - Directory of Open Access Journals • Elsevier CellPress (Free) and ScienceDirect Cell Press (Free) • Euclid journals in euclid.other - Project Euclid (Cornell) • Highwire journals in highwire.freeart - Highwire Press • NLM titles in PubMedCentral - National Library of Medicine PubMed Central • Persee • SORA -- Searchable Ornithological Research Archive

  10. Other commonly used Sources • Search Engines – Google, Yahoo etc • Other library OPACS • Open Access repositories • Publisher sites • Independent listings

  11. Problems of broad information sources • Too broad a range of results • Extremely time consuming to click and review • Unreliability of data • Lack of any quality control • Lack of any selection process or criteria • Growth of tools for self publishing journals (Blurty)

  12. Solution to source • Authoritative tracking and aggregation by third party • Clear review and assessment for inclusion • Order and classify by industry standards • Provide accurate bibliographic data and URLs • Monthly customised email alerts to new Open Access titles

  13. Serials Tools that Work for You! Search and Discover Evaluate, Analyze, Report Showcase & Provide Access

  14. Ulrich’s is Authoritative Content • Global coverage from 214 countries • 900 subject areas • Journals, magazines, newspapers, & more • Academic/scholarly, peer-reviewed • Consumer and trade • Open Access and free publications tracked from all sources • In-depth bibliographic details • Online availability data, A&I sources • Title reviews

  15. Records Rich in Detail • Basic Description • Other Editions and Formats • A&I, Article Access • Publisher and Order Info • Advertising, Rights and Demographics • Reviews

  16. Create Personal Lists • From your Search Results or a full record • Select the items to “Add to List” • Password-protected or public!

  17. Customize, Print, Email, Download

  18. Ulrich’s Alerts - Free! Subject-based notification of: • Newly-added titles • Open Access and free titles • Title changes • Cessations • E-mailed to your desktop monthly • Archived online Version 1.0

  19. Future • Aim – to facilitate easy management and access to free content • Broader tracking and aggregation of content to include journals and articles in: • Institutional Repositories (50% of funded research is stored in an open access repository somewhere) • E-print archives • Daily or weekly alerts - highly tailored to librarians requirement – ie Tell me when a new free refereed journal is available in Astro physics’

  20. More Information Chris Lau Regional Manager Bowker Chrislau@bowker-asia.com

  21. Serials Tools that Work for You! Search and Discover Evaluate, Analyze, Report Showcase & Provide Access

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