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BRILL Over three centuries of scholarly publishing

BRILL Over three centuries of scholarly publishing. Linda Empringham Head of Library and Consortia Sales DEFF Online 2012. Presentation. Update on new BRILL platforms and developments Overview of BRILL’s online resources in international law and human rights & humanitarian law.

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BRILL Over three centuries of scholarly publishing

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  1. BRILL Over threecenturies of scholarlypublishing Linda Empringham Head of Library and Consortia Sales DEFF Online 2012

  2. Presentation Update on new BRILL platforms and developments Overview of BRILL’s online resources in international law and human rights & humanitarian law

  3. BrillOnline.comNew platforms • Combined e-books and e-journals platform • Personal tools for saving, alerting, sharing, and exporting • Compliant with current industry standards • OpenURL • Athens, Shibboleth • COUNTER, SUSHI • KBART compliant files • Social Sharing • Automated permission service (CCC’s RightsLink) • Admin tools for library administrators

  4. Coming soon: MyBook • MyBook allows patrons of institutions which have purchased e-books to order a personal print copy of the book at a moderate price (€25) • Ideal for classroom use of Brill books • Exact copy of the original in black-white, with generic cover • booksandjournals.brillonline.com

  5. Brill and Discovery systems • BRILL has agreements with the following: • Serials Solutions (Summon) • Ebsco (Ebsco Discovery Service) • Ex Libris (Primo) • World Cat • KBART compliant files available from BRILL

  6. International Law and Human Rights • MartinusNijhoffPublishersimprint dates back to mid-19th Century • Public International Law, Comparative Law • Human Rights & Humanitarian Law • Law publications have accounted for about 20% of all monograph publications from BRILL since 2006 • Publisher of the prestigiousHague AcademyCollected Courses • Online law programme growth in pastyear, through new resources and acquisitions

  7. LawJournals • 45 journals in 2013, from well-establsiehd titles such as European Jnl of Crime, Criminal Law and Criminal Justice to new titles such as Global Jnl of Comparative Law • Brill Journal Archive Online Law Collection: • Part 1: From volume 1 issue 1 to end of 1999 • Part 2: 2000 to end of 2009

  8. LawE-Books • Features & benefits • Integration into library catalogue through free MARC21 records • Simultaneous publication of print and e-version • 30% savings on comparable print value • No overlap between collections • Two collections • K • klk

  9. Hague Academy Collected Courses Online Scope • Hague Academy of International Law is a center for high-level education in international law • HACCO includes courses given by leading specialists, including academics, practitioners, diplomats (in English and French), in public and private international law • Significantly reduced rates for print subscribers • Features & benefits • Content goes back to 1923 • Updated about 8 times a year

  10. Yearbook of International Organizations Online Scope • Comprehensive resource of 64,000 intergovernmental (IGOs) and international nongovernmental organizations (INGOs) worldwide • Published in cooperation with Union of International Associations (UIA) • Features & benefits • Including history, structure, key officers, statistics etc • Online updates every 6-8 weeks • Export into Excel • Flexible search and display options

  11. International Year Book and Statemen’s Who’s Who Scope • Authoritative source on all countries (incl territories and federal states) • 800 international organizations (incl addresses) • 6000 of the most important people in today’s worlds • Features & benefits • Thoroughly revised annually • Including detailed statistics from World Bank • Chronology of upcoming events, e.g. elections

  12. Handbook of WTO/ GATT Dispute Settlement NEW Scope • Updated summaries of 300 WTO/GATT panel • Nine comprehensive indexes (e.g. key words, country, subject, panelist, member etc) • Easy citation list to track adoption status of reports • Features & benefits • Essential for law practitioners • Quick and easy access the complex WTO/GATT reports

  13. International Maritime Boundaries Online NEW Scope • Systematic examination of all international maritime boundaries worldwide • Published with the American Society of International Law • Features & benefits • Includes text of every modern boundary agreement plus maps, analyses etc • Updated following significant changes to ever-changing maritime boundaries

  14. International Law & World Order NEW Scope • Documentary collection of diverse treaty and non-treaty instruments (by B. Weston and J. Carlson) • Covers history and current state of international law and affairs • Features & benefits • Updated continuously • Up-to-date information on the legal status of these instruments

  15. Foreign Law GuideRECENT ACQUISITION Scope • Comprehensive directory on sources of foreign law in over 170 countries • Snapshot of each country’s legal history, judicial and legislative systems, proceeding to local sources of legal information, internet sources, and major publications • Features & benefits • Number of countries covered is expanded annually • Coverage back to 1988

  16. Human Rights Documents Online Scope • Unique primary source collection – ever growing since 1980 • Documents collected by 355 NGOs • Edited by Human Rights Internet Ottawa • Features & benefits • Largest collection of Human Rights Documents • 40,000 documents from 483 organizations • Updated annually • Special rates for small institutions (fewer than 3500 FTEs) and NGOs

  17. For more information www.nijhoffonline.nl www.brillonline.com • Request a free trial or more information fromsales@brill.nl or empringham@brill.nl Mange tak !

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