rsc publishing lund online 12 th april 2012 richard blount - journals sales executive (uk &...
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RSC Publishing Lund Online12th April 2012Richard Blount - Journals Sales Executive (UK & Northern Europe
Overview
Who are the RSC? What we do RSC Publishing Chemistry landscape Books programme RSC eBooks The future of eBooks?
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
One of the largest organisations for advancing the chemical sciences
Professional body with a worldwide network of 47,500 members
Internationally acclaimed publishing business
What does the RSC do?
Professional body
qualifications
Professional body
qualifications
Internationalpublisher
not-for-profit
Internationalpublisher
not-for-profit
Conferences &events
Conferences &events Library and
Information Centre
Library andInformation
Centre
Learned Societycharity
Learned Societycharity
Science policycampaigningorganisation
Science policycampaigningorganisation
Educationfacilitator
Educationfacilitator
Global membershiporganisation
Global membershiporganisation
RSCActivities
RSCActivities
‘Advancing the chemical sciences’
International Reach
São Paulo
Beijing & Shanghai
Bangalore
London & Cambridge
TokyoPhiladelphia& Raleigh
RSC Roadmap for the Chemical Sciences
Priority Areas
Energy
Food
Future cities
Human health
Lifestyle & recreation
Raw materials & feedstocks
Water & air
Partnership Projects
• Enhancing education• Building science capacity • Global Challenges• Investing in teachers• Creating a Chemistry Centre
PanAfricaChemistryNetwork
RSC PublishingThe object for which the Society is constituted is the general advancement of chemical science and its application and for that purpose:
to foster and encourage the growth and application of such science by the dissemination of chemical knowledge
Global Chemistry Landscape
Chemistry Topic Areas
What is RSC Publishing?
Engaging with communities internationally
Raising profile, visibility & community influence
Increase the number of people downloading and reading our content (usage)
Books Publishing Programme Overview
RSC Books - Portfolio Overview
First title published in 1968
1000 backlist titles
Growing annual frontlist
Scientific publisher of biology, biophysics, chemical science, materials, medicinal drug discovery and physics high-impact books
RSC Books - Portfolio Overview
Portfolio detail
Monographs/Professional Reference
Multi-contributor edited/single authored
Published within Series with world class Editorial Boards including Catalysis, Green Chemistry, Energy and Environmental Science and Polymer Chemistry
Textbooks
Popular Science
Specialist Periodical Reports
Conference Proceedings
From Food to Forensics, Environment to Materials...
Monographs/Professional Reference
Multi-contributor edited/single authored Published within Series with world class Editorial Boards International contributors Compliment RSC Journal Areas
RSC Books – Portfolio Overview
Textbooks
Specialist Periodical Reports
Popular Science
Conference Proceedings
RSC Books - Portfolio Overview
RSC Books – worldwide print distribution and reseller partners
Americas Rest of World
RSC e-Books RSC publishing books since 1960’s Big back collection Majority of backlist print on demand RSC eBook Collection launched October 2007
Free Services to All Free access to 1st chapter of every book Browse and search the collection Full access to all front matter
Benefits to Librarians Value for money One-off purchase Full text PDF access to all content OCLC MARC Records MARC 21 and MARC UK records COUNTER usage statistics Perpetual Ownership Unlimited access and use Flexible DRM
Reader Benefits Google searching identifies exact content Locate cited content by DOI Find eBooks via library catalogue PDF format provides:
Accessibility for the visually impaired (licensed Adobe reader required)
Viewing on eBook readers, iPads/iPhones, laptops and netbooks Fast access and download times
All chapters as separate files and citable by DOI
RSC eBooks Portfolio The RSC eBook Collection is available as:
The Full Collection (1968 to current year) The current publication year only Subject Collections – launched October 2009
The Full Collection (1968-2012) 1,000+ titles, 36Gb of data, ~ 15,000 chapters A wealth of scientific literature All specialist periodical reports since 1968 All conference proceedings published by RSC 122 textbooks Rapid growth in monographs
Annual Collection
Covers content purchased each calendar year
Number of titles vary from 60 to 80 Previous years can be bought at any one
time
Subject Packages(2000-2010 Closed Collection)
Nine themed packages containing content back to 2000 Ideal for SMEs and themed research institutes
New eBook Business Models
•Pick ‘n’ mix•Aggregators•Short term loans•PDA
Patron Driven Acquisition
USA, UK & Scandinavia Increase in demand Uncertainty on both sides Not THE best model Brave new world
RSC eBooks - Developments
Aggregators Title-by-title offering Packages PDA – pilot schemes?
