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Distributed Publishing: Delivering publisher-neutral information to the research communityAnne DixonAssistant DirectorTERENA 986th October 1998
[email protected], http//:www.iop.org
Products & Services in the portfolio Growth rates 1995-98
3 to 14 people 5-fold financial investment increase no. products - increase 33-87% per
year accesses per year: 0.25M - c.7M
Decision-making much tighter re-charged costs outsourcing - x2/3/4 more
Product types Experimental Maintenance/upgrade Freely available Paid for Subcontracted work Internal
The Big Picture All products from 1.1.96 to start 99
28% Freely available 27% Maintenance/Upgrades 17% Internal Services 14% Sub-contracted work 13% Paid for 1% Experimental
Will have launched 95 products in less than 4 years
3 phases of STM Publishing 1st: digitised or electro-copies 2nd: alter to include digital
capabilities 3rd: linking and context
Different Approaches Critical mass is vital: the TOTAL
DATABASE solution Intermediaries & one-stop-shops:
the GATEWAY solution The GATEWAY-COMMUNITY
solution DISTRIBUTED PUBLISHING: ensure
that any visitor to any site can easily reach all important knowledge pointers
Benefits for Researchers Guarantee of quality Follow another’s thought
processes Forward and backward reference
trails Huge savings in time & effort No need to keep great lists of
bookmarks Monopolies less likely
Examples of Distributed Publishing IoPP’s HyperCite - www.iop.org APS’s Link Manager - www.aps.org ADS - adswww.harvard.edu Chemport - www.chemport.org
“Rules” of Distributed Publishing Participants establish no
technology barriers Participants share standards &
protocols Make no charge for sending visitors
to another site Participants each retain
responsibility for all business aspects of the enterprise, within their own site
Participants agree minimum service levels for all users
Horizontal and Vertical extensions Horizontal - more content
providers buy in to concept Vertical - STACKS STACKS - pushed or pulled top-
level data with embedded URLs/similar
STACKS Journals tables of contents Push/pull by email/ftp/web Select titles, frequency, data
content, formats (CSV, SGML), extent (of backfile)
Auto delivery Embed in one’s systems Save time & money in data entry,
cataloging, linking, indexing User goes straight to article of
choice
Conclusion Distributed Publishing:
has longevity does not impinge on business does not need changes in ownership is non-threatening to competitors very useful advances science & education
