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Distributed Publishing: Delivering publisher-neutral information to the research community Anne Dixon Assistant Director TERENA 98 6th October 1998 [email protected], http//:www.iop.org

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Page 1: Distributed Publishing: Delivering publisher- neutral information to the research community Anne Dixon Assistant Director TERENA 98 6th October 1998 annedixon@ioppublishing.co.uk,

Distributed Publishing: Delivering publisher-neutral information to the research communityAnne DixonAssistant DirectorTERENA 986th October 1998

[email protected], http//:www.iop.org

Page 2: Distributed Publishing: Delivering publisher- neutral information to the research community Anne Dixon Assistant Director TERENA 98 6th October 1998 annedixon@ioppublishing.co.uk,

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

Page 3: Distributed Publishing: Delivering publisher- neutral information to the research community Anne Dixon Assistant Director TERENA 98 6th October 1998 annedixon@ioppublishing.co.uk,

Product types Experimental Maintenance/upgrade Freely available Paid for Subcontracted work Internal

Page 4: Distributed Publishing: Delivering publisher- neutral information to the research community Anne Dixon Assistant Director TERENA 98 6th October 1998 annedixon@ioppublishing.co.uk,

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

Page 5: Distributed Publishing: Delivering publisher- neutral information to the research community Anne Dixon Assistant Director TERENA 98 6th October 1998 annedixon@ioppublishing.co.uk,

3 phases of STM Publishing 1st: digitised or electro-copies 2nd: alter to include digital

capabilities 3rd: linking and context

Page 6: Distributed Publishing: Delivering publisher- neutral information to the research community Anne Dixon Assistant Director TERENA 98 6th October 1998 annedixon@ioppublishing.co.uk,

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

Page 7: Distributed Publishing: Delivering publisher- neutral information to the research community Anne Dixon Assistant Director TERENA 98 6th October 1998 annedixon@ioppublishing.co.uk,

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

Page 8: Distributed Publishing: Delivering publisher- neutral information to the research community Anne Dixon Assistant Director TERENA 98 6th October 1998 annedixon@ioppublishing.co.uk,

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

Page 9: Distributed Publishing: Delivering publisher- neutral information to the research community Anne Dixon Assistant Director TERENA 98 6th October 1998 annedixon@ioppublishing.co.uk,

“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

Page 10: Distributed Publishing: Delivering publisher- neutral information to the research community Anne Dixon Assistant Director TERENA 98 6th October 1998 annedixon@ioppublishing.co.uk,

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

Page 11: Distributed Publishing: Delivering publisher- neutral information to the research community Anne Dixon Assistant Director TERENA 98 6th October 1998 annedixon@ioppublishing.co.uk,

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

Page 12: Distributed Publishing: Delivering publisher- neutral information to the research community Anne Dixon Assistant Director TERENA 98 6th October 1998 annedixon@ioppublishing.co.uk,

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

Page 13: Distributed Publishing: Delivering publisher- neutral information to the research community Anne Dixon Assistant Director TERENA 98 6th October 1998 annedixon@ioppublishing.co.uk,

Thank You

Anne DixonInstitute of Physics [email protected]://www.iop.orgtel: 44 117 929 7481