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Springer‘s Role in the World of Print & Elektronic Publishing. Cem Üzüm Sales Manager. History about Springer Springer in STM Market Springer Link Benefits for Libraries. Agenda. History. Historical Overview. 1842 Founding of the scientific publisher Springer- Verlag in Berlin. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Springer‘s Role in the World of
Print & Elektronic Publishing
Cem Üzüm
Sales Manager
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Agenda
• History about Springer
• Springer in STM Market
• Springer Link
• Benefits for Libraries
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History
Historical Overview
1842 Founding of the scientific publisher Springer-Verlag in Berlin.
1889 A. E. Kluwer founds his own publishing house in the Netherlands.
1946 Office in Heidelberg opened.
1964 Greater international focus and founding of Springer-Verlag New York.
1970s Kluwer acquires Martin Nijhoff and D. Reidel in the Netherlands.
1978 Founding of Kluwer Academic Publishers (KAP).
1998 Kluwer acquires Plenum Publishers in USA.
1999 Bertelsmann acquires the majority share in the scientific publishing house. Springer-Verlag for its corporate division Bertelsmann Professional Information. Name of the new publishing group: BertelsmannSpringer.
2003 • The British financial investors Cinven and Candover acquire Kluwer Academic Publishers (KAP) at the beginning of the year.
• BertelsmannSpringer sold to Cinven and Candover in the spring.
• As of October, BertelsmannSpringer is renamed Springer Science+Business Media.
2004 Merger of Springer Science+Business Media with KAP. The result is the second-largest publisher worldwide in the Science, Technology, Medicine (STM) field.
2005- Acquisitions include Current Medicine Group, Humana Press, Bohn Stafleu van Loghum and
2008 BioMed Central.
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Springer in STM Market
• Around 2000 journals
• More than 5.000 new book titles annually in STM
• About 100.000 articles per year
• 80% published in English
• 21% Nobel prize winners are Springer authors
• The largest publisher of STM books
• 6 main publishing fields: science, medicine, business, technology,
architecture and transport
• Around 60 publishing houses in about 20 countries in Europe, Asia and
the USA
• More than 5.000 employees around the world
• More than 45.000 backlist titles
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• One of leading internet science portals
• Includes more than 4 million documents
• Springer ebook Collection with more than 30.000 titles
• 134 million full text downloads in 2008 (incl. www.springerprotocols.com)
• More than 17.000 protocols and 140 MRW
• More than 15.000 institutions have access
Springer Link
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Saving weeks formerly
spent with print catalogs
Always there – 24 hrs,
365 days – whenever
needed
Unlimited use as much as
user wants (and not …
can carry)
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Benefits for Libraries
• Ownership
• More value for book budget
• Unlimited access and use – 24/7
• Less shelf space needed
• No risk of damage and theft
• Higher usage and visibility of content
• No shipping an handling costs
• Dramatically broader access to quality content from Springer
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Summary
Springer is the worldwide largest academic publisher
Springer will increase the print book programm
Springer has the worldwide most comprehensive ebook collection
Over 3000 new eBooks every year in
13 subject collections (English)
5 subject collections (German)
Full Ownership
100% DRM Free
Fully Searchable
Unlimited use: available 24/7