Springer & Kluwer - One Company
Syed Hasan, Springer Susan Pastore, Kluwer
New Orleans, March 2004
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Background of Springer-Verlag
Facts and Figures
The new “Springer”
AgendaAgenda
Background of Kluwer Academic Publishers
The future
Questions and Answers
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Background of Springer-Verlag
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Springer-Verlag: A Short History
1842 Foundation in Berlin by Julius Springer
from 1960 International Expansion:
Springer-Verlag New York (1964), London (1983),
Tokyo (1983), Paris (1986), Hong Kong (1986)
January 1999 Purchase of the Springer Group of Companies
by Bertelsmann
Foundation of BertelsmannSpringer Science Business
Media
May 2003 Purchase of BertelsmannSpringer by Cinven + Candover
October 2003 Renamed Springer Science + Business Media
2004 New Board of Directors announced for Springer Science
+ Business Media
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Imprints and Distribution Arrangements
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Background of Kluwer Academic Publishers
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Kluwer Academic Publishers: A Short History1889 A.E. Kluwer founded his own publishing house in
Holland. Nearly a century of gradual expansion follows
1970s Company acquires Martinus Nijhoff
Kluwer acquires Dr. W. Junk Publishers noted for its
biological science titles
Kluwer acquires D. Reidel Publishing, a leading publisher
noted for its astronomy, physical sciences,
mathematics and philosophy, leading to the
creation of the current day Kluwer Academic Publishers
1998 Kluwer acquires Plenum Publishers and the prestigious
Russian program
Kluwer acquires Chapman & Hall Publishers
2000 Kluwer acquires Baltzer journals
2003 Candover & Cinven acquires Kluwer Academic
Publishers
Candover & Cinven acquires Bertelsmann Springer
creating Springer Science + Business Media
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Facts and Figures
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International Presence with focus on the Americas, Europe and Asia
1,500 Employees
Over 500 Journals in print and electronic form
2,500 books published annually
Over 22,500 Books in Print
SPRINGER TODAY
1,900 eBooks
KLUWER TODAY600 Employees
800 eBooks
15,000 Books in Print, 5000 Print
on Demand
1,200 books published annually
Over 670 Journals in print and
electronic form
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Number of Journals per Online Library
Type Online LibraryEnglish
LanguageOther
LanguagesSTM Chemical Sciences 102STM Computer Sciences 112 4STM Engineering 136 3STM Environmental Sciences 79 5STM Geosciences 72 4STM Life Sciences 237 3STM Mathematics 140 2STM Medicine 227 75STM Physics & Astronomy 93STM Psychology 49 1HSS Economics 114 7HSS Education 35HSS Humanities 16HSS Law 18 9HSS Linguistics 16HSS Philosophy 26 1HSS Social Sciences 43
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Total: 52Total: 52
Worldwide Consortia arrangements
2003: 1702002: 1672001: 68
2003: 1002002: 66 2001: 45
2000: 35 2000: 252000: 51999: 12
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OverviewOverview
# of Journals Over 500 Over 670
# of Articles avail. 300,000+ 250,000+
2003 Article downloads 10,000,000 7,000,000
Back issues as of 1996 as of 1997
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Articles HD + NY June 1999 - January 2003
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1000
2000
3000
4000
5000
6000
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Usage Trends
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SV-London
SV-New York
SV-Heidelberg
SV-Vienna
Other Springer-Verlag Offices in Paris, Milano, New Delhi,
Hong Kong
SV-Tokyo
Other Companies include Key Curriculum Press-Berkeley,
Princeton Architecture Press-New York, Steinkopff-
Darmstadt, Physica-Verlag-Heidelberg,
Total: 52Total: 52
Springer-Verlag and Kluwer Publishing Companies everywhere
KAP-New York
KAP-Boston
KAP-London
KAP-Taipei
KAP-DortrechtKAP-Moscow
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The new “Springer”
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Springer & Kluwer - One Company
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New Global Structure/Members
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Peter HendriksSales & Marketing
Prior to Springer: CEO KAP
Dr. Ulrich VestCFO
Prior to Springer: Member of the Board BS
Martin MosCOO
Prior to Springer: CFO Elsevier Science
Rüdiger GebauerSTM Publishing
Prior to Springer: Deputy MD BS
Derk HaankCEO
Prior to Springer: CEO Reed Elsevier
Gregor Karolus
Human Resources
STM Board Members
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Unified Platform – Goal: December 2004
Seamless roll-out of one Global Integrated Site (Goal: end 2004)
Added functionality and enhancements – librarian input
-Keyword Alerting
-Personalized Features
-Full Search Engine
Usage Reporting Upgrades (Counter Compliant) – librarian input
Increased Reliability-Multiple servers, guaranteed availability
Cross Reference Linking-KAP and SV are charter members of CrossRef
Platform
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Contracts/Agreements
ALL current SV and KAP contracts will be honored to expiration date
Contracts up for renewal will be rolled into new “Springer” arrangements
Negotiations for renewal agreements for 2005 will start early fall 2004
Pricing
No price increases will occur as a result of the merger
2005 journal prices will be available in July 2004
All current price caps and consortia contracts will be honored
Policies
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Commitment to the Customer
Dedicated business support staff for customer service issues
1-800 line and online support
Expanded sales team-Experienced in STM arena
Informational e-mails or alerts on a timely basis
Customer input option on website
The customer comes first.
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The future
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Digitizing Content:
The Company is committed to digitizing all content- Over 12 million pages of
content to be digitized
Retro-digitizing back files of journals in process – target date of December
2004 set as completion date
Books are being digitized for both e-book production and Print on Demand
publication.
Archival arrangements are a priority and further developments will be
announced shortly
Projects
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New Library Advisory Board to be formed
Selected experts (librarians/consortia members) will be invited
The Board will work with a committee at Springer to advise on
many details of the merged Company, current issues and policy
changes
The Board and Springer will have an open forum policy for
frank discussions and points of interest
Library Advisory Board
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Thank youSyed Hasan
(212) 460-1739
Susan Pastore
(781) 681-0501
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