Croatian National Consortium

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Croatian National Consortium Your Usage
Backfiles Miriam de Koning Account Manager

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Croatian Consortium ScienceDirect TODAY

• Current Situation
• Usage
• ScienceDirect
• Backfiles

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Croatian National Consortium 2003
Members University of Zagreb University of
Rijeka University of Split University of
Osijek National University Library
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Croatian National Consortium History and Facts

• Start December 2001
• Current agreement ends 31st December 2004
• Open consortium where additional members can join
  during runtime of agreement under set conditions
• Access to own subscribed titles and subscribed
  titles from other member (Cross Access)
• Access to back to 1998 in 2004 7 years of
  information

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Development members/titles - coverage
Start end 2001 Access to subscribed
journals Amendment 1 Freedom Collection
(introductory pricing - 1.5!) Amendment 2
Addition of AP and HHS titles Today Access to
all journals available on the ScienceDirect
platform - ca. 1200 titles Subscribed ca
550 Medline Free Febs Letters Backfiles Free
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Croatian National Consortium Print Values and
Fees 2003

2003 consortia Standard Yearly Price Cap
6.5 Print Value 1,557,214 e-Fee 8.5
129,239 12.5 Freedom Collection 1,5 PV
23,358 of non subscribed Total fees
152,597 Total
consortium value 1,709,811
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Example Full Text Article Downloads 2001 - 2002
per Subject Field

• University Zagreb

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Usage TOP 5 Collections
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Examples FTA DOWNLOADS 2002
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Examples FTA DOWNLOADS 2003
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FTA DOWNLOADS
FTA Downloads 2002 Total 108,253 FTA Downloads
2003 Expected 203,337 Growth 88
Based upon total consortium usage behaviour and
development of comparative consortia in the past.
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Usage per institute
Usage Top 5 1-University Zagreb Excellent 2-Uni
versity Split Good 3-University
Rijeka Good 4-University Osijek Satisfactory 5
-National and University Library OK and Typical
for National Libs
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How to stimulate usage?

• Croatian User Guides
• 10 tips - presentation on how to get the best
  out of ScienceDirect
• Optional WebEx meeting. OnLine meeting
  Consortium Representatives / Librarians and
  Account Development Manager
• Contacts Ivan Mihel and Sandra Grijzenhout

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Conclusion Usage Croatian Consortium
Main Focus Titles Engineering and Technology,
Medicine Physics Astronomy Usage
intensity Is good Can be even
better Support is available
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ScienceDirect - License and Access Options

• Journals
• Limited Collection - 1 year access to collection
  of choice
• Complete Collection - Own subscribed Content
• Freedom Collection - Access to all Journals on
  the Platform
• Print and Electronic / e-only and DDP
• Pay per View (Guest Users) 30 USD per article

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ScienceDirect - What is available?

• Journals (Elsevier/AP/HHS) ca. 1700
• Major Reference Works 3 (50 until 2006)
• Bibliographic Databases 9 ES 5 Part. Publ.
• Subject Collections 21
• Backfiles 23
• e-Books and e-Serials (coming SOON)

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Journals 1700 Journals available 1200
Elsevier 500 AP/HHS 70 Participating
Publishers Content Abstracts - All abstracts on
the platform available for every user Articles
in Press Available Scirus - Free search engine
to expand search to internet httpwww.scirus.com
Document Delivery Option Febs Letters
Backfiles Free
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Major Reference Works 1. Comprehensive Clinical
Psychology - Integrated desktop access to all 11
volumes, 28.000 references, 37.000 term subject
index 2. The International Encyclopaedia of
Social and Behavioural Sciences Free e-trial
until Dec 31 2003 if you have bought the print
version Bibliographic Databases 9 Elsevier
Databases Embase, Biobase, Biotechnobase,
Compendex, Fluidex, Geobase, Oceanbase,
Beilstein, World Textiles 5 3rd party databases
INSPEC, BIOSIS Econlit PsychInfo Medline
(Free of charge) Subject Collections A logical
way to extend collections beyond current holdings
Subject-specific journals packages Cost-effective
electronic only access to previously
un-subscribed titles Supported by subject home
pages within ScienceDirect
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Backfiles Program ScienceDirect
Making Scientific History - back to volume 1,
issue 1 for all Elsevier Science
titles Three-year investment program Over 40
million pages of text,
covering 100 years of research Fully
searchable and linked
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Backfiles project - internal preparations Elsevier
Started in 2001 6 months sourcing and shipping
to Manila 9 months inventory and database
creation 1.5 years compilation of titles per
package 3 years scanning and processing 8 Core
project team members 1000 workers in
Manila Stakeholders - Elsevier publishing
company and the scientific community Completi
on date end 2003 Result tripling of the SD
database
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How Many Backfiles? 23 Subject Fields
Available today Chemistry Total
(Organic/Inorganic/Chemical/Physical and
Analytical) Mathematics Economics,
Econometrics and Finance Business, Management
and Accounting Psychology Social
Science Physics and Astronomy Complete (High
Energy/Nucl Phys Astronomy) Pharmacology,
Toxicology and Pharmaceutics Immunology and
Microbiology Biochemistry, Genetics and
Molecular Biology Engineering and Technology
Neuroscience Earth and Planetary Sciences
Materials Science
Tentative Launch dates between now and Oct.
1st Decision Sciences Computer
Science Environmental Science Energy and
Power Agricultural and Biological Sciences
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How many Backfiles?4 Sea Containers and 2 Air
Containers
40 million just for scanning
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How Many Backfiles?
Over 40 million Pages Is 20 million Double
Sided Sheets Is 29.7 cm x 20.000.000 5.9 KM
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99 Towers of the Baroque Cathedral of St Ephemia
in Rovinj
You will find the beautiful town of
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Backfiles - Licensing
Free access to abstracts for all ScienceDirect
online subscribers Sold in 23 subject-specific
clusters Licensed via a one-time payment - No
annually recurring fees! Unlimited access to
search, browse and download articles Backed up
by the Elsevier Science Archive Policy
Currently all Elsevier titles available in
various Backfile packages 2003/2004 All Academic
Press/HHS titles!
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Backfiles Offer - The Terms
Standard Value Complete Package for the
Consortium 2.9 M Euro Special Consortium
Offer All Backfiles for All Members Discounts
Package Discount 25 Consortium Discount
7.5 GDP Discount 50
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