New Resources, Recent Developments

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New Resources, Recent Developments Pricing Model
April 07th, 2006 San Francisco
Danny Dingfei Liu Director, Overseas
DevelopmentWanfang Data Corporation Danielle
Xu Director of Marketing OriProbe Information
Services, Inc.
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North America Office and Web Server/Mirror Site

• June 2005 North America Office established
• July 2005 New Web Server in North America
• Quality customer support
• Fast Internet access
• Europe Mirror Site to be created this year
• SRW Implemented, SFX being tested

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Titles Increased by an average of 30

• 5,404 Journal Titles
• 708,099 Theses/Dissertations
• 617,688 Conference Papers
• 171,784 Companies and their Products
• 133,846 Laws and Regulations
• 1,920,781 Patents
• 225,604 Standards

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Two Major Projects in 2005

• Harvard Chinese Studies Online from Wanfang
  (HCSOW)
• Berlin State Chinese Studies Platform at Berlin
  State Library

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Harvard Chinese Studies Online from Wanfang
(HCSOW)

• What are Included
• Journals (1400 titles)
• Dissertations (181,065 theses/dissertations)
• Policies Laws of China (133,846 legal
  documents)
• What is New
• A Practical Customized Package
• Cross-linked

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Berlin State Chinese Studies Platform at Berlin
State Library

• The first integrated, customized Chinese Studies
  Platform in Europe serving Europe

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Partnering with OriProbe Information Systems, Inc.

• Better customer support
• Web server maintenance

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New Resources and Service Modes Supporting
Chinese StudiesOriProbe Information Services,
Inc.
Danielle Xu, Director of Marketing OriProbe
Information Services, Inc.
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OriProbe Information Services

• Committed and dynamic staff with years of
  information management experience
• Based on South Windsor, Canada
• Partnered with Wanfang Data Corporation, Unihan
  Digital Technology Co. and other prominent
  publishers, all of which are recognized
  E-resources producers in China
• Mission
• To support East Asian libraries with
  internationally acceptable China E-resources and
  Services

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Our Focus and What We Offer

• Our Focus
• Technical solutions and web hosting for both
  libraries and vendors
• What We Offer
• Affordable quality E-resources
• Dedicated local web servers, reliable Internet
  access and database-hosting
• Committed customer support

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Popular Products Dissertations of China (DOC)

• Increased from 550,217 to 708,099
  dissertations/theses (Full-text/Abstracts)
  (Full-text dissertations/theses doubled)
• Very Strong in Arts/Hum/Social Sc 140,563 to
  over 180,000
• New Collection Standards with Focus on
• Full-text
• Doctoral Dissertations
• Key institutions (98) e.g. Peking University
• SRW Implementation

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Popular Products China Online Journals (COJ)

• 3,500 (2005) to 5,400 titles (2006)
• in Arts/Hum/Social Sc1,100 (2005) to 1,400
  titles (2006)
• Leading in Quality
• A URL is provided for each title
• Full inclusion of all articles
• User-friendly search interface
• Convenient cover-to-cover display
• SRW Implementation
• Timely online publication

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Popular Products Policies Laws of China
(PLOC)

• From 116,621 (2005) to 133,846 (2006)
• Comprehensive collection for legal research
• Especially strong at collections of regional
  regulations/policies
• Enhanced case studies

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Sibu Congkan ???? (Electronic Version)

• Authoritative editions of the 504 original and
  historical monographic series (3,134 volumes) by
  the Commercial Press in 1919-1936
• Original collection used photolithography, which
  resulted in better editions)
• Cover Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties
  including early manuscripts and rare prints
  (antiquarian, out-of-print books).

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Sibu Congkan ???? (Electronic Version)

• A great research tool (Scholars comment in term
  of scholarship, it is superior to Siku Quanshu)
• E-version
• Supports Unicode, browsing, full-text searching,
  linked images and text, copy/paste and print.
• Also features auxiliary Chinese input, a
  character dictionary and date conversion tools.

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The Ten General Series ??(Electronic Version)

• A de facto encyclopedia of ancient China
  regulations, institutions, politics, and their
  transformation over thousands of years in Chinese
  history
• 2,700 volumes, totaling more than 30,000,000
  characters.

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The Ten General Series ??(Electronic Version)

• Three categories
• Tongdian (Comprehensive Canon, a historical
  encyclopedia covering panoply of topics from high
  antiquity)
• Tongzhi (General Treaties, a great institutional
  history of China from its beginnings down through
  the dynasties)
• Wenxian Tongkao (General Study of the Literary
  Remains, a huge encyclopedia of general
  knowledge).
• E-version
• Supports Unicode, browsing, full-text searching,
  linked images and text, copy/paste and print.
• Also features Handwriting Chinese input, a
  character dictionary and date conversion tools.

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Compendium of Chinese Stone Inscriptions over
the Dynasties ??????????(Electronic Version)

• Epigraphical materials emerged in various
  dynasties in China.
• Compiles more than 17,000 metal and stone
  inscriptions selected by contemporary experienced
  virtuosos of the National Library of China.

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Compendium of Chinese Stone Inscriptions over
the Dynasties ??????????(Electronic Version)

• These valuable inscriptions have a bearing on the
  past history and social life of ancient China
  providing an extremely valuable treasure for
  scholars on Chinese studies.
• E-version
• Supports Unicode, browsing, full-text searching,
  linked images and text, copy/paste and print.
• Also features auxiliary Chinese input, a
  character dictionary and date conversion tools.

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Peoples Daily (Renmin Ribao) ????(Electronic
Version)

• 60 years of past daily issues covering from 1946
  to 2005, with annual updates
• The Newspaper
• The single location where the central
  government/the Party announce their respective
  policies and disseminate governmental, political,
  and economic messages

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Peoples Daily (Renmin Ribao) ????(Electronic
Version)

• The Newspaper
• The official voice of the central government of
  PRC for the last 60 years
• The most influential and authoritative newspaper
  in China.
• E-version
• Fully searchable -- either in single or combined
  search
• Fully downloadable and printable
• Interchangeable between text files and PDF image
  files

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Pricing of Digital Resources

• Pricing Principles
• Affordable
• Competitive
• Shareware structure

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Pricing of Popular Wanfang Digital Resources

• Popular Digital Resources from Wanfang Data
• Policies Laws of China (PLOC), 15 (2006)
• Dissertations of China (DOC) (AHS), 25 (2006)
• China Online Journals (COJ), 50 (2006)

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NEW Payment Model (LAP (Low Annual payment) )

• A much lower/nominal payment for renewal/annual
  fee with a higher initial payment
• Put libraries concerns in the first place
• Accommodating

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Pricing Information

• Shibu Congkan (Intranet Version)
  ????????(???)
• 8,500 (3-5 Users)
• 4,750 (1-2 Users)
• Shitong (The Ten General Series) ??????(???)
• Intranet Version 1,625
• Online Access 1,785 240 (Annual fee)
• Intranet Version Online Access 2,112 240
  (Annual fee)
• Shike Huibian (Compendium of Chinese Stone
  Inscriptions over the Dynasties)??????????????(?
  ??)
• Intranet Version 1,498
• Online Access 1,648 225 (Annual fee)
• Intranet Version Online Access 1,950 225
  (Annual fee)

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Pricing Information

• Discount for Sibu Congkan, Shike Shitong
• 5 off for purchase of any two of the above 3
  products
• 10 off for purchase of the above 3 products
• Peoples Daily
• Please inquire
• Online access option available
• Customized Offers Available for Wanfang products

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lists (arts/Hum, Science, Medicine)
available Visit Booth 4 www.oriprobe.com,
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1-614-446 5632 Tel [phone]
8604
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