SPIE Digital Library & eBooks Lund Online 2011 Paul Calow, Sales Director Burgundy Information Services Ltd (SPIE Distributor)

What am I going to talk about? Who is SPIE?What is Optics and Photonics?The SPIE Digital LibrarySPIE eBook CollectionWhat’s new for 2011?

Who is SPIE? The International Society for optics and Photonics  A not–for–profit international society—501c3 charity founded in 1955  scientific conferences,  continuing education programs,  publications  patent precedent  career and professional growth activities  >190,000 constituents from 138 countries, 15,000 members  Supports 150 student chapters worldwide  Provides nearly US $2m annually in both dollars and in-kind support for scholarships, grants, and other education programs around the world

What is Optics and Photonics? Photonics World Market, Forecast

What is the SPIE Digital Library?  World’s largest collection of scientific and technical research in optics and photonics  >7,000 volumes of SPIE conference proceedings  x8 SPIE scholarly journals  >18,000 new papers published each year Full coverage from 1990 – present Course packs, Walk-in users and ILL Counter 3 Compliant statistics Archived via Portico Indexed in Scopus, Compendex, Inspec, Google Scholar, Scitopia, Chem Abstracts etc. Data-Mining allowed so long as use conforms to the terms of the standard license Supply DL metadata to Summon/Primo/Ebsco Discovery Service

SPIE eBook Collection ✗ Package Only. No single titles. Subscription or one-time purchase. PDF files that are downloaded at the chapter level. Same platform as the rest of the Digital Library. No print/copy restrictions. Unlimited simultaneous user access. Can be used on pdf compatible e-readers. Download complete book to local server (purchase only) eBooks have the same rules for ILL as Digital Library. eBooks available before print. Free Marc Records (inc. ToCs) eBooks can be integrated into federated search systems

What’s new for 2011?  New milestone reached (+300,000 technical papers)  Journal of Photonics for Energy (Open Access)  AIP/Scitation Platform upgrade  Improved searching  Abstract page redesign  Increased visibility of content  eBook collection growing (at least 15 new titles in 2011)  Top 10 Downloads lists for 13 different technical areas  Online Training now available  Global price freeze for 2011 (following 10% roll back in 2010)  SPIE now supports NIH mandate (Journal of Biomedical Optics)

New BIBSAM agreement in 2011  Successful trial with good usage  Additional free access period during negotiations  Global 10% price roll-back in 2010  Price freeze in 2011  Fixed pricing until 2014 (0% increase)  New banding based on relevant FTE (Physics & Engineering only)  New Tier 5 price for smaller institutions  Opt-out clause  Additional discounts as number of participants increases  Optional ebook discounts  Flexibility with BIBSAM license and terms

Useful Links Digital Library – Starting point for searching and browsing Quick Start Guide – Online Tutorials; Searching, Browsing, Alerts, Citing Subscriber Toolkit - Order Promotional Material, Schedule Training, FAQ’s for New Subscribers, Site Branding eBook Title List – Titles, Subject Groupings, No. of Pages, ISBN’s etc. Top 10 Downloads Lists - Updated monthly, Ranked by sub-discipline Marc Records – Individual records and complete collection.mrc file–

Questions? Comments? Paul Calow Sales Director, Burgundy Information Services Ltd (SPIE Distributor)

What do our customers say? “We find great value in the Digital Library’s multidisciplinary nature.” Carol Hoover, Librarian, Los Alamos National Laboratory “With the Digital Library, I don’t have to do all the R&D myself. I can go and download a great deal of convenient information. The archival coverage is absolutely essential.” Harry Levinson, Manager of Strategic Lithography Technology & Sr. Fellow, Global Foundries “The depth and breadth of the SPIE Digital Library makes it useful for a lot of different research areas.” Linette Koren, Engineering Librarian, Rochester Institute of Technology

What do our customers say? “Putting out papers as the become available is very good. We don’t have to wait until they are published online.” Sharon Mehl, Senior Librarian, Applied Materials Inc “The SPIE Digital Library broad enough to be useful; it covers a lot of different disciplines.” Bob Heyer-Gray, Librarian, University of California (Davis) “Our researchers really value the Digital Library for its content and extensive coverage.” Amy C. Smith, Senior Technical Librarian, Raytheon Company