THE SCIENCETHE SEARCHTHE SOLUTION New Publishing Paradigms and their impact on a not-for- profit organisation Shaun Hobbs Database Publishing Director CAB International

THE SCIENCETHE SEARCHTHE SOLUTION CAB International Mission to serve agriculture and the life sciences globally Generation, delivery and use of knowledge in the applied life sciences 40 member government stakeholders Established since 1913 CABI Bioscience and CABI Publishing

THE SCIENCETHE SEARCHTHE SOLUTION CABI locations worldwide CABI Bioscience Centre CABI Regional Centre CABI Publishing office CAB International HQ Project staff X CAB International office 5

THE SCIENCETHE SEARCHTHE SOLUTION CABI Bioscience Scientists based worldwide Core biodiversity skills, particularly in fungi and insects Sustainable Agriculture projects Biocontrol emphasis

THE SCIENCETHE SEARCHTHE SOLUTION CABI Publishing Books and Reference Works Bibliographic Databases - CAB Abstracts - Subsets, including Forest Science Database, Forestry Abstracts, Agroforestry Abstracts Primary and Review Journals Compendia and multi-media CD-ROMs Information Science

THE SCIENCETHE SEARCHTHE SOLUTION Our Brand THE SCIENCETHE SEARCHTHE SOLUTION CONTENTFUNCTIONALITY CONTEXT CUSTOMER VALUE---CUSTOMER VALUE---CUSTOMER VALUE

THE SCIENCETHE SEARCHTHE SOLUTION Search and navigation 11.5 billion pages on the indexable web Deep web estimated to be up to 500 times greater Broad search engines necessary

THE SCIENCETHE SEARCHTHE SOLUTION Science-specific search and navigation Publisher’s websites Google Scholar Abstracting and Indexing databases A need to cover electronic and print material

THE SCIENCETHE SEARCHTHE SOLUTION CAB Abstracts 90 years unbroken activity Premier agricultural database Agriculture, environment and forestry Access to nearly 5 million references from 1973 to 2005

THE SCIENCETHE SEARCHTHE SOLUTION What we do 230,000 abstract records per year From 43,000 documents Around 9000 journals, books, conferences, etc, screened each year (2000 unique serials) Material from 125 countries in over 50 languages Maximise linkage to full text

THE SCIENCETHE SEARCHTHE SOLUTION CAB Abstracts Development Customer focused development of niche Increased coverage - water, food Increased journal coverage Indexing new electronic only web publications

THE SCIENCETHE SEARCHTHE SOLUTION Scientific Content Increased scientific information available Primary journals still important Move to online access (55% of STM information sales in Europe) Interest in digitising archival literature Open Access repositories

THE SCIENCETHE SEARCHTHE SOLUTION Content development Publishing in print and electronic media Partnerships with other organisations, e.g. Chinese Agricultural University Digitising Archives

THE SCIENCETHE SEARCHTHE SOLUTION CAB Abstracts Archive CABI has produced print abstract journals since volumes, produced over 60 years Forestry Abstracts ( ) Review of Agricultural Entomology ( ) Plant Breeding Abstracts ( ) Over 1.8 million archival records

THE SCIENCETHE SEARCHTHE SOLUTION Content Repositories Often free access Pre-print and post-print arXiv, PubMed Central, Public Library of Science - Biology University repositories

THE SCIENCETHE SEARCHTHE SOLUTION Content Developments CAB Abstracts indexes difficult-to-get material Users expect easy link to electronic full text CAB Abstracts Full Text Select will digitise, host, archive and link difficult content

THE SCIENCETHE SEARCHTHE SOLUTION CAB Abstracts Full Text Select Advances in drying of wood. NTI papers from COST seminars Japanese-European workshop on Cellulose and functional polysaccharides Prospects for high value hardwood timber species in the dry tropics of N Australia Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology Journal of Plant Pathology Journal of Soils and Crops

THE SCIENCETHE SEARCHTHE SOLUTION Scientific Information in Context CABI’s Compendia

THE SCIENCETHE SEARCHTHE SOLUTION

Sharing information Blogs Wikis Web Architecture of participation Collaboratories

THE SCIENCETHE SEARCHTHE SOLUTION Conclusions Major changes in the publishing environment Digitisation of old and new material Multiple publishers Information for free New search tools Analytical tools Sharing information/data Examples given of sustainable developments from a not-for-profit organisation.