1 1 October 1999 Springer / LINK & Consortias Jerrold Curtis, Dennis Looney, & Howard Ratner International Coalition of Library Consortia Meeting Chicago, Illinois October 1, 1999

LINK 1 1 October 1999 Springer NY Organization Springer New York Princeton Architectural Press Birkhauser Boston Key Curriculum Press KCP Technologies

LINK 1 1 October / 1998 Summary Over 200 Journals Online One of the First Online STM Services Abstracts and Tables of Contents for Free All Full-Text Content Available via PDF Some Full-Text Content Available via HTML, TeX, PostScript Click-To Reference Links to PubMed Multimedia Supplementary Materials Full Text Search via Opentext Search

LINK 1 1 October / 1999 Summary Exceeds 400 Journals Online LINK Alert Service Added Online First DOI is Used as Article Identifier Click-To/Click-From Test Arrangements Made Popular Book Series Online (LNCS) New SGML/XML Digital Production Workflow Tested New Local Access License - Test w/ OhioLink

LINK 1 1 October / 2000 Plans Exceeds 450 Journals Online More and More Journals Offering HTML Articles Major Resources Added –Microbiology: The Prokaryotes - Now live! –Physics: Landolt-Boernstein (over 200,000 pages) Full Content Mirror Implemented in North America New Authentication System Implemented New Search Engine Implemented New Digital Production Workflow Is Implemented More Journals Added to Online First

LINK 1 1 October / 2000 Plans Click-To/Click-From Arrangements Now Implemented –NLM: PubMed; ISI: Web of Science, EBSCO Online; OSTI: PubScience; APS Link Manager; Publisher-to- Publisher –Lead International DOI-X Reference Linking Project (IDF/AAP/CNRI) - current chairman Howard Ratner Consortia & Special Library Arrangements

LINK 1 1 October 1999 Online First Articles Conditions: –Accepted by the reviewers of the respective journal –“Imprimatur” given by the author after proofreading Consequences –Article can’t be changed (Erratum can be added) –Article can’t be withdrawn

LINK 1 1 October 1999 Online First Articles (2) Facts: –Online First articles are equivalent to printed articles –Publication Date = Online Publication Date –Printed after Publication as fast as possible (sometimes several months!) –Citeable via DOIs (Digital Object Identifier) –Not a pre-print service!

LINK 1 1 October 1999 The New LINK Network New YorkEurope Heidelberg AfricaSouth America Mirroring Asia North America

LINK 1 1 October 1999 North American Mirror Increased bandwidth –10 Mb line Increased uptime –7x24 hour coverage Redundant Internet connections Mirroring Services for North American Local Access Accounts Available Now! SVNY site Available beginning October Exodus Datacenter

LINK 1 1 October 1999 Number of Journals in LINK

LINK 1 1 October 1999 Consortia: Local Access vs. LINK Access Local Access (onsite) –OhioLink –University of Toronto –Los Alamos –University of Florida LINK Access (link.springer-ny.com or link.springer.de) –University of California –SOLINET –22 libraries in Southeast US

LINK 1 1 October 1999 Document Delivery CISTI STN - FIZ Karlsruhe Other third parties - in negotiation

LINK 1 1 October 1999 Interlibrary Loan Decision to be made first quarter 2000.

LINK 1 1 October 1999 Summary Springer/LINK is: –actively seeking consortia arrangements –actively making test arrangements with library community –expanding LINK’s content base –actively making reference linking arrangements –improving North American access