0 ICOLC meeting April 2005

1 Agenda  Introduction – Darrell Gunter, Senior Vice President Americas  Scopus – Jaco Zijlstra, Director Scopus  Scopus introductory offer & Scopus for consortia - Darrell Gunter, Senior Vice President Americas  Q&A

Scopus “User centred; Librarian approved” Amy Knapp, University of Pittsburgh Presented by: Jaco Zijlstra, Director Scopus

3 Scopus’ aim Support the scientific literature research process - by finding relevant articles quickly and investigating current research relationships through citation information

4 Starting from the users’ needs  If we understand the researcher workflow we can design better products  So we significantly invest in user-based design

5 Involving the user  Over last 2 years, Elsevier conducted over 300 onsite observations with scientists for Scopus  To document the way in which scientists:  Search for  Find and  Evaluate scientific literature and information

6 What is Scopus?  Search and navigation tool across scientific literature  The world’s largest abstract & citation database  Covering 14,000 titles, from 4,000 publishers  Simultaneous web search of 180 Million scientific web pages (including patent information)  Entitled full-text in one click  Advanced library integration and personalization features

7 Major tasks literature research process  Find new articles in a familiar subject field  Stay up-to-date  Get an overview or understanding of a new subject field  Find author-related information  articles by a specific author  contact information  information to help in evaluating a specific author

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Scopus content

17  12,650  12,650 academic journals  1,100  1,100 Unique Medline journals (100% coverage)  465  465 Open Access journals  750  750 conference proceedings  600  600 trade publications  27  27 million abstracts from the last 40 years  230  230 Million references added to all abstracts from 1996 onwards  180  180 million scientific web pages via Scirus daily  Content is updated daily Scopus covers 14,000 titles

18 Scopus subject coverage  4,500  4,500 Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics & Engineering  5,900  5,900 Life and Health Sciences (100% Medline coverage)  2,500  2,500 Biological, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences  2,700  2,700 Social Sciences, Psychology and Economics

19 Content Policy  Scopus aims to be the most comprehensive single point of access for STM and social science literature  Additions to content are defined by user demand and prioritized by Content Selection Committee of Scientists and subject librarians  We welcome electronic-only sources including Open Access journals (currently 465 OA titles indexed)  Scopus covers journals from all geographical regions including non-English titles (with English abstracts)

20 Library integration One-click full-text links from:  Results list  Full record  Author references The Library controls the links set-up :  Pre-resolved links to publisher sites (CrossRef titles plus other publishers)  Links resolver integration with Scopus Innovative technology:  Imaged based linking Links in combination with LinkFinderPlus from Endeavor

21 Current market roll out  Over 130 customers have signed  Some consortia  Austria consortium (16 universities)  Andalusia consortium Spain (9 universities)  South Korean Consortium (39 members)  China consortium (25 members)  Individual institutions that are part of a consortium  University of Toronto, University of Ottawa (OCUL)  University of Alberta (COPPUL)  University of Pittsburgh (NERL)  New Jersey Institute of Technology (VALE)  Chalmers University – Sweden (BIBSAM)  Oxford University, Manchester University - UK (JISC)

22 Scopus introductory offer Presented by: Darrell W. Gunter, Sr. Vice President Sales

23 Scopus Subscription Model  Subscription fee based on  Number of FTE’s – Academic institutions  Number of Researchers – Government institutions  Access to the entire database including full back-file  All functionality included  No simultaneous user limits  Web-based COUNTER-compliant usage statistics  Training and Helpdesk support available

24 Scopus Introductory Offer  Long period to evaluate Scopus  Risk free: contracts can include an opt out clause  Access period 2005 – 2007  3 years access for payment of 1 year fee  Discount for early commitment  Flexible payment plan  Payment of 2007 annual fee can be spread over the 3-year period  Payment options are:  Full annual fee paid by 1 st Jan 2007  Installments spread over 2005, 2006  Additional discount for early payment  Roll out to all end-users

25 Benefits of Scopus Introductory Offer  Evaluate Scopus alongside other products  Allow users to familiarize themselves with Scopus gradually without taking existing products away  Make an informed buying decision  Based on usage  Based on users’ feedback  Based on your own and your peers experience  Limited offer, expires August 31, 2005

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27 Scopus for consortia

28 Scopus for Consortia  Elsevier has 9 years of experience  Principles built on experience  Time tested and validated daily  Flexibility; options:  All for one & one for all  Tiered approach  Early adopter benefit  Administrative flexibility

29 Key Principles  Size of Consortia  # of Members  Dollar Volume of Consortia  Term  One year vs. multiple year agreements  Agreement  One agreement vs. Multiple agreements  Invoicing  One invoice vs. Multiple invoices

30 “All for one” Approach  All for one & one for all  Consortium guarantees 100% participation  One agreement for entire Consortium  One invoice for all Consortium  Maximum financial benefit to Consortium  Benefits to Consortium  Significant $$ savings off standard pricing  Administrative savings  One agreement  One invoice  One procurement process team vs. the individual members

31 “The Tiered” Approach  Consortium establishes price schedule based on level of participation  Benefits:  Flexibility and financial benefits  More members higher discounts $$  Administration  No need to negotiate individual license and pricing  Member approved agreement  Invoicing flexibility

32 “Hybrid” Approach  Starting point with a group of institutions  Allows for initial Consortium discount  Additional discount as size of Consortium grows  One agreement or multiple agreements  One invoice or multiple agreements

33 Scopus for Consortia  Early Adopter benefits  Allows individual universities to adopt a new product  Should consortium sign agreement, Elsevier will match the agreement for the early adopter and refund the difference  Elsevier takes care of the admin work  Combines economy-of-scale and individual flexibility

Your Questions Please

35 If there was a tool that could find the information you need - and maybe a few surprises along the way - you’d use it