Thursday 9th March 2006 Bibliostar CSA Overview Stuart Cooper Senior Sales Manager - Europe

Agenda Introduction –Who are we? –What do we do? Some issues & concerns Some solutions

About CSA Producer & publisher of bibliographic databases More than 100 databases Privately owned – 35 years experience Leader & innovator in information field – first information provider on web

CSA Illumina Platform User friendly Easy to navigate Search Subject Area or individual database Online Tutorial QuickBib Links to Fulltext, document delivery + interlibrary loan De-duplication of records

CSA Illumina Platform(2) Arts & Humanities Natural Sciences Social Sciences Technology Databases for other publishers Full Text partners

Issues facing researchers……. How do I find the right information? How do I get to the correct full text? How do I find specialists to collaborate with? How do I get the money I need to fund my research? How do I attend the right conference & present my paper? How do I publish my findings?

Issues facing librarians……. How can I manage my collections with reducing budgets? How do I know what journal or package I should buy? How do I get researchers to the correct full text? How can I compare commercial offerings? How can I make time to do the projects I want to do?

CSA to the rescue!

MultiSearch Federated Searching solution Based upon the CSA Illumina Platform look & feel Simultaneous searching across the libraries content sources Results are easy to view and use CSA hosted solution - low cost for system integration Save on time for implementation and updates

Draws attention to all of your library's resources Gives easy one-click access to full-text linking to OPAC and print holdings, document delivery services & Interlibrary Loan A hosted link resolver - no maintenance for library staff

Detailed information on more than 290,000 periodicals More than 900 different subject areas Global coverage Advanced Search, Quick Search, and Browse modes Included free with subscription to ……………..

tool which helps you to answer the key questions: What holdings do I have? Do I have duplicate subscriptions? What else do I need? What else is out there, and how good is it? Does your collection have the best content for the library's users? How does your collection compare with others?

Papers Invited = Calls for Papers An alerting service for upcoming conferences and special issues 8,000-12,000 Conferences per year Deadlines about calls for papers for conferences Opportunity to publish NEW

Papers Invited Subject Coverage

Community of Scholars comprehensive information about more than 1 million scholars & organisations around the world Relevant & immediate access to researchers Verified affiliation & publication information NEW

Community of Scholars

COS Funding Opportunities World's most comprehensive funding resource Aggregates more than 22,000 records worth over $33 billion All disciplines, worldwide Opportunities for researchers and scholars worldwide (7 continents) Sponsors are international: government, private, corporate Forthcoming On CSA Illumina Platform

COS Funding Opportunities

That’s the Strategy……. Agnese Perrone (Cenfor) Helle Lauridsen (CSA) Grazie Mille……………