1. Cairn.info Electronic entente: Francophone e-books
in the humanities and social sciences
for Anglophone readers
FSLGP Annual meeting – July 18th, Cambridge
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2. Cairn.info – Genesis (1/2)
An atomized publishing landscape
Composed by small and medium-sized public structures as well as independent privates ones
Whose economy is globally jeopardized by the decline of library subcriptions and the disappearance of traditional bookshops
Where noone had the sufficient size to constitute alone an efficient and convincing digital offer, as international publishers did since long
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3. Cairn.info – Genesis (2/2)
A platform :
Founded in 2005 by Belgian and French publishers
Joined in by the BnF (French national Library)
To constitue a online comprehensive collection in French language, in the fields of humanities and social sciences
Foccussed on journals as first step, with 3 main principles
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4. 1. Open to all publishing structures
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5. 1. Open to all publishing structures
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6. 2. Agnostic in terms of access conditions
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7. 3. Focused on most current publications
Generally from 2001 onward
Without any embargo period
Each issue proposed in XML / HTML and PDF formats
Progressively implementing crosslinking policies with other platforms distributing publications in French:
'I, Gallica
'I, Persée
'I, Revues.org
'I, JSTOR
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8. So far, around 4.000 eBooks currently available on Cairn.info
Following steps
2011: Pocket Encyclopedias (1.200 eBooks) Magazines (8 titles)
2010: Collective Works of Research (1.200 currently)
2012: Research Monographs (1.200 currently)
So far, around eBooks currently available on Cairn.info
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9. Offer for Libraries
Annual licenses to « Bouquets» of publications, i.e. pre-set collections of journals or eBooks of various sizes
Unlimited access, be it in terms of usage, print and download possibilities, simultaneous users, etc.
Available for all members of the subscribing institutions, be that through IP recognizing or remote access solutions
Title-by-title purchases of Research eBooks
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10. And now ? An English interface : « Cairn International Edition»
Strong parterships with major French publishers to distribute their whole catalog on Cairn.info
Discussions started with JISC, to work on a reference list of non-english eBooks, from Cairn’s offer, but also Italian and Spanish reference services with whom we’ve launched the discussion at this level
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11. Let’s have a look... www.cairn.info Cairn.info
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12. Thank you for your attention !
To keep in touch :
@tparisot
@cairninfo
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