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Consultants Who CanConsultants Who Can
Judy LutherInformed StrategiesASIDIC Fall Meeting
September 2007
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Morgan & Claypool
Synthesis Digital Library:
Engineering & Computer Science
www.morganclaypool.com
Short books 50-100 pages (ISBN)Organized in series (ISSN)Sold in collections
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Synthesis Digital Library
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Synthesis Series Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Biomedical Engineering Computer Architecture Communications Circuits & Systems Electromagnetics & Antennas Energy Environmental Science Computer Graphics & Animation General Engineering & Technology Information Security Mobile & Pervasive Computing Materials & Devices Measurement & Instrumentation Power Electronics RF/Microwaves Computer Science (General) Signal Processing Technology, Management, & Entrepreneurship
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Business Model
Packaged for institutionsCollections to Academic LibrariesSeries to Corporate Libraries
Sold by title to individuals From websiteVia Amazon
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Terms
PDF owned by libraryPriced FTE EngineeringUnlimited usePrint available
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Developmental Partner Program
Coordination – single point of contact Program topics
Provide feedback on acquisitions & pricing model Confirm access points Share user communications Comment on system features
Participants 20 North America, 5 International
Communication Listserv – monthly discussions Annual meetings: ASEE, SLA
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Meta Data
Google A&I services
INSPEC & EI MARC records
OCLC & direct Creation & distribution Integrating resource
Meta search Export metadata
DOI
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Success Factors
No legacy constraintsUser designed productReceptive marketContent backgroundLong term view