PROQUEST: "THE ROAD TO OPEN ACCESS - AN AGGREGATOR

JOURNEY"

LundOnline – March 2014Jeff Wilensky, Vice President, Product Management

So where do we go from here?

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BioMedical papers: exponential growth

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some things are constant

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~45 seconds per paper

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Figure 2. The development of open access publishing 1993–2009.

Laakso M, Welling P, Bukvova H, Nyman L, et al. (2011) The Development of Open Access Journal Publishing from 1993 to 2009. PLoS ONE 6(6): e20961. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0020961http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0020961

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Researcher Problems

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“What is the point of having countless books and libraries whose titles the owner could scarcely read through in his whole lifetime. The mass of books burdens the student without instructing him, and it is far better to devote yourself to a few authors to get lost among many”

Seneca

(4 B.C. – 56 A.D.)

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Fear of Missing Research

F.O.M.R.

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ProQuest research: content needs of business researchers

http://www.proquest.com/blog/2013/the-importance-of-non-journal-resources-to-the-business-researcher.html

Trade publications

E-books

Reference Materials

Newspapers

Dissertations or theses

Raw Data

Abstracts

Working papers

Pre Prints

Conference proceedings

Books (print)

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Global

Europe

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SSRN Preprint: Review of International Economics article (Blackwell; 2011 Impact Factor 0.631) available 3 years prior to publication.

The latest research first

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http://www.ssrn.com/update/hrn/hrnann/annA001.html

SSRN is collaborating with ProQuest to support SSRN's new Open Access network initiatives. Key to serious research, ProQuest's services are renowned gateways to the world's knowledge including journals, case studies, dissertations, governmental and cultural archives, news, historical collections and e-books. The company's information solutions integrate and aggregate these primary and secondary sources, including SSRN working papers

January 27, 2014

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http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/search.html

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Albrecht Durer, Beschryvinghe van Albrecht Dvrer, van de menschelijcke proportion. Arnhem, 1622. Koninklijke Bibliotheek.

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http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2014-02/25/plos-open-access-data-policy-change

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ProQuest International Datasets Enhances Open Access Data By …

Aggregating over 50,000 datasets from international organizations, foreign national statistical offices, and economic research firms

Providing diverse content on a single student-friendly platform

Facilitating two primary research goals—comparing countries and finding sub-national data

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ProQuest Enhances Content By …

Providing a variety of display, analytical, and export options

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Promoting the discovery of high-value content on hard-to-navigate government sites.

Examples:

• India parental preference for male vs female children, by sex and state, 2005-2006

 • India Wages in Cotton Mills [monthly

wage for lowest-paid operative, selected cities, from 2010]

• India women's mean age at effective marriage in major states, [by urban-rural residence, 2005-2011

ProQuest Enhances Content By …

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ProQuest Adds More Value By …

Defining terms and explaining statistical methodology.

Providing bibliographic citations in 3 alternative formats.

Enabling users to upload their own spreadsheets.

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Re-invented User Experience

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Questions…

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Martin BlomkvistProQuest SalesMartin.Blomkvist@proquest.co.uk

…ask Martin

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