CIS/LEXIS-NEXIS Update

ICOLC Meeting

Vancouver, B.C.

September 21-22, 2000

CIS/LEXIS-NEXIS UpdateLarge Multi-Consortial and

Network Participation

Academic Universe –6,037,874 FTE as of

September 1, 2000

CIS/LEXIS-NEXIS UpdateSelected participation

Congressional Universe– 1,758,028 as of September 1, 2000

State Capital Universe– 223,327 as of September 1, 2000

Statistical Universe A (ASI)– 1,811,543 as of September 1, 2000

Statistical Universe C (SRI)– 922,911 as of September 1, 2000

Statistical Universe D (IIS)– 846,221 as of September 1, 2000

CIS/LEXIS-NEXIS UpdateSelected participation

History Universe - Access to African American Studies

– 412,372 FTE as of September 1, 2000

History Universe - Access to Women’s Studies

– 138,931 FTE as of September 1, 2000

LEXIS-NEXIS Academic Universe

Current pricing $1.43/FTE (not including SOLINET service fee).

Community College pricing discount. 60% of total FTE used to calculate

price.

Price increase for July 1, 2001 - 7% if reach desired FTE participation

NEW: Shepard’s® Shepard’s® has been added to

Academic Universe as of August 23, 2000, for access to United States Supreme Court decisions from 1789 to the present

Easy access from the Academic Universe home page – click on Legal Research

No additional charge

Statistical Universe Redesign

Went into effect 8/23/00

REQUIRED MODULE: PowerTablesTM Base Edition of Statistical Universe. All subscribers must purchase this module

at July 1 renewal or as they subscribe for the first time.

New functionality. Enables users to search from a bank of indexed tables with links to full-text.

Statistical Universe Redesign:

PowerTablesTM

FEATURES INCLUDE: 25,000 indexed tables Links to GIFs of tables Links to full text PDFs of all source

documents

Statistical Universe Redesign

OPTIONAL MODULES ASI Abstract/Index Collection

- Currently Statistical Universe “A” SRI Abstract/Index Collection

- Currently Statistical Universe “C” IIS Abstract/Index Collection

- Currently Statistical Universe “D” Links to full-text PDFs of source

documents based on optional module subscription

Conversion of Current Statistical Universe Subscribers

Current subscription holders were automatically converted to the new design on 8/23/00 and they will continue to receive same product(s) as before along with the new PowerTablesTM.

Statistical Universe Redesign

NEW SUBSCRIBERS

Statistical Universe subscribers with a start date of 10/1/00 or later will be required to purchase the Base Edition, PowerTablesTM.

Optional add-on modules will include ASI, SRI and/or IIS.

Statistical Universe PricingFor add-ons 10/1/00 – 6/30/01

MANDATORY

PowerTables™ $0.23/FTE

OPTIONAL

Statistical “A” – ASI $0.11/FTE

Statistical “C” – SRI $0.11/FTE

Statistical “D” – IIS $0.12/FTE

**Pricing does not include SOLINET service fee

Coming in 2001

Statistical Universe optional module: RESEARCH TABLE SET

Features include: 125,000 indexed tables Links to GIFs of tables Links to full text PDFs of 125K tables,

when available and based on A&I subscription

CIS History Universe

History Universe - Access to African American Studies $0.31/FTE not including SOLINET service fee

History Universe - Access to Women’s Studies $0.31/FTE not including SOLINET service fee

History Universe Renewal

History Universe products renew January 1, 2001.

Renewal information, along with pricing structure, will be mailed to networks and consortia in late October/ early November.

CIS/LEXIS-NEXIS Additional Product Information

Product information and trials are available at:

www.cispubs.com

Content Issues Like all aggregators, content continues to

shift in Academic Universe Time is back, USA Today will remain,

although several Gannett regional newspapers were removed in the Spring

Additional content from other Reed-Elsevier divisions and the “Nexis warehouse” are under discussion.

The Content Advisory Committee discusses these issues on a regular basis.

REMOTE ACCESS

CIS/LEXIS-NEXIS pilot program – target date November 2000 – to test new technology to provide access not requiring IP addresses

Will update progress of this program at March ICOLC Meeting

SOLINET Contact Information

For questions regarding CIS/LEXIS-NEXIS, please contact:

Carol Dellios, Contract Administrator carol_dellios@solinet.net phone: 800-999-8558, extension 4850 fax: 404-892-7879 website: www.solinet.net (go to the Library

Products & Services section)