Royal Society of Chemistry

Librarians’ meetingBurlington House

Mike HannantKey Account Manager

5 November 2003

RSC - Science and Society

RSC – what it is

RSC – what it does

RSC Publishing

RSC Journals Archive

RSC – What is it?

Founded in 1841 Learned society Professional body Publisher Charity

Membership

Members: 45,000 members- 36,000 British

Isles

- 9,000

International

Employees: 260

Object of RSC“The Object for which the Society is constituted is the general advancement of chemical science and itsapplication and for that purpose:

(i) to foster and encourage the growth and application of such science by the dissemination of chemical knowledge;

(ii) to establish, uphold and advance the standards of qualification, competence and conduct of those who practise chemistry as a profession;

(iii) to serve the public interest by acting in an advisory, consultative or representative capacity in matters relating to the science and practice of chemistry; and

(iv) to advance the aims and objectives of members of the Society so far as they relate to the advancement of the science or practice of chemistry.

(Royal Charter - Article 3)

Royal Society of Chemistry

• Education• Parliamentary Affairs• Scientific Affairs• Conferences• Professional and Membership Affairs• Publishing

RSC - Education

Students• Careers Information

• Local sections meetings• Not all chemists wear white coats posters

• Chemistry at Work exhibitions

Teachers• Education in Chemistry magazine• Up-to-date info directly related to UK curricula• Sponsor teachers’ industrial visits• Summer schools for teachers

RSC - Education

LearnNet (www.chemsoc.org/learnnet)• Web resources for students and

teachers

Collaborations• RSC/IOP/Channel 4• Secondary Online Science –

“fun and games” for 11-14 yr olds

RSC – Parliamentary Affairs

Communication with Parliament Parliamentary Link scheme/day Select Committee for Science &

Technology submissions

Scottish Parliament• Scottish Science Advisory Council

RSC – Scientific Affairs

RSC Divisions/Forums/Interest groups• Analytical Division• Chemical Biology Forum• Fast Reactions in Solution (interest group)

Conferences• National and International• All areas of chemical and related research

RSC – in the news

Aim to provide public with topical comment

Raise public profile of RSC

Shakespeare's Love PotionMidsummer night’s dream

To mark its new production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, the Royal Shakespeare Company commissioned scientists to try to recreate the love potion described in that most popular of the Bard's comedies.

A perfect cup of tea

Boffins reveal the recipe for the perfect cuppa…..

According to Loughborough University's Dr Andrew Stapley (who has lectured on tea for three years, so he should know), if you pour milk into a cup of boiling hot tea, you risk "denaturing" the milk proteins and ending up with a stale taste.

Test of taste for vintage chutney

Scientists are to test a 34-year-old jar of chutney which had been left gathering dust at the back of a cupboard to see if it is edible.

RSC Publishing

Library & Information Centre• Serials

• current• archive• foreign language

• Books• current• archive/historical

• Images• Document delivery

RSC Publishing

Books• 40 - 50 Books each year• Review publications• Handbooks• Chemistry Tutorial Texts• Monographs• Various areas – inc. Nutrition

RSC Publishing

Databases & Databanks• Analytical Abstracts• Catalysts & Catalysed Reactions• Methods in Organic Synthesis• Natural Product Updates• Hazards (Laboratory/Industrial)

RSC Journals

16 Primary Journals Including 5 Joint-venture Journals:

• Mendeleev Communications• New Journal of Chemistry• Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences• Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics• Russian Chemical Reviews

5 Review Journals Chemistry in Britain

• Chemistry World from Jan 2004

RSC Journals Print

• The Analyst 1876

• J. Chem. Soc.1878

Chemical Journals Online 1987 Adonis CD-ROM 1994 Internet

• CatchWord 1997

• RSC Server 1998

Electronic Innovation

Articles available in HTML and PDF Abstracts free to all Searching free ESI available and free Pay-per-view available Articles from 1997 – 2000

• On Jan 1, 2004 – 2001 articles become free

Electronic Innovation

E-Submissions and E-Refereeing

Virtual Journal in Chemical Biology

Reference Linking

Citation tracking

RSC Journals ArchiveProject

RSC Journals Archive All RSC Journal material 1841 - 1996.

• 220,000 articles• 1.2 million pages

Complete - 200 gigabytes of electronic material

PDF (TIF and OCR) XML Headers References 1990 - 1996

RSC Journals Archive

Collation and Sending of Printed Material Identify Material Source Material

• RSC LIC second copies

• Old copies at TGH• Donations

• GSK, Dartford; Brunel• Individuals

• RSC LIC working copies (less than 10%)

Batch and Box Ship to Techbooks –

India 6 batches of material

Delivery to Web

PDF pages Text content fully indexed and

searchable Contents lists for volume/issue Linking for 1990+ reference lists All front matter, back matter, adverts,

etc. scanned Home pages for all journals

Pricing – single site

Outright purchase (customer-hosts): £25,000*

Outright purchase (RSC-hosts): £25,000*

plus annual maintenance fee: £500

Annual lease: £1,500

Outright purchase (over 2 years): £30,000*

* Package A subscribers - 10% discount.

Timescales

Project Start – October 2002 Selection of Supplier – March 2003 Material Sent to Techbooks – June

2003 Receipt of material from Techbooks –

April 2003 to October 2003 Web Demo Available – November 2003 All data Checked – November 2003 Live – January 2004

Digitisation challenges

Loose-leaf unpaginated table pullouts

Small fonts

Digitisation challenges – Spinning discsObservations on the circular polarisation of light by transmission through fluidsH. B. Leeson.

Memoirs and Proceedings of the Chemical Society, 1843-1845, II, 26 (referenced on p39)

Further Information

RSC web site• www.rsc.org

Current Status of Project• www.rsc.org/archive

RSC Journals• www.rsc.org/journals

RSC Books and Databases• www.rsc.org/books

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