RSC Publishing

Karlheinz Lamprecht

Regional Sales Manager, Europe

RSC Publishing

Royal Society of Chemistry - facts

• Members 43000• Member library Burlington House• Secretariat of the European Communities Chemistry

Council and of the European Association for Chemical and Molecular Sciences

• Publishing Division

RSC publishing contributes

• Furtherance of science • Dissemination of scientific information • Quality control • Scientific and ethical standards • Providing funding and infrastructure for charitable

activities

RSC Publishing provides

• 30 Journals• Historical 160-year archive• 40-70 Books annually, ca. 350 titles in print• Databases, such as Analytical Abstracts• Library & Information Centre (London)• E-books collection (>700 e-books)

Market Influence inmultidisciplinary chemistry

RSC & Quality

RSC PublishingWeb site – www.rsc.org

RSC Journals Archive Facts

• 163 years of essential research• 238,236 Articles• 1,433,188 Pages• 4th most used product in 103 countries

Some Journals included

RSC eBook Collectionwww.rsc.org/ebooks

RSC eBook Collection facts

• Over 700 Books• c. 8,000 chapters• c. 250,000 pages• 10,000 items - tables / diagrams / covers

Tools for Librarians

• MARC 21 & UK Records• COUNTER Statistics

Functionality

E-books: Single University Pricing

1961-2006 Collection

- 9000 GBPounds

- perpetual ownership

2007 annual fee- 4000 GBPounds

- perpetual ownership

The CILEA/CASPUR open RSC consortium

2007: 16/ 6 members:•22 Current content institutions

•18 Archive institutions

Details:•Opt In

•Subscriptions being maintained

•Archive option

•Swap to e-only annually possible

•Fee to access all journals & databases

•Cap for 3 years commitment

•Ends 2007

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National Licences or similar include:

• Most USA states• UK• Canada• Australia• Japan• Korea• China• Taiwan• Germany

Italien National licence?

Details:• Opt in or all in?• Use of additional government funding?• Full supply of smaller educational institutions• Government institutions may join in

Terms:• Conditions to reflect or better the RSC consortium• Full supply of smaller educational institutions• Government institutions may join in