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RSC Publishing
Lund Online
12th April 2012
Richard Blount - Journals Sales Executive (UK & Northern
Europe
Overview
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Who are the RSC?
What we do
RSC Publishing
Chemistry landscape
Books programme
RSC eBooks
The future of eBooks?
Royal Society of Chemistry
(RSC)
 One of the largest
organisations for
advancing the chemical
sciences
 Professional body with a
worldwide network of
47,500 members
 Internationally acclaimed
publishing business
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What does the RSC do?
‘Advancing the chemical sciences’
Professional
body
qualifications
International
publisher
not-for-profit
Conferences &
events
Global
membership
organisation
RSC
Activities
Library and
Information
Centre
Education
facilitator
Science policy
campaigning
organisation
Learned Society
charity
International Reach
London &
Cambridge
Tokyo
Philadelphia
& Raleigh
Beijing &
Shanghai
Bangalore
São Paulo
RSC Roadmap for the Chemical Sciences
Priority Areas
Energy
Food
Future cities
Human health
Lifestyle & recreation
Raw materials &
feedstocks
Water & air
Partnership Projects
• Enhancing education
• Building science capacity
• Global Challenges
• Investing in teachers
• Creating a Chemistry Centre
Pan
Africa
Chemistry
Network
RSC Publishing
The object for which the Society is constituted is the general
advancement of chemical science and its application and for that
purpose:
to foster and encourage the growth and
application of such science by the
dissemination of chemical knowledge
Global Chemistry Landscape
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25000
China
United States
Japan
20000
Germany
India
France
15000
United Kingdom
Spain
Italy
10000
Canada
Switzerland
5000
Netherlands
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1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Chemistry Topic Areas
What is RSC Publishing?
Engaging with communities
internationally
Raising profile, visibility &
community influence
Increase the number of people downloading
and reading our content (usage)
Books Publishing Programme Overview
RSC Books - Portfolio Overview
 Scientific publisher of biology, biophysics, chemical
science, materials, medicinal drug discovery and physics
high-impact books
 First title published in 1968
 1000 backlist titles
 Growing annual frontlist
RSC Books - Portfolio Overview
From Food to Forensics, Environment to Materials...
Portfolio detail
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Monographs/Professional Reference
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Multi-contributor edited/single authored
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Published within Series with world class
Editorial Boards including Catalysis,
Green Chemistry, Energy and
Environmental Science and Polymer
Chemistry
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Textbooks
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Popular Science
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Specialist Periodical Reports
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Conference Proceedings
RSC Books – Portfolio Overview
Monographs/Professional Reference
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Multi-contributor edited/single authored
Published within Series with world class Editorial Boards
International contributors
Compliment RSC Journal Areas
RSC Books - Portfolio Overview
Textbooks
Popular Science
Specialist Periodical Reports
Conference Proceedings
RSC Books – worldwide print
distribution and reseller partners
Americas
Rest of World
RSC e-Books
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RSC publishing books since 1960’s
Big back collection
Majority of backlist print on demand
RSC eBook Collection launched October 2007
Free Services to All
 Free access to 1st chapter of every book
 Browse and search the collection
 Full access to all front matter
Benefits to Librarians
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Value for money
One-off purchase
Full text PDF access to all content
OCLC MARC Records
MARC 21 and MARC UK records
COUNTER usage statistics
Perpetual Ownership
Unlimited access and use
Flexible DRM
Reader Benefits
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Google searching identifies exact content
Locate cited content by DOI
Find eBooks via library catalogue
PDF format provides:
 Accessibility for the visually impaired (licensed Adobe reader
required)
 Viewing on eBook readers, iPads/iPhones, laptops and netbooks
 Fast access and download times
 All chapters as separate files and citable by DOI
RSC eBooks Portfolio
 The RSC eBook Collection is available as:
 The Full Collection (1968 to current year)
 The current publication year only
 Subject Collections – launched October 2009
The Full Collection (1968-2012)
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1,000+ titles, 36Gb of data, ~ 15,000 chapters
A wealth of scientific literature
All specialist periodical reports since 1968
All conference proceedings published by RSC
122 textbooks
Rapid growth in monographs
Annual Collection
 Covers content purchased each calendar
year
 Number of titles vary from 60 to 80
 Previous years can be bought at any one
time
Subject Packages
(2000-2010 Closed Collection)
 Nine themed packages containing content back to 2000
 Ideal for SMEs and themed research institutes
New eBook Business Models
•Pick ‘n’ mix
•Aggregators
•Short term loans
•PDA
Patron Driven Acquisition
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USA, UK & Scandinavia
Increase in demand
Uncertainty on both sides
Not THE best model
Brave new world
RSC eBooks - Developments
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Aggregators
Title-by-title offering
Packages
PDA – pilot schemes?
Thank you!
Questions?
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