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YoungSuk ‘Y.S.’ ChiChairman, Elsevier Management Committee

Fiesole Collection Development RetreatNational Library of Russia

St. Petersburg, Russia May 2011

YoungSuk ‘Y.S.’ ChiChairman, Elsevier Management Committee

Fiesole Collection Development RetreatNational Library of Russia

St. Petersburg, Russia May 2011

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My visit to Russia My visit to Russia

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Russian research history Russian research history

Lomonosov Mendeleev Pavlov

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The lamplighter...The lamplighter...

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Publishers and librarians provide supportPublishers and librarians provide support

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Publishers are well-positioned to helpPublishers are well-positioned to help

Registration

Certification

Dissemination

Preservation

Collection

Management

Organization

Preservation

Publishers Libraries

The roles that publishers and librarians have traditionally filled are delineated and defined.

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Output is increasing around the globeOutput is increasing around the globeCh

ina

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Percentage Growth in Outputs 1997-2007

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Korea

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The developing world is quickly risingThe developing world is quickly rising

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Research is growing interdisciplinaryResearch is growing interdisciplinary

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Technology impacts the way we liveTechnology impacts the way we live

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Finding # 1

Researchers need more targeted tools

Key findings from engagementKey findings from engagement

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Elsevier’s flagship products connected and accessed via a single, central hub

API enables third-party developers to build additional functionality on top of centralized content

SciVerse enables more functionalitySciVerse enables more functionality

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Originally… Before… Today…

Farmed high-quality content Created a super-market for content acquisition

Prepare fine meals to meet the tastes of groups of or individual researchers

What we do have evolved significantlyWhat we do have evolved significantly

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New tools to better serve researchersNew tools to better serve researchers

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Elsevier’s flagship products connected and accessed via a single, central hub

API enables third-party developers to build additional functionality on top of centralized content

SciVerse enables more functionalitySciVerse enables more functionality

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Applications enable more functionalityApplications enable more functionality

My Oncology Articles enables oncologists and relevant medical researchers to track content that is important to them.

My Oncology Articles

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Realization # 1

Realization # 2

Researchers need more targeted tools

Researchers need more from their content

Key findings from engagementKey findings from engagement

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New article formats are essential today New article formats are essential today

The Article of the Future initiative leverages technology to enable researchers to get more out of each of the articles they read. Pilots are running in several Elsevier journals.

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Realization # 1

Realization # 2

Researchers need more targeted tools

Researchers need more from their content

Realization # 3

Researchers need help planning increasingly competitive research environments

Key findings from engagementKey findings from engagement

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SciVal Spotlight map of research in India

SciVal Spotlight allows researcher managers to visualize their research environments, identify distinctive and emerging research competencies, and plan for how to develop them

More analysis is needed to manage wellMore analysis is needed to manage well

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SciVal Spotlight also allows research managers to look at their research environments with the context of comparison.

More analysis is needed to manage wellMore analysis is needed to manage well

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The lamplighter revisited...The lamplighter revisited...

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Serving the scholarly community Serving the scholarly community