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Electronic Products from APA

Electronic Products from APA. Gateway to the World of Psychology Linda Beebe American Psychological Association. Thank you for inviting us!. October 1998 visit extremely informative Listened and learned:

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Electronic Products from APA

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  1. Electronic Products from APA Gateway to the World of Psychology Linda Beebe American Psychological Association ICOLC April 23, 2001

  2. Thank you for inviting us! • October 1998 visit extremely informative • Listened and learned: • Needed prices for small institutions, public libraries, community colleges. • PsycLIT did not satisfy needs. • Needed discounts for consortia. • Wanted full text. • Here to learn more! ICOLC April 23, 2001

  3. American Psychological Association • Since 1892, our mission has been to advance psychology as a science, as a profession, and as a means of promoting human welfare. • The information products from this diverse discipline serve many people in related fields. ICOLC April 23, 2001

  4. Society Perspective • Knowledge development & dissemination priority in decisions on quality and depth • Close connections with field through members • Partnerships and alliances • Publisher of both primary and secondary materials ICOLC April 23, 2001

  5. APA Members >155,000 members, affiliates, and student members 46% academic Subscribe to journals in large numbers. Now buy access to electronic products. Libraries Very supportive of APA publications Partners in delivering professional knowledge to researchers, students, and others As a society, two major constituencies— ICOLC April 23, 2001

  6. PsycINFO 1.7 million records 1887 to present Books, chapters, journals, dissertations Extensive Thesaurus Precision of recall Links PsycARTICLES 42 journals from APA and others 1988 to present 25,000 articles Now SGML, adding PDFs this summer Links Two Major Databases ICOLC April 23, 2001

  7. Psychology Psychiatry Business Criminal Justice Education Human Resources Law Linguistics Medicine Nursing Social Work Sociology Psychopharmacology Physiology PsycINFO Breadth of Coverage ICOLC April 23, 2001

  8. Retrievable Sources ICOLC April 23, 2001

  9. Around the World ICOLC April 23, 2001

  10. Global and Complete Coverage • 56 countries represented in current coverage • Original publications in 26 languages • 99.5% of journal records from 1967 to 2001 have abstracts ICOLC April 23, 2001

  11. Business Changes 2000 • Introduced tiered pricing to answer concerns about small institutions. • Published prices on the Web to clarify what APA’s fees are. • Simplified licenses. • Instituted gradual pricing as needed. • Created one product—PsycINFO. • Implemented consortia discounts. ICOLC April 23, 2001

  12. Peterson’s Wanted fair and easy way to verify FTEs across vendors for consistency. Knew institutions supply the numbers. Did not understand the promotional aspects. Communications Sent letters to all customers in May. Put information on the Web in May. Relied on vendors. Timing problems. Needed much more. Mistaken Impressions ICOLC April 23, 2001

  13. Changes Being Made • Using federal statistics or data libraries supply to funders as sources. • Redoubling efforts to meet with vendors sales forces. • Developing new communications plan. • Trying to anticipate problems earlier. • Gathering data on other pricing models. ICOLC April 23, 2001

  14. Coverage Changes 2000 • Changed internal processing — now 3-week turnaround for journal evaluations. • Actively seeking journals from outside North America. • Developed clear criteria for acceptance with feedback. • Publisher Relations Page — www.apa.org/psycinfo/publishers ICOLC April 23, 2001

  15. New PsycINFO Features • PsycINFO Direct (6/99) • Weekly Updates (6/2000) • Publisher URLs • DOIs • Country of Publication • Clinical Trials Designation • 9th Edition of Thesaurus (all 11/2000) ICOLC April 23, 2001

  16. Stay Tuned—More to Come • Peer review designation • More links • Author email • Even faster turnaround • Much more data • Broader coverage — and more! ICOLC April 23, 2001

  17. Subsets Psychological Abstracts (in print since 1927) ClinPSYC 8 specialized SCANs in print and online; Psychopharmacology in 2000 Complementary PsycVIDEO in 2001 Transactional PsycINFO Direct Dialog, DIMDI, OCLC, Ovid Many Options for PsycINFO ICOLC April 23, 2001

  18. Licenses for PsycINFO • 8 Outside Vendors: Aries, Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, EBSCO, OCLC, Ovid, ProQuest, ScienceDirect (summer 2001), SilverPlatter • APA Online • Direct Load ICOLC April 23, 2001

  19. And what about full text? ICOLC April 23, 2001

  20. PsycARTICLES Launching • Full-text article database • Knowledge base, not individual journals. • Now contains 25,000 articles across this diverse field. • Not diluted in aggregations—customers don’t pay for content in different collections; titles will not come and go. ICOLC April 23, 2001

  21. PsycARTICLES • 38 APA journals + 3 CPA + 1 H&H • APA back to 1988 overall • 25,000 articles • Retrospective + new volume each year • All integrated in one database • Reference linking with DOIs ICOLC April 23, 2001

  22. Institution Needs Journal title coverage lists for Electronic Journal postings Links to tables of contents More refined usage reports User Needs Browsing as well as searching Easy access to historic as well as current tables of contents PDFs Learnings from Beta Tests ICOLC April 23, 2001

  23. Administration Issues • Added course packs and electronic reserves to the PsycARTICLES contract. • Added InterLibrary Loan for print copies of electronic files. • Continue to support walk-in access as we always have for PsycINFO. ICOLC April 23, 2001

  24. Access Options • Available through APA for data fee plus 20% technology fee or by direct load. • Signed contract with EBSCO 4/5/01 for delivery no later than 10/15. • Close to contracts with Ovid, ScienceDirect, SilverPlatter. • Have begun discussions with others. • Transactional by summer. ICOLC April 23, 2001

  25. Learning from Customers • Breakfast forum 1/2001 during ALA • Focus groups for PsycARTICLES in 1/2001 • Meetings with vendor sales forces • Meetings in conjunction with major conferences • Forums during MLA and ALA this spring • Exhibits at library & psychology events ICOLC April 23, 2001

  26. Can You Tell Us? • Communications • Best Methods? Email? Mail? Phone? • New Library Web page • Reaching the right person • With us—call or email us (see last slide) ICOLC April 23, 2001

  27. Pricing Continuing to review pricing. Want to hear success stories. What works best for you and producer? Process Get info you need? Changes in vendor questions? Experiences with the quote process? How can we improve? What About Pricing& Vendor/Quote Process?? ICOLC April 23, 2001

  28. And more questions. . . • Perpetual Access • Working on policy. • What are you getting from others? • Linking • Adding DOIs to both databases. • Signing linking agreements. • What else are you interested in? • What are you doing in SFX/Open URL? ICOLC April 23, 2001

  29. PsycINFO Content New topics? Desired features? Different media? More historical? Usage Reports Getting from vendor? From us—access to URL OK? Special needs? Still More Questions. . . ICOLC April 23, 2001

  30. APA—Looking to the Future Growth and Innovation Based on Feedback from Customers and Users • Broader coverage • More services for user, library, publisher • Ongoing commitment to quality, currency, and depth • More links and more options. ICOLC April 23, 2001

  31. We enjoyed the visit. We very much appreciate your taking the time to talk with us . . . and we look forward to continued discussions. Thank you! ICOLC April 23, 2001

  32. Talk to Us at APA • Linda Beebe, Senior Director, PsycINFO 202-336-5636 or 1-800-374-2722 lbeebe@apa.org • Sheila Brooks, Manager, Leasing & Licensing 202-218-3980 or 1-800-374-2722 sbrooks@apa.org • Carolyn Gosling, Manager, Customer Relations 202-336-5644 or 1-800-374-2722 cgosling@apa.org TTY/TDD 336-6123 www.apa.org/psycinfo ICOLC April 23, 2001

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