Mark Gauthier, VP, Indexing & Editorial Services, H.W. Wilson

1. A Global Perspective on the Literature of Art History: A Case Study from the Expansion of Art Full Text Mark Gauthier, VP, Indexing & Editorial Services, H.W. Wilson

2. Art Full Text Expansion Project Project Rationale • Database growing, but unsystematically • Cessation of Bibliography of the History of Art • Enhance international scope • Include new open-access publications • Align source list with art history curricula

3. Assumptions: What We Thought We Would Learn • Coverage skewed toward Europe and North America, away from Asia and Latin America • Faster rate of growth of literature from Asia and Latin America • More publishing in English, even from non-English-speaking countries • More electronic publishing, especially outside Europe and North America

4. Periodicals Study Set

5. Indexing Coverage of Art & Architecture Periodicals

6. Unique Titles by Database

7. 949 Titles 31% Indexed 69% Unindexed All Art & Architecture Titles

8. Growth in Periodical Literature by Decade

9. Percent of Journals Indexed by Start Date Indexing status is skewed towards older journals

10. Geographic Distribution of Journals North America is overrepresented among indexed journals, at the expense of Asia and Latin America

11. Geographic Distribution of Indexed Journals:Trend over Time European coverage is lessening, as North American coverage is growing.

12. Languages Indexing is skewed toward the traditional languages of art history research

13. Art & Architecture Journalsn = 949 Place of Publication Language of Publication

14. English Language Periodicals by Decade While the proportion of English-language titles is steady, its dominance among indexed titles is increasing

15. H.W. Wilson’s Experience with Foreign Language Indexing of Art & Architecture • Hire NYC-area indexers with BA or MA in Art History • Screen for reading knowledge of major European languages • Rely on English abstracts for “minor” languages • Major challenge: indexer productivity • Indexer solution: Google Translate • User solution: WilsonWeb automatic translation

16. Library Holdings of Indexed Journalsmedian = 105; n = 292

17. Library Holdings of Unindexed Journalsmedian = 18; n = 657

18. Reasons for Inclusion of Titles with Low Holdings • Underrepresented subject area • Highly specialized content • Geographic representation • Linguistic representation • Medium • Age

19. Evaluating Low-Holdings Journals • Editorial focus • Publisher/Sponsor • Editorial board • Authors • Bibliographies; Notes • International scope • Graphic design and illustrations • Frequency and currency

20. Open-Access Titles: Growth

21. Open-Access Titles: Indexing Status Indexing status is skewed toward print publications

22. Open-Access: Geographic Distribution Why the dominance of Europe among open-access publications?

23. What We Learned • More comprehensive coverage of new publications • Increase coverage of Latin American, Asian and Pacific publications; maintain coverage of European titles • Broaden foreign language coverage, so long as the scope of the content is international • Increase coverage of open-access publishing • Decrease reliance on holdings as a quality indicator • Add 80-150 core art & architecture titles to current list