This document summarizes a presentation given by Taylor & Francis about updates to their online platform Taylor & Francis Online (TFO). The presentation covered key facts and features of TFO including the large number of journals available, mobile access, and tools for librarians and researchers. Recent updates discussed included the addition of altmetrics, open access features, toll-free linking between articles, DataCite linking, and a partnership with Colwiz. Updates to the TFO mobile apps were also reviewed including optimized interfaces for different devices and offline reading capabilities. The Taylor & Francis Libsite website was introduced as a resource for librarians.
1. The Future Landscape of
Taylor & Francis Online:
A dynamic online content platform
The Future of Libraries in Brazil
Taylor & Francis Group & the University of Sao Paulo Workshop
October 7, 2015
Vicki Donald, Editorial Director, Biological, Earth and Environmental Science Journals
Stacy Sieck, Library Communications Manager, Latin America
2. Agenda
• Taylor & Francis Online Facts & Key Features
• Taylor & Francis Online: Latest Releases and Upgrades
• TFO Mobile: Latest Releases and Upgrades
• Taylor & Francis Libsite
• Questions & Discussion
3. Taylor & Francis Online:
Fast Facts & Features
• Launched in June 2011
• Designed in consultation with librarians & researchers
- clean, intuitive user interface
- enhanced discoverability
- easily search & browse
• More than 2,100 journals available on the site
• Mobile access available on iPhone, Android, iPad,
blackberry, and tablet PCs including iPad
• Hosted by Atypon
4. • Manage your account details with dedicated My Account area
• Link T&F online journal content with your library catalog
• Track your institution’s usage with COUNTER-compliant
statistics
• Share research using social bookmarks
• Upload your library’s logo
• Obtain RSS Feeds
• Create marked lists
• Manage alerts to publications and articles
• Set Up your link resolvers. TFO works with numerous link
resolver vendors to ensure their knowledge bases are updated
Taylor & Francis Online:
Key Features for Librarians
5. Taylor & Francis Online:
Key Features for Researchers
• Access to more than 2,100 online journals
• Facilitates discovery with a clean, intuitive user interface
• Easy to use Search, Advanced Search and Browse options
• Clear and simple navigation panels
• Article first page previews and graphical abstracts
with most-cited and most-downloaded lists
• Download citations
• Mobile apps available for these devices: iPad,
iPhone, BlackBerry, Android
6. Taylor & Francis Online:
Latest Releases
• Altmetrics Display
• Journal-level Open Access Navigation Tab
& List
• CrossMark & FundRef
• Toll-Free Linking
• DataCite Linking
• Colwiz
10. Toll-Free Linking
• Toll-free linking (TFL) gives users who have full access to one article the
ability to read other Taylor & Francis articles referenced by it for free
• TFL applies to all of our Open Access journals and all articles published
open access under the Open Select model
• Customers who have a subscription or sales deal (which use a standard
Literatum license) will also have TFL enabled for that content
14. TFO Mobile: Key Features
• Device agnostic - available on iPhone, Android,
Blackberry and tablet PCs including iPad
• Optimized interface for browsing, reading and
searching
• Share to your social networks via Facebook,
Twitter and LinkedIn
• Device pairing offers automatic access to
institutional holdings
• Favorites list allows you to personalize your
experience of TFO Mobile
• Save articles direct to your device so that you can
read them at your leisure offline
23. T&F Libsite: Highlights
• Discover latest T&F white papers - most recently: “Use of social media by
the library”
• Find pricing information, title lists, and detailed information about our
Online Journal Collections & Online Journal Archives
• Subscribe to our quarterly Library Lantern newsletter
• See what’s new with T&F’s Library and Information Science journals
• Learn about our eBooks, reference works, abstract databases etc.
• Access licensing and permissions information
• Promotional materials for library events and training resources
to assist your users
24. The Future of Taylor & Francis Online
• New! Updated Author Services website:
authorservices.taylorandfrancis.com
• Coming soon! New and improved Libsite
http://www.tandf.co.uk/libsite/
• Next major update: December 2015