1. Jennifer Kemp
Wouter van der Velde

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Springer References are heavily used!
Average Chapter Downloads 2010
by Title and Book Type
MRW (N=118) 5,969
Textbook (N=1,681) 2,191
Reference Work (N=844) 2,071
Proceedings (N=4,842) 1,523
Professional book (N=1,801) 1,318
Average (N=22,026) 1,292
Monograph/Contributed volume
973
(N=11,598)
(Only major categories are shown; Reference Works include Encyclopedia, Handbooks, and Reference
Works; data adjusted for abnormal usage spikes due to massive downloading)

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What is…SpringerReference?
• Database consisting of all Springer Reference Works
• Reference works that are ‘in production’ – article-by-article publishing
– Most up to date content – constantly updated by authors
– Quality controlled by editors (peer-reviewed)

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STM Publishing Paradigm
Traditional STM SpringerReference.com Pure Wikipedia
publishing model hybrid model publishing model
Springer
Springer
Springer Editorial 1 author Springer Editorial n pre-selected authors Any n authors
appoints Board writes appoints Board write/edit write/edit
Editorial hand-picks 1 manuscript Editorial hand-picks m manuscripts any m manuscripts
Board n authors Board n authors
Continuous spectrum

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SpringerReference.com: Figures
 136 eReferences  ~ 185,000 entries / articles
 ~ 169 volumes  ~ 220,000 pages  ~ 36,000 figures
~ 50,000 new entries / articles per year

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The Benefits
• A World-Class Collection of Living eReferences
• Top Quality, Constantly Updated and Peer Reviewed
• All of the Latest & Forthcoming eReferences on one Platform
• All copyright years
• All subject areas
• No access boundaries for licensees – No DRM, no limited concurrent users
• Annual subscription based on institution size

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The Platform

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Home Page
Leads to contact
information and FAQ.
Based on most downloaded
Leads to individual titles. Automated, and changes
with every site visit.
Featured articles are
available for free. Periodically
updated and if needed
adjusted to trends/hypes.

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Browse

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Article Level
Here all previous versionsTurn the automatically
Only registered peoplethe
of can
article leave comments. generated links off or on
are stored for citations.
Based on article
connectivity
Author(s) to the article.
Automatically generated
Inserted by the author(s)
Editors of the entire
Live Reference.

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Search results
Level of relation to the search query
indicated by the following symbols:

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What you see when you have no access

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Who is who

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Thank you! – Questions?
Jennifer Kemp
eProduct Manager eBooks
Jennifer.kemp@springer.com
Wouter van der Velde
eProduct Manager eBooks
wouter.vandervelde@springer.com