Toc Follow Up Case Study Digitizing Emerald’S Backlist Presentation
1. Digitizing Emerald’s Backlist Anna Torrance (Backfiles Project Manager) “ The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see” Winston Churchill
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4. Online Usage and Dissemination 20 million downloads in 2006 1.5 million articles downloaded each month on average 61,000 articles online over 13 years of content 200,000 online abstracts
9. Project Timeline attended ToC workshop Jun announcements made to contributor community and wider press Oct sales teams training Aug delivery date (anticipated in March) 1 st quarter official launch 2008 - Jan contract signed & work started Sept analysis complete & contract negotiations started Jul BL commissioned to carry out inventory analysis May project received board approval 2007 - Apr
10. Benefits of Partnering with the British Library Experts in their field – a trusted partner Extensive networks from which to source content that they did not hold Digitisation on site meant no unnecessary damage to the collection or transportation costs BL’s relationship with Innodata Isogen ensured a total service solution – critical due to Emerald’s tight delivery deadline BL holds both common and hard to find content – 98% of Emerald articles were provided by the BL
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13. Project Process Journal Control List CHECK CHECK Hard copy journal Scanning Publishing/QA Digitization Content load onto website Web pages Website CHECK CHECK