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1)      Introducing Taylor & Francis Online

2)      ACS Publications announces two new reports: Usage by IP and CEO

 

 

1)

Subject:

Introducing Taylor & Francis Online

From:

Jennifer McMillan <jennifer.mcmillan@TANDF.CO.UK>

Date:

Mon, 4 Apr 2011 11:30:07 -0400

We are pleased to introduce Taylor & Francis Online – the new online platform

for Taylor & Francis journals and reference works.

 

In collaboration with librarians, researchers and scholars we have designed

Taylor & Francis Online to meet the varied needs of our user communities. Our

new platform will bring knowledge to life with:

 

- A clean, intuitive user interface

 

- Enhanced discoverability for journals and reference works

 

- Flexibility on how and when you access content –take knowledge on the

move with our Blackberry, iPhone and Android Applications

 

- A wealth of features to allow librarians to manage authentication, usage

statistics and linking

 

Our new platform will be launched in the coming months and will replace

access to the 1,600 journals and reference works currently on informaworld.

Initially our A&I and bibliographic databases will remain on informaworld, before

being transferred to Taylor & Francis Online at a later stage.

 

Why we are changing our platform from informaworld to Taylor & Francis Online

 

In short – we are changing because we listened to our customers. We talked

to various customer groups, including librarians, editors, authors and society

partners to get feedback on what they felt about the informaworld name. The

consensus was that a name that more closely relates to Taylor & Francis

Group and our imprints would be preferable to informaworld, and when

alternatives were put to customer vote, the favourite was Taylor & Francis

Online

 

Although there may be some initial work for our library customers as they

embed the new name in library catalogues, we are working to minimize the

impact this will have, and have created an FAQ document which is available to

view at http://resources.tandfonline.com/documents/library-faqs.pdf to help

address any of our library customers’ queries.  Many of the features on Taylor

& Francis Online will feel very familiar to our users but with added benefits. 

Quality, reliability and accessibility will remain at the core of our online

platform provision when we migrate to Taylor & Francis Online.

 

Getting started

 

To ensure the transition to Taylor & Francis Online is as smooth as possible,

we will be keeping our customers updated with developments between now

and go-live. Our plan is to minimize the impact of the transition, leaving our

customers with very little to do but enjoy our new platform. We have created

a transition site at www.tandfonline.com where we have posted FAQs, and will

update this with canned demos and details of training sessions.

 

Follow developments on Twitter at @TandFOnline.

 

With best wishes,

 

Jennifer McMillan

Head of Library Marketing & Communication

Taylor & Francis Group Journals

 

2)

Subject:

ACS Publications announces two new reports: Usage by IP and CEO

From:

Sara Rouhi <s_rouhi@acs.org>

Date:

Tue, 05 Apr 2011 14:57:36 -0400

 

ACS Publications Library Relations is pleased to announce the debut of two

new reports for use by our librarian customers: the Customer Executive

Overview and Usage by IP. Read the FAQs here:

http://pubs.acs.org/page/4librarians/announcements.html

 

You will find these two new reports in the password protected Librarian

Administration Site accessible via the Librarian Resource Center (LRC) at

pubs.acs.org/4librarians. If you are unsure of your password and login to

the Librarian Admin Site, please email liblink@acs.org.

 

CUSTOMER EXECUTIVE OVERVIEW (CEO) - This new top-level one-page overview

provides an at-a-glance view your use of ALL ACS content (regardless of

subscription) in 6 and 12 month increments. The CEO provides year over year

comparisons of usage, as well as a quick view of percentage increases or

decreases in use and graphical representations of use.

 

USAGE BY IP - This new report shows article downloads by IP. While similar

to a report issued prior to the launch of the new ACS Web Editions Platform

in November 2008, this report only shows full-text downloads of HTML, PDF,

and PDF with links. Arriving monthly, this new report was issued based on

customer feedback and demand.

 

These reports are located in your "Other Reports" zip file, and can be

downloaded 2-3 days after your monthly COUNTER reports become available.

 

Questions? Visit our FAQ here or at:

http://pubs.acs.org/page/4librarians/announcements.html

 

If you have problems accessing this or other reports, please contact us at

support@services.acs.org. You may also call us at (800) 227-9919 within the

U.S. or (202) 872-4600 from outside of the U.S.

 

If you have specific questions or feedback about the reports themselves,

please email LibraryRelations@acs.org

 

Best,

 

S. Sara Rouhi

Associate Manager, Library Relations | ACS Publications

1155 16th St., NW | Washington | DC 20036

LibraryRelations@acs.org

http://pubs.acs.org/4librarians

 

 

 

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