OpenGeoSci, eBooks, and Updates

Marc Segers Director of Strategic DevelopmentOctober 2013

Agenda

• Journal Enhancements

• GSW eBook Collection

• OpenGeoSci

GeoScienceWorld Journals

• Continued to add to front and backfile content

• 45+ journals and AGI’s GeoRef data

• 120,000 articles in Millennium and Archive Collections (years 1905-present)

New Journals and Archives, 2013Five new journals •The European Association of Geochemistry’s GeoChemical Perspectives •Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences •Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society•Scottish Journal of Geology •Journal of Micropaleontology

Archive additions•SEG’s Geophysics (launching soon)•SSA’s Earthquake Notes, back to 1929•Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, back to 1985

Major Application Update

• Undergoing application redesign using Drupal– Open source– Responsive– Flexible

Search Enhancements

• Adopting latest search technology• Introducing faceted search features• Integrated searching for journals, ebooks, and

GeoRef • New page designs (non-final mock up on

following slide)

GSW eBook Collections

eBooks title list, pricing, and license inquiries:

Lisa Larson, Head of North American Academic Sales, larson@geoscienceworld.org

Keith Parent, Corporate and Special Library Sales,parent@geoscienceworld.org

eBook Reader View

Introducing OpenGeoSci

• Map-based discovery platform

• Includes more than 309,000 maps, cross-sections, charts, tables, and other data assets

• Resource for finding assets and linking back to publications of origin

Content in OpenGeoSci

• 309,000 data assets in OpenGeoSci sourced from GSW journals

• Representing content from more than 45 journals (years 2000-present)

• Adding assets from GSW ebook program in 2014

Among the 45 Journals

• Geology• Geophysics• AAPG Bulletin• Petroleum Geology• Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology &

Hydrogeology• Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences• Journal of Sedimentary Research

Subject Category Coverage

Search Features

• Map-based searching

• Optimized for tablets

• Filter results geospatially or by journal, subject category, or date

• Center mapped results with your location

• Utilize layers for political boundaries and terrain

Discovery Features

• Locate figures and maps with pinpoints and shaded coverage areas

• View the figure and maps with caption information from the article

• Browse all the images from an article in scrollable discovery panel

• Link to the original source for reading the full article

Live Now for Free Use

http://opengeosci.org

Feedback and ideas, contact: opengeosci@geoscienceworld.org

Next Steps for OpenGeoSci

• Adding GSW eBook Collections content in 2014

• Seeking new strategic partners willing to share content

• Major feature enhancements may require grants, partnerships, or other funding sources

Thank you

Presentation questions to:

Marc Segers, segers@geoscienceworld.org