Springer Development

Günther Eichhorn

Director, Abstracting & Indexing

September 2011

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Overview

• New developments– Springer Images

– realtime.springer.com

– Springer Materials

– API

– App development

• Collaborations

• Future Directions– App Development

– Open Access

– e-only journals and eBooks

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Platform Development - What we do

Technical development of Springer’s content platforms

APIs

mobile apps

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SpringerImages usage

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Number of Documents Found And the Right Ones, Too!

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What is an API?

An application programming interface (API) is an interface implemented by a software

program that enables it to interact with other software. It facilitates interaction between

different software programs similar to the way the user interface facilitates interaction

between humans and computers.

Wikipedia, 9:48 am October 22nd

An API is the mechanism that allows a machine to talk to a machine

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How an API works

Springer

Images

3rd party site

Realtime data

4.9 million articles/chapters

2.6 million images

500,000 full text XML

<xml> <some metadata> <data><link to image></data></xml>

Please give me:

Images from articles published in 2009 from Hydrobiologia

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And it is dominated by Apple.

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SpringerLink visits by smartphone type (Nov 2008 – Sep 2010)

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20,000

40,000

60,000

80,000

100,000

120,000

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iPhone/iPod

iPad

Android

Blackberry

Symbian

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3 apps in development

Fractals book

• Marketing for the book

using multimediadd

ons

Cardiac CT book

• Component of the book sold stand

alone

Springer Images

app• App version

of the online product

In DesignAVAILABLE

In Testing

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Other app concepts

Books and journal issues via iBooks

SpringerAlerts

Latest Publications

Architecture

Biomedical Sciences

Business & Management

Astronomy

Chemistry

Favorites

Alerting app m.SpringerLink.com

Browse

1. Journals

2. Books

3. Protocols

4. Reference Works

Search

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Collaborations

• INSPIRE

–Full text indexing in progress

• ADS

–Full text indexing just started

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Future Directions

• App development

• Open Access

• e-only journals and eBooks

Thank you

Günther Eichhorn

Director, A&I

Guenther.eichhorn@springer.com