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Hello there, Jennifer, thanks for highlighting the interface migration plans for T&F Online. I'm sure as the migration comes nearer, more detail will be provided on your plans for usage statistics download requirements and interaction with link resolvers amongst other things. What concerns me is price. I would like to be reassured that there will be no price increases for 2012 renewals that are linked in with the interface migration. I am very much assuming that you are delivering this interface without plans to recoup costs through charging higher subscription fees in the current climate, but I just wanted to be sure. I wouldn't like any nasty surprises post migration when it comes to looking at renewal quotes! Many thanks in advance. Sarah Sarah Pearson E-Resources & Serials Coordinator Library Services University of Birmingham Edgbaston Birmingham UK B15 2TT Email: [log in to unmask] Tel: 0121 414 5825cid:c7dbf6ef-5a3f-4a50-bc13-e8dc98eb5397 -----Original Message----- From: An informal open list set up by UKSG - Connecting the Information Community [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jennifer McMillan Sent: 04 April 2011 16:30 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [lis-e-resources] Introducing Taylor & Francis Online 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 lis-e-resources is a UKSG list - http://www.uksg.org/serials UKSG groups also available on Facebook and LinkedIn lis-e-resources is a UKSG list - http://www.uksg.org/serials UKSG groups also available on Facebook and LinkedIn