Thanks Ross - good to hear you have it working. That's a fair point
about the pairing period, and I'll raise it with Annual Reviews.
All the best,
Charlie.
On 19 Jan 2011, at 10:18, Ross Macintyre wrote:
Charlie,
Thanks for posting. I had heard Chris Beckett of Atypon (the
technology provider) describe the mechanism at the UKSG one day
conference in November. Worked for me with no problems at all - which
was a pleasant surprise!
Browse & search interface works well on my iPhone.
My only gripe would be: "It will also be paired with your
institutional or personal subscriptions, granting you full-text access
for a period of 30 days, after which you will need to re-pair your
mobile device." I'd question whether busy folk will bother with a
monthly re-pair?
Obviously I applaud the inclusion of mobile access in the COUNTER
reports.
Cheers,
Ross
> -----Original Message-----
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> Subject: [lis-e-resources] Annual Reviews - bringing institutions into
> the mobile picture
>
> Dear all - I hope this news may be of interest. In summary, Annual
> Reviews has released a new mobile website accompanied by an Apple /
> Android app that links full text authentication back to the
> institution's subscription. This means that libraries are kept in the
> picture if users switch to mobile, and mobile access is included in
> COUNTER statistics. The press release below has more detail and
> contact information for Annual Reviews should you wish to find out
> more.
> Best wishes,
>
> Charlie.
> ____________________
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> Charlie Rapple
> TBI Communications
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>
> New Annual Reviews Mobile Platform: Giving Readers Control
>
> Palo Alto, CA - January 19, 2011. Annual Reviews, the nonprofit
> publisher that synthesizes critical research literature, is pleased to
> announce the launch of a new mobile platform for its 40 top-ranked
> journals. The Annual Reviews Mobile website, optimized for mobile
> usage across the most popular mobile devices, is accompanied by a
> groundbreaking app that pairs individual devices with institutional
> subscriptions to support truly flexible working without adversely
> impacting institutions' COUNTER statistics. For the first time, users
> can take advantage of their institution's subscription and access
> full-
> text articles using a mobile device, both on and off campus. This
> innovative approach allows Annual Reviews to strengthen its service to
> and relationship with end users, while reinforcing the importance of
> its librarian partners.
>
> The Annual Reviews Mobile website provides researchers with a
> personalized browsing, searching, and reading experience that
> restructures content into individual elements to better support easy,
> productive mobile use; this technical development is a valuable step
> forward in breaking down legacy barriers to information use. The
> Annual Reviews Mobile app, separately available for iPhone / iPod
> Touch and Android, enables the user to undertake a one-time pairing
> process that associates their device with their institution's
> subscriptions and thereafter provides seamless authentication to the
> mobile website. This reinforces the role of the library in information
> provision, maximizes the usage and value of institutional licenses,
> and avoids adding to the librarian's workload by allowing this value
> to be represented in existing statistics reports.
>
> "We continually work to improve the way in which we serve scientists
> and fit our content into their workday," explains Annual Reviews'
> Director of Technology, Paul Calvi. "Mobile delivery is one practical
> way to do that, and this new platform prepares us for a future that
> will be increasingly mobile. It also helps to introduce us to new
> audiences; although for some it is a new way to access familiar
> publications, others will meet Annual Reviews for the first time in a
> mobile environment."
>
> The Annual Reviews Mobile platform is powered by Atypon Literatum.
> Features include browsing of journals, issues, and abstracts;
> searching by keyword, author, and title; and access to full text,
> references, images, and related links via personal or institutional
> subscription. More details and pairing instructions are available at
> http://www.annualreviews.org/page/about/mobile
> .
>
> -- ENDS -
>
> How it works:
>
> * The user accesses the publisher's website from within an
> institution's network (a university library, for example). This leads
> to the process in which the user obtains a unique device pairing code.
>
> * The user enters the pairing code into the Annual Reviews Mobile app.
> Once this is complete, the device is paired with the user's profile
> and his or her institution(s).
>
> * The user can now obtain full text to which his or her institution
> subscribes, in addition to personal subscriptions.
>
> * Content usage is reported to the Annual Reviews web platform through
> the entire process, which includes the data in the institution's
> COUNTER reports.
>
> Contact: Jenni Rankin
>
> Marketing Manager
>
> [log in to unmask]
>
> 650-843-6634
>
> Annual Reviews (http://www.annualreviews.org) intelligently
> synthesizes the definitive books, articles, and other academic sources
> in biomedical, life, physical, and social sciences, including
> economics. Its objective overviews prevent duplication of research
> effort, address conflicting studies, root out errors of fact or
> concept, and suggest effective new research directions. They provide a
> gateway to the most significant literature within a topic. Personal
> copies are available at a reduced rate and institutional site license
> options are available. Annual Reviews endorses the KBART Recommended
> Practice for metadata transfer to help libraries and their technology
> partners provide seamless access to its online journals.
>
>
>
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