Digital Collections Session

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1 Digital Collections Session Alice Bellasich, Sales Representative Paul Fertl, Sales Director

2 Gale has changed/improved the nature of research and education with Gale Digital Collections A wealth of rare, formerly inaccessible historical content form the world s most prestigious libraries has been opened up to faculty, researchers and students Gale Digital Collections represents an extraordinary resource, covering over 900 years of international history Large full text searchable Collections show new results

3 Purchase of raw data (library becomes owner of data) One Time - High investment (low hosting costs) Access to Gale server or Hosting data on Library servers via libraries or library networks Libraries prefer the traditional acquisition model allowing to own content Advantage for Distributor: Good level of discount

4 The Story of Gale Digital Collections 2002 Times Digital Archive: The English-language newspaper of record 2003 ECCO: The research library of record for 18 C studies 2004 Making of Modern Law: Legal Treatises 2005 Making of the Modern World Sabin Americana MOML: Supreme Court Middle East, Pt C US Newspapers Testaments to the Holocaust Middle East Series C BL News MOML: Trials 17/18C Burney News 19C UK Periodicals State Papers Online, Pt 1 ECCO, Pt 2 The Economist

5 The Story of Gale Digital Collections 2008 State Papers Online, Pt 1 ECCO, Pt Slavery & Anti-Slavery, Pt 1 State Papers Online, Pt 2 Times Literary Supplement British Literary Manuscripts 2010 State Papers Online, Pt 3 The Illustrated London News The Financial Times 19C British Library News, Pt 2 Slavery & Anti-Slavery, Pt 2 British Lit. Manuscripts, Pt The Listener Historical Archive State Papers Online, Pt 4 Times Digital Archive extension to 2006

6 Timeline covered by the Gale Digital Collections ARCHIVES UNBOUND Times Digital Archive ECCO & ECCO II Modern Law: Treatises Making of the Modern World history through lens of trade and wealth Sabin Americana covers all the Americas with works from around the world MOML: Supreme Court 19C US News Times Literary Supp. 17/18C Burney Newspapers 19C UK Per. 19C BL News Holocaust Modern Law: Historic Trials State Papers Online, Pts 1-4 Middle East, 1& 2 Slavery & Anti-Slavery, Pt 1 The Financial Times British Literary Manuscripts Pt 2 British Literary Manuscripts, Pt 1 The Economist The Illustrated London News

7 Subjects covered by the Gale Digital Collections Making of the Western World American History & Culture Online Modern American History Eighteenth Century Collection Online Making of the Modern World Making of Modern Law State Papers Online Sabin Americana Supreme Court Records & Briefs Sources of US History Online Declassified Document Reference System 19th Ct US Newspapers Archives Unbound Examples: America in Protest: Records of Anti-Vietnam War organizations--vietnam Veterans Against the War The Savings and Loan Crisis: Loss of Public Trust and the Federal Bailout, and many more

8 Subjects covered by the Gale Digital Collections History & Culture through Media 20 th Century Political & Cultural Change Literature Times Digital Archive 19 th Ct US Newspapers 19 th Ct UK Periodicals 17-18thC Burney Collection Newspapers 19thC British Library Newspapers The Economist Historical Archive Financial Times Historical Archive Illustrated London News Picture Post The Listener Declassified Document Reference System Arab-Israeli Relations IRAQ Testaments to the Holocaust Conditions & Politics Post War Europe Northern Ireland Women, War & Society British Literary Manuscripts Online, c British Literary Manuscripts Online: Medieval and Renaissance Literature Criticism Online Dictionary of Literary Biography Complete Online

9 Subjects covered by the Gale Digital Collections Colonial European History World War 2 Jewish History Sabin Americana The Making of the Modern World 19th Century UK Periodicals Part II - Empire Testaments to the Holocaust Post War Europe Conditions & Politics Women, War & Society Archives Unbound The Economy and War in the Third Reich Testaments to the Holocaust Post War Europe Conditions & Politics Arab-Israeli Relations Archives Unbound Vatican and the Holocaust,

10 Key products for International Markets Eighteenth Century Collection Online Part I and Part II Contains every accessible English- and foreign-language title published in the United Kingdom between 1701 and 1800, plus important works from the Americas. ECCO I and ECCO II same nature divided by publishing dates ECCO I: 138,000 titles and editions published between and 26.3 million pages ECCO II: about Titles from 1701 to 1800 and 6,4 million pages = Titles with over volumes = 33 million Pages - Digitized format - Full-text search capabilities Multi-disciplinary Based on the ESTC Catalogue of the British Library

11 250 customers in Western Europe Total by Country Belgium Gent University 1 Denmark DEFF consortium 10 Finland Finelib consortium 28 France Univ. Sorbonne 6 Germany DFG consortium 110 Greece National Kapodistrian University 3 Ireland National Library Of Ireland 8 Israel National library of Israel 1 Italy Universita' degli Studi di Milano 2 Netherlands Amsterdam University 8 Norway Univ. Tromsoe 2 Spain Universidad de Sevilla 2 Sweden Univ. Consortia 5 Switzerland Univ. De Geneve 8 United Kingdom JISC consortium - all universities in the UK 54

12 What do leading Academics say about ECCO? Professor Rob Hume s (Penn State University, USA) A university that does not have ECCO is not a serious player in eighteenth-century British and American studies in literature or in anything else. Any institution giving graduate degrees in eighteenth-century subjects reduces itself to below minor-league status if it does not provide ECCO to its students and is putting its publishing faculty at a crippling disadvantage. Prof. Erne, Head of the English Department at the University of Geneve/Switzerland To have or not to have ECCO is an existential question for any serious student, researcher, or teacher of the eighteenth century. In teaching, it enables professors to use, and students to do independent research on, an exhilarating range of primary documents. As for research, ECCO is simply becoming a sine qua non for scholarship that breaks new ground.

13 Key products for International Markets Based on Primary Source Microfilm s Goldsmiths -Kress Library of Economic Literature collection MOMW documents the fundamentals of Western economics and business theory, including theological and philosophical aspects 61,000 works (67,000 volumes) with ~12Mio pages date range time span of 400 years about 30% of the content is non English language (French, German, Italian, Spanish) Primarily monographs, but also includes 466 serials Early works of Karl Marx, works of Adam Smith, but also forgotten authors Rarity: MOMW contains the only known extisting copy for many works

14 New: The Making of the Modern World, Part II: Part II takes the MOMW series to the end of the 19th century with approx. 5,000 additional titles. MOMW Part II: consists of a combination of digitized microfilm and newly sourced original documents from the world's key collections of economic literature including: University of Kansas Libraries titles, 354,000 pages Hiroshima University of Economics titles, 294,000 pages Seligman Collection from Columbia University titles, 177,000 pages Translations and non-english language content: Also unique is the large number of translations in the collection, useful to scholars concerned with the evolution of ideas in the history of economics as they flowed from one culture to another via translations. Roughly 50% percent of the collection comprises rare titles in languages other than English including : French, German, Portuguese, Scandinavian, Italian and Spanish Titles which span all of the languages include biographies, dictionaries, bio-bibliographies, yearbooks, general treatises and commemorative histories of organisations (commonly banks).

15 Key products for International Markets State Papers Online, is a groundbreaking new online resource for the study of Early Modern Britain and Europe. Spanning two centuries of the British monarchy the collection reunites State Papers Domestic and Foreign with the Registers of the Privy Council in The National Archives, Kew. This unique series reproduces the original historical manuscripts in facsimile and links each manuscript to its Calendar entry, signifying an enormous advance for scholars of 16th and 17th century politics, society, economic and religious history. Part I: The Tudors, Henry VIII to Elizabeth I, , State Papers Domestic Part II: The Tudors, Henry VIII to Elizabeth I, , State Papers Foreign, Ireland, Scotland, Borders and Acts of Privy Council Part III: The Stuarts: James I to Anne, , State Papers Domestic PUBLISHED IN JUNE: Part IV: The Stuarts: James to Anne, : State Papers Foreign, Ireland; and Registers of the Privy Council

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17 Key products for International Markets Step into the global drama of the last century From the National Archives at Kew comes an unparalleled collection that offers researchers a unique opportunity to study documents that shed insight on the history of the Middle East in the 20 th century. The archive consists of archived material from the British foreign Office, Prime Minister s Office and War Dept., among others. It covers: the Balfour Declaration the Black September War in Jordan the death of the Egyptian President, Gamal Abdul Nasser in the Palestinian-Zionist tensions and their impact on British policy in the 1940s and 1950s.

18 Key products for International Markets Learn how one of the most turbulent countries in the world evolved Iraq , offers a broad range of original source material from the Foreign Office, Colonial Office, War Office and Cabinet Papers covering the period from the Anglo- Indian landing in Basra in 1914 through the British Mandate in Iraq of to the rise of Saddam Hussein in The Archive covers the political and administrative history of the modern state which emerged from the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia. The war in Mesopotamia and the capture of Baghdad in 1917 Introduction of the British Mandate and the installation of King Faisal in 1921 Independence and Iraq s membership in the League of Nations in 1922 Oil concessions and the threat to Kuwait The rise of Ba athism and Saddam Hussein The USSR-Iraq Treaty of Friendship in 1972

19 Key products for International Markets Discover hardship, heroism and loyalty The First World War had a revolutionary and permanent impact on the personal, social and professional lives of all women. Their essential contribution to the war in Europe is fully documented in this definitive collection of primary source materials brought together in the Imperial War Museum, London. The unique documents featured such as charity and international relief reports, pamphlets, photographs, and press cuttings are published here for the first time in fully searchable form. Plus, interpretive essays from leading scholars. Researchers can experience: A gallery of color images, including posters A view into the day-to-day life in wartime hospitals An account of the hardship, heroism and loyalty that earned women numerous honors and decorations Documents from charitable and benevolent organizations, many of which were established by women Reports and correspondence on prisoners, war relief efforts and accounts of several women s suffrage organizations

20 Key products for International Markets Gain unforgettable insights into one of history s darkest hours The Wiener Library is the oldest institution in the world established for the task of documenting the Nazi regime and its crimes against the Jewish people. Testaments to the Holocaust is an essential tool for research into Jewish, holocaust, military, political, local, family and modern German history, including: Domestic policies of Nazi Germany Jewish life in Germany from 1933 to after the World War II Experiences in concentration camps Life in hiding Emigration Refugee life And more Testaments to the Holocaust is a fully searchable digital archive of this extensive collection of primary sources, including: 1,200 eyewitness accounts 4,000 rare photographs 450 books Nazi propaganda material

21 Key products for International Markets The complete record of political life in Occupied Western Europe available to the British Government during World War II Key Subjects: collaboration, resistance, intelligence and propaganda Documents include: Ambassadorial dispatches, telegrams, letters from British diplomats abroad, memoranda, minutes, reports, coded messages, maps, pamphlets, cartoons, sketches, song sheets.. Documents in 16 languages

22 Key products for International Markets This online archive delivers essential primary sources for the study and understanding of the challenges facing the European peoples in the aftermath of World War II. It covers the politics and administration of the refugee crisis in Europe after World War II as well as the day-to-day survival of the refugees themselves. Here is evidence for both the macro political issues and the day-to-day survival of the Displaced People themselves: The role of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Commission The international response to the refugee crisis in Europe Life in the DP camps The rise of Zionism and determination to secure a Jewish homeland in Palestine The Soviet attitude to refugees from Eastern Europe and the breakdown in US/Soviet relations Reports and statistics on refugees by country Post-War Europe is an essential resource for: World War II Studies Displaced Persons and Refugee Studies Holocaust and Jewish Studies Post-War History of Germany, Eastern Europe, Yugoslavia, Greece and Italy

23 Key products for International Markets British Literary Manuscripts Online consists of two digital collections: British Literary Manuscripts Online: Medieval and Renaissance British Literary Manuscripts Online, c Both parts are available to institutions as stand alone collections. Alternatively, institutions can purchase both parts together enabling students and researchers to cross-search the collections on the one intuitive and user-friendly interface and access 700 years of British literary manuscripts online.

24 Key products for International Markets British Literary Manuscripts Online, Medieval and Renaissance is the second instalment in Gale s groundbreaking British Literary Manuscripts Online series. This digital archive features manuscripts dating from roughly 1120 to 1660 preceding and broadening the scope of the first series. It offers hundreds of thousands of pages of letters, poems, stories, plays, chronicles, religious writings, and other materials. Quick Facts 564,192 pages Includes the works of more than 1,000 authors Covers 540 years:

25 Key products for International Markets British Literary Manuscripts Online, c is the first release in Gale s groundbreaking British Literary Manuscripts Online series. This extensive digital archive includes hundreds of thousands of pages of poems, plays, essays, novels, diaries, journals, correspondence and other manuscripts from the Restoration through the Victorian era. Quick Facts 221,136 pages Approximately 3,000 catalogue records Includes the works of more than 1,000 authors Covers 240 years:

26 Journal during a visit to France, 10 Oct.-5 Nov. [1775], by Dr. Samuel Johnson. Autograph. The small paper-book printed by Boswell in his Life of Johnson, Additional MS , British Library, London. Full citation View manuscript View thumbnails Compare documents

27 Thumbnails View Journal during a visit to France, 10 Oct.-5 Nov. [1775], by Dr. Samuel Johnson. Autograph. The small paper-book printed by Boswell in his Life of Johnson, Additional MS , British Library, London. Full citation View manuscript View thumbnails Compare documents Images Image 1 Image 2 Image 3 Image 4

28 Key products for International Markets Dictionary of Literary Biography Complete Online Literature Criticism Online International Complete archives that provide first-time online access to all volumes and preserve the full integrity of the print series Searchable page images digitized directly from the print Two components for purchase: The archive includes volumes published through end of 2009 The annual standing order covers volumes published from January onwards

29 DLB Complete Online Includes the main series, the documentary series, and the yearbook series That s more than 410 volumes, 16,000 entries, pages and nearly 80,000 images! Literature Criticism Online International Includes 10 Gale literary criticism series, including Contemporary Literary Criticism, Poetry Criticism, and more customers can purchase any combination of series Includes volumes that published 1995 to the present day That s over 1,600 print volumes and 50,000 individual pieces of criticism!

30 LCOI By series By time period Contemporary Literary Criticism - the most influential contemporary writers (those living or who died after Dec. 31, 1999) Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism - the best criticism on the major literary figures and nonfiction writers of 1900 to 1999 Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism - Each volume presents overviews of four to eight authors of 1800 through 1899 Shakespeare Criticism - includes general and specific critical interpretations of Shakespeare s works from the 17th century to the present Literature Criticism fulfills a need for information on historical periods, literary topics, and the achievements of writers of the late Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and the Restoration eras Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism - criticism on the works of philosophers, poets, political leaders, scientists and other writers that lived from antiquity to 1399 By genre Poetry Criticism includes coverage of world poets from all time periods Short Story Criticism - The most-studied short story writers from all regions and time periods are profiled Drama Criticism Profiles world playwrights from all time periods Children s Literature Review - the most popular and influential authors of the genre are assessed through criticism of their major works

31 LCOI Overview & Positioning LCOI includes centuries of critical material on world authors and their works that span all time periods, types of literature, and regions it is one of the largest collection of edited/annotated online criticism available anywhere LCOI contains over 50,000 items of criticism, including material from books, broadsides, pamphlets, monographs, letters, and diaries dating back hundreds of years these are essentially primary sources that are very difficult to locate elsewhere LCOI is ideal for university students who have to research an author, work, or literary topic the content is edited, reviewed, and re-reviewed, ensuring that students have good and authoritative information LCOI content is cross-curricular it includes nearly 600 topic entries on a wide variety of subjects and covers figures like historians, essayists, and philosophers The Lit Crit series in LCOI are arranged around time period and genre which very much aligns with how literature is taught at universities

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33 ARCHIVESUNBOUND New program from Gale, offering rare collections digitized for the first time. Collections are affordable and cross-searchable Content is accessible to your entire institution Platform is extendible to include content assets from other publishers and/or your own vault Small Collections from to pages

34 ARCHIVESUNBOUND RARE DOCUMENTS ACCESSIBLE BY ALL Undergraduates and casual researchers Use of primary sources to support assignments Graduate students and serious researchers. Rare documents to help support thesis work in field of study Faculty Use of interesting artifacts to help lessons/syllabi come alive.

35 INTERDISCPLINARYFOCUS Initial Areas of Focus: 1960s European Studies Gender Studies Global Studies Holocaust Studies International Affairs Middle East Studies Political Science Religious Studies Social & Cultural Studies Women's Studies East European Studies American Studies French Studies

36 SAMPLE COLLECTIONS in Archives Unbound Democracy in Turkey, Afghanistan and the US Alexander III and the Policy of "Russification," East Germany from Stalinization to the New Economic Policy, Frontier and Pioneer Life National Commission on AIDS Records Overland Journeys: Travels in the West, (December 2009) The Economy and War in the Third Reich, The Revolution of the King and the People in Morocco Through the Camera Lense: The Moving Picture World Tiananmen Square and U.S.-China Relations, U.S. Operations Missions in Iraq, Witchcraft in Europe and America (December 2009) Women's Issues and Their Advocacy Within the White House,

37 Alexander III and the Policy of "Russification," This collection, sourced from The National Archives, UK, is seen through the eyes of the British diplomatic corps in Russia and provides a unique analysis of Alexander s retro-reform policy, including: The increase of revolutionary agitation Deepening of conservatism and changes from agrarian to industrial society Spread of pan-slavism, both in the Russian Empire and Eastern Europe Date Range: Source Library: The U.K. National Archives Content: 67,159 pages

38 JFK's Foreign Affairs and International Crises, This fascinating collection provides rare insight into Kennedy s views and actions during the Bay of Pigs, nuclear weapons testing, the international space race and more John F. Kennedy took office in a time of rising international tension. The struggle of new nations to break from their colonial past set loose chaos across much of the globe. The rhetoric and actions of Nikita Khrushchev suggested a new Communist boldness and a determination to exploit the prevailing instability. The development of new weapons systems added an especially frightful dimension. Date Range: Content: 64,126 pages Source Library: John F. Kennedy Presidential Library

39 Newspapers of the French Revolution 1848 Journaux de la Révolution de 1848 One of the characteristics of the 1848 revolution was the explosion of the printed word. This collection of over 400 titles, many of which have not previously been available digitally, gives unprecedented access to a historical source of great interest for the period of the Second Republic. Unlike official sources, the newspapers record the uncontrolled and often zany expression of a vast range of ideas, opinions and aspirations during one of Europe s great episodes of popular uprising: not only serious debate in mainstream papers, but the byways of popular activity in response to great events. Date range: Source library: British Library Newspaper Library, Colindale, London

40 Voices from Wartime France La France pendant la guerre Journaux de la Résistance et de Vichy The extraordinary story of how a unique collection of French wartime newspapers made its way to the British Library. This collection constitutes the sum of the French press that actually reached Britain during the German Occupation of France from This is the largest and most important collection of titles from Occupied France anywhere outside France, and has remained almost unknown to the scholarly community. Offering a full picture of the basis on which many key political decisions were made in Britain about the conduct of the war in France, this collection will shed new light on a much studied period. Date range: Source library: British Library Newspaper Library, Colindale, London

41 French Royal Acts Actes royaux francais Pamphlets often contain the details of life and law, at times the only extant record, with which writer and scholar construct a living history. French royal acts governed every aspect of life in France. They created the rules and bureaucracies and increasingly oppressive taxes which helped to bring about the Revolution. Approximately 16,000 pamphlets covering this important period in French history are available in this collection. One of the largest collections of its kind, it offers a wealth of information on the legislative history and governance of France, as well as other aspects of French life. Approximately 16,000 pamphlets Date range: Source library: New York Public Library

42 Sales Strategy and Marketing Identify key interest in institutions Build up a up to date mailing list of professors and talk to Professors, Researchers and to Librarians Try to find a champion for the DA from inside the institution Offer University wide tests Take induction sessions for ALL users (staff and library patrons) Use posters to promote the Digital Collection Use fact / tip sheets Show Navigation Guide Show list of customers Take induction sessions for ALL users (staff and library patrons)

43 Success Story Selling ECCO to France Country with about 60 Mio inhabitants Fragmented University Organisation with relatively low financial basis - First talks ins late 2003 no results - No sale up to : New campaigns with key libraries in France - List of ECCO customers in Europe distributed (impressive) - Talk with Library Directors Acquisitions Librarians and Professors - Presentation of ECCO in BnF for all libraries from Ile de France in French language - Detailed Price negociations too expensive show flexibility - Sliding Scale of discounts product bonus payment options

44 Success Story ECCO in France - First 3 orders in 2006 (BnF, Sorbonne, Paris III - Focus on special points for France (Enlightenment) - Presentation and Lunch invitations at Library Conferences - First talks with CNRS - Collect addresses from librarians and professors from all over France - Offer long term trial : Order from Claremont-Ferrand (professors were pushing hard) : Order from Univ. Lille III (new french Subject Collection Library for history and culture for the British Isles) : Order from CNRS (French key organisation for Research with institutes all over the country /2012 (hopefully) National License for ECCO in France

45 Thank you very much for your attention! Alice Bellasich Sales Representative Paul Fertl Sales Director Southern Europe, Turkey & Israel German Speaking Europe, France, Central & Eastern Europe Tel: + 44 (0) paul.fertl@cengage.com Tel: + 49 (0) 8025 /