Safari Books Online and ProQuest

Agenda

Introduction to Safari

• Publishers in Safari

• Using Safari

• Safari pricing model

• Technical issuesContent

• Safari Tech Books Online

• Safari Business Books Online

• Other content typesCustomers and testimonials

Who is SAFARI?

• The first publisher-led venture in e-books

• A joint venture of leading publishers:

O’Reilly Media and

Pearson Education

• Because Safari is owned by publishers, customers get direct access to the latest and best titles from Pearson, O’Reilly and dozens of publisher partners

Publishers

Pearson Technology Group – the market leader in technology publishing

Publishers

Other top business and technology publishers

About SAFARI

• Some books are available on Safari before they are in print

• The only place to get new material from O’Reilly and Pearson

• More than 4500 books available within Safari: IT and Business

Using SAFARI

• No need for software installation, books are available on the web

• Newest editions always available• Swap books after 30 days if you want

- Old editions against new editions

- More requested books for less requested books• Books available for all students and staff at entire

university• No page number limit on printing, as long as no

automated software is used

SAFARI pricing model

• Each book is worth certain points (slots)• Pay for entire package: top business and/or IT

books OR choose only the books you want• Pay for the number of points, not books (50 slots

minimum)• Choose the amount of simultaneous users (1 – 20)

and pay accordingly• Yearly subscription price• MARC records free of charge, downloadable from

the back office

SAFARI Technical Issues

• MARC records are available and they are according to OCLC standards

• Books can not be read offline nor on a PDA or hand-held computer

• Books can not be downloaded on the local server• Safari books are not Open URL compatible, but

this is an enhancement we will add in the future• Counter statistics are not available either, but this

is also a planned development for the future• The usage statistics are ICOLC compliant

Safari Online Subjects

• Tech Books: more than 3,500 titles for programming and IT professionals. Plus access to more than 11,000 articles.

• Business Books: more than 1,050 titles and growing.

• New content is added to Safari every week!

Safari Enterprise Library: Tech Books

Safari Tech Books Collection • 23 major topic categories, hundreds of sub

categories

• Top IT authors and publishers• Alliances with premier Technology

providers including• Microsoft Press

• IBM Press

• Sun Microsystems Press

• Cisco Press

• Adobe and Macromedia Press

• Infosys Press (new for 2006!)

Safari Tech Books by Category

Comprehensive coverage of IT topic areas

3% 5%5%

4%

4%

5%

18%

3%10%

11%

7%

18%

2% 5%Business

Certification

Databases

Desktop Applications

Enterprise Computing

Graphics

Internet/Online

Mulitmedia

Networking

Operating Systems

Other

Programming

Security

Software Engineering

Safari Business Books Library

• Immediate online access to practical, proven content from expert authors and leading business publishers.

• A sampling of the topic areas that managers and employees need and use everyday

• Project Management

• Corporate Finance

• Change Management

• Marketing

• Recruitment and Staff Evaluation

• Mergers and Acquisitions

• Leadership Skills

• Negotiation Skills

Safari Business Books by Category

Human Resources 5%

General Business 3%

Finance/Accounting 3%

Current Affairs 13%

Professional Skills 14%

Quality 2%

Technology 11%

Training/Develop.16%

Sales/Marketing 8%

Legal 4%

Management 21%

Safari covers everything for the IT expert…

.NET

XML

Java

….the graphic designer…

…the game programmer…

….as well as the novice user.

There’s even some business books…

…HR help for managers…

• Performance appraisals

• How to interview

• Stress Management

• Motivating People

• Leadership

…general interest titles..

With Safari, you get the whole book, including pictures…

Diagrams…

And script

What’s New at Safari?

FREE! New Content Extends the Value of Premier eBook collections

• IBM developerWorks articles– 7,964 articles indexed• IBM's technical resource for developers, providing a wide range

of tools, code, and education on DB2®, eServer™, Lotus®, Rational®, and WebSphere® as well as on open standards technology such as Web services, Wireless, Linux®, XML,

Java™ technologies, and more. • O’Reilly Media Network– 4,427 articles indexed

• O’Reilly Media’s vast network of authors, IT experts and editors regularly contribute insights and advice for IT professionals.

What’s new at Safari

What’s new at Safari

• FREE! Safari Guides

What’s New at Safari

Print Fidelity (aka Graphically Rich)

• Improved display of illustrative content from charts and graphs to black and white photographs to color screen displays

• More titles from Peachpit and Adobe Press on Photoshop, Flash and software for graphic programming and applications

• Perfect for web designers, web developers, and creative professionals

What’s new at Safari

Convenient Access to Advanced Search ParametersA new dropdown provides access to filtering on

book titles, section titles, code fragments, author, and publisher.

What’s new at Safari

Suggested SearchAs you type your search term Safari suggests,

in real time, expressions from the most popular searches our users have entered.

What’s new at Safari

Choice Between Popularity and Text-based Relevancy in Search

A new slider bar allows you to weight your search results based on popularity or our normal relevancy algorithm.

What’s New at Safari?

• Faster Page RefreshUsing Ajax, Safari serves pages faster and

more efficiently. • Improvements to "Additional Reading" links

When you click on an "Additional reading" link at the bottom of book content pages, the destination section is now viewable in full.

• Amazon reviews and ratings for thousands of titles

Libraries with the Safari Difference

SOUTH KOREA KERIS consortium

MEXICO UNAM DGSCA

HONG KONG Hong Kong Polytechnic University

PUERTO RICO COBIMET Consortium

ENGLAND Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium

JAPAN Keio University

SPAIN Galicia consortium

FINLAND Finelib consortium

USA Microsoft

USA MIT

TAIWAN TEBNET consortium

Testimonials

"I am in the paradise of IT knowledge“

Giuliano Ferreira,

Systems Analyst Division of Libraries and

Documentation PUC Rio de Janeiro

Testimonials

“On the whole, I adore this interface. Every time I used it, I found another neat feature, yet these features never overwhelmed me. Similarly, each screen presents a lot of information, but it is presented so well that it doesn't overpower”

The Charleston AdviserApril 2003

Online demonstration

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Thank you!

• For trials, more information and pricing, please contact:

Laura Karves

Area Sales Manager

lkarves@csa.com

Tel: +358 9 441 824