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Remember the journal

reading room?

Now: Online Mobile enabled Comprehensive Instantly updated Fully personalized …

A familiar online format…

All your key

scholarly journal

content showcased

in one place

Meets researcher needs

Source: Engle, D., Robbins, S., Kulp, C. (2011). The Information-Seeking Habits of Engineering Faculty. College & Research Libraries, 72(6), 548-567

Source: Ware, M., Mabe, M. (2011). The stm report: An overview of scientific and scholarly journal publishing. http://www.stm-assoc.org/2012_12_11_STM_Report_2012.pdf

Feedback from UW-Madison Libraries users

The Web Services Usability and Assessment Team (WSUAT) UW-Madison Libraries, (2014). BrowZine and Mobile Access to Journal Content Report, Fall 2014.

Search

Databases

Federated Searching

Discovery Tools

Open Web

Browse Complete Scholarly

Awareness

Enriches current search technologies

User and Library Feedback

“Overall, I think [BrowZine] is perhaps the most useful app I have on my iPad. It makes hundreds of academic journals

available for reading,and is incredibly easy to use.” Kelly Hanson, “Hacking Your Research: Tablet Edition,” GRADHACKER, 15 Jan 2015

Over 300 Institutions in 16 Countries 2/3rds of US ARLs

9/10 of the top US medical schools

A proven solution:

BrowZine Web Evolution 1: July 2015

Core benefits of the BrowZine Experience

Easily browse and read thousands of journals scoped to your library holdings and integrated into existing authentication system

Normalized browsing experience across hundreds of publishers

Virtual Reading Room concept preserved from the mobile platform to the desktop

Multiple points of entry: Link patrons either directly from the library website or have them enter directly via browzine.com

BrowZine Web Evolution 2: Autumn 2015

Curation, Personalization and Sync

Users can add favorite titles to My Bookshelf to enable easy access to favorite titles, organized in a convenient way

Users receive alerts when new issues are published in favorite journals

Users can create multiple reading lists to flag titles for later use and share these lists with the world!

Expanded access to University OA publications

Complete the Ecosystem: My Bookshelf and reading lists sync across all formats of devices - small, medium and now large

BrowZine Summary

Library branding: reinforces library provision of journal access to users; provides library access on mobile devices

Browsing and reading journals: scholarly journal content is the key resource for researchers

Awareness: unified journal organization and easy navigation allows users to easily find journals of interest and discover new ones

Alerting: staying current in research area is critical for researchers

Ease of use: full text articles with a single tap; automatic authentication; offline access, mobile access, web access

Integration: seamlessly integrates with main researcher workflow tools

BrowZine Demo

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Taxonomy: BrowZine organizes a library’s e-journals to provide an easy browsing experience

Bookshelf view: visual discovery of journals allows for serendipitous discovery of related journals

Backfiles: Third Iron hosts and normalizes the journal metadata; browsing journal back files is quick and easy

Table of contents: TOCs for all journals are shown the same way; an easy, uniform reading experience

Export options: multiple ways for

users to manage article content PDF view: easy reading of articles on mobile devices

Journal look up: users can find a title by name

My Bookshelf: allows users to easily follow journals of interest on customized bookshelves

My Bookshelf: user is notified when new articles are published

Saved Articles: users save articles to their device and read offline later

BrowZine Web The Continuing Evolution of BrowZine

Enhanced User Interface: view taxonomy and bookshelf together for easy navigation

Responsive web design: automatic re-scaling to screen size

Top Journals in Biology

Create custom links: your library can enable dynamic presentation of sets of titles for promotions, newly acquired titles, and more

Complete the Ecosystem: Sync My Bookshelf and reading lists across all formats of devices – small, medium and now large

Create multiple reading lists: flag articles for later use

Reading List

Collaborate: share multiple reading lists with the world!

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Next Steps Tell us your means of authentication for mobile users

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