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| OCTOBER 2006 |
| Over the past few months, we have been working to bring you improvements to GlobalBooksInPrint.com that will positively affect the speed, stability, and currency of your database subscription. Bowker has implemented a new search engine that has resulted in increased speed*, fewer interruptions, and increased timeliness of content.
Increased Speed: The average search time is now three seconds, which is a 116% increase in speed over the old search engine.**
Stability: With the new search engine, GlobalBooksInPrint.com can handle a greater variety and quantity of data, meaning fewer service interruptions and increased productivity.
Currency of Content: With our new collection process, we will be providing you access to new content sooner. This new process reduces the time for updated content to be reflected on the website from an average of six days to an average of two days.
These enhancements are the direct result of feedback from our customers. As we continue to improve GlobalBooksInPrint.com, please feel free to offer us your comments and suggestion on how we can better serve you, your library, and your patrons. Please offer direct feedback to Product Manager John Krafty by e-mailing John.Krafty@bowker.com.
Please take a moment to forward this to all of your colleagues who use GlobalBooksInPrint.com. Encourage all users of the product to sign-up for the customer mailing list so they too can stay up-to-date on their GlobalBooksInPrint.com Subscription.
* Connection speed, network setups, and other hardware related issues may impact speed.
** Based upon timed random search results
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| JULY 2005 |
1. ISBN-13 is Here!
In order to accommodate the growing number of books being published each year (last year alone more than 195,000 new titles and editions were published), beginning January 1, 2007, all 10-digit International Standard Book Numbers (ISBNs) will be converted to new 13-digit ISBNs.
As the United States ISBN Agency, Bowker is excited to introduce the new 13-digit ISBNs into GlobalBooksInPrint.com. You will now be able to search by both the 13-digit ISBN and the 10-digit ISBN (either with or without hyphens). Additionally, the ISBN-13 will appear on the full description page for every title with an ISBN-10. If you accidentally type in a 13-digit ISBN that is not valid, BooksInPrint.com will automatically alert you of this error.
For helpful links about the ISBN-13 transition and new screenshots of GlobalBooksInPrint.com, please visit our ISBN information page.
2. Lists - Made Easier
You spoke. We listened. Based on customer feedback, we have improved the process of adding items to a list. Once you create a new list, that list name is maintained in the list name drop down box for you to choose from the next time you click “Add to List”. These settings are maintained until changed by the user or until the user logs out. There is no more searching for your list every time you want to add records to an existing list.
3. Copyright Clearance Center (CCC) Linking
Through GlobalBooksInPrint.com you can now quickly and easily clear copyright permissions as you search for bibliographic information about specific books, journals and other copyrighted material. Simply select the “get permission” link featured on the Full Description (just beneath the blue tabs) and you will be taken to the appropriate permission service page on copyright.com. User and bibliographic information is automatically transferred from Bowker applications to copyright.com, eliminating the need to re-enter information or conduct another title search.
You can also limit your search (in the Advanced Search Screen) to only those items available through Copyright Clearance Center. Please follow this link to read the press release.
4. Book Collection Analysis Tools
Exciting new partnerships with H.W. Wilson and ACRL have allowed Bowker to develop Bowker's Book Analysis System - a collection development tool that will allow a qualitative analysis of your holdings without laborious, manual comparisons. This week, Bowker debuted the school and public library version which will compare your holdings against the H.W. Wilson Standard Catalogs and provide you with reports (drilled down to the thousands section of the Dewey Decimal classification) that you can use to identify gaps and duplicates within your collection. For more information, visit www.BowkersBookAnalysis.com.
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| NOVEMBER 2004 |
Bowker is expanding again! GlobalBooksInPrint.com -- the world’s most comprehensive bibliographic product database -- just got much bigger… and much better!
CLICK FOR MORE INFORMATION |
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| MAY
2004 |
Debuting
in May is the up-dated and improved professional
interface for GlobalBooksInPrint.com.
Designed to aid in workflow and time management
while seamlessly integrating into your every day
work habits, the new GlobalBooksInPrint.com interface
will allow you to work more efficiently and effectively.
Headlining
the new enhancements are Streamlined Workflow
features intended to provide a more easy-to-use,
user-friendly format of GlobalBooksInPrint.com.
The new Streamlined Workflow design includes feature
tabs at the top and bottom of each search results
page and pop-up windows which allows you to view
even more detail about the feature without taking
you away from the page you are currently viewing.
For complete enhancement information and a side
by side look at the old and new interfaces, CLICK
HERE.
Additionally,
the "General Interest" section on the
left side of the screen has been fully updated
with the most current enhancement and support
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| JANUARY
2004 |
London
Book Fair Partnership
From now until the end of March, Bowker is proud
to offer enhanced listings for all London Book Fair
exhibitors. As a result, when searching in globalbooksinprint.com,
not only will you be able to limit your search to
only those publishers who are LBF exhibitors but
also, when performing a general search, LBF exhibitor
listings will be clearly marked on both the search
results and the detail pages. Additionally, in globalbooksinprint.com,
you will find the publisher’s London Book
Fair stand number, and you will be able to link
to their listing in the London
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| OCTOBER
2003 |
BIP
Alert Service
Be the first to learn about new releases -- Introducing
Bowker’s New BIP Alert Service! Enable staff
and patrons to save their own customized searches
and receive alerts when new items meeting their
criteria are released or added to the database.
CLICK
HERE to learn more about this exciting new
feature.
Jump
to Full Description
Bypass the intermediate Search Results screen
when a search results in only one record being
found. When a search finds only one record you
will be taken directly to the Full Description
page for that record.
Default
"Sort By" Setting on Search Results
Page
In response to requests for seeing the latest
titles first, the default sort setting on the
Search Results page has been changed to Publication
Date -- showing most recent titles first.
Forthcoming
Room
The Forthcoming Room is now available for all
titles in all markets. You can now find forthcoming
titles for releases in Australia, UK, New Zealand
and South Africa as well as in the US and Canada.
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