Scope to participate at the Annual Meeting of Society for Scholarly Publishing

CHENNAI, India - May 23, 2013 - PRLog -- Scope e-Knowledge Center (Scope), a leading provider of knowledge services and a Quatrro Global Services company, has announced that Rich Kobel, Associate Vice President of Business Development at Scope, will moderate a session titled “Enhancing Discoverability of Book Content” at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) to be held in San Francisco from June 5-7, 2013. Scope is the publisher of the Knowledgespeak newsletter, a comprehensive news service focusing on the STM information industry.

The session will address some of the challenges book publishers face in transitioning to an online content business model. Session speakers Christine Charlip, Director, ASM Press; Kent Anderson, CEO/Publisher, Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery; Tara Robenalt, Director of Product Management, HighWire; and Ashley Bass, Product Manager, Serials Solutions, will explore the relative obscurity of book chapter content online, along with the opportunity it brings. A variety of strategies for enhancing discoverability and citation of book content will be presented from the viewpoints of book authors, publishers, platform providers and library discovery services. The importance of both CrossRef DOIs and index/abstract metadata for book chapters will be discussed, citing examples of some high profile book publishers.

Scope has considerable experience in discoverability enhancing services for books and book chapters, including:

§   ConSCIse (http://www.scopeknowledge.com/automaticontentabstraction....)™ – abstract and keyword metadata creation/enrichment

§   mARCat (http://www.scopeknowledge.com/Downloads/product/mARCat.pdf)™ – MARC record development

§   diSCOver (http://www.scopeknowledge.com/abstractiondiscover.aspx)™ – controlled vocabulary development and semantic enrichment

About Society for Scholarly Publishing

The Society for Scholarly Publishing is a non-profit organization to promote and advance communication among all sectors of the scholarly publication community through networking, information dissemination, and facilitation of new developments in the field. SSP members represent all aspects of scholarly publishing, including publishers, printers, e- products developers, technical service providers, librarians, and editors.

About Scope e-Knowledge Center

Scope, a Quatrro Global Services company, is an award-winning provider of outsourced, cost-effective Content Enhancement Services, Data Management Services, Business Research Services and Patent Analytics for various clients across the globe. Scope, a niche knowledge services provider, has employees from various educational backgrounds and experience delivering knowledge solutions across multiple industry verticals and domains. Scope fulfils customer needs by leveraging its experience and capabilities using in-house developed proprietary technology solutions and platforms for service delivery as well as its internal needs. Scope is also the publisher of the daily newsletter Knowledgespeak, a comprehensive news service focusing on the STM information industry.

For more information, please contact:

Richard Kobel

Associate Vice President,

Business Development,

USA

Scope e-Knowledge Center

+1 516 462 3555

rkobel@scopeknowledge.com  

www.scopeknowledge.com

Deborah Harman

Associate Vice President,

Business Development,

UK & Europe

Scope e-Knowledge Center

+44 (0) 1844 238448

Deborah@scopeknowledge.com  

www.scopeknowledge.com