Editorial Outsourcing Helps Secondary Publisher Achieve Higher Level of Performance

Innodata Isogen Abstracts, Indexes and Digitizes Key Information for Periodicals

Challenge

A world leader in providing information access and management solutions forged a reputation as the clearinghouse that librarians and corporate researchers rely on to stay current with developments in their fields. The secondary publisher processes tremendous volumes of content. Each month, they add a large number of articles to the millions of articles already on file with the electronic service, which encompasses more than 150 databases and 12,000 e-journals.

The publisher also customizes its on-line services for numerous individual subscribers. Libraries, for example, want to give patrons electronic access to a wide range of books, journals and periodicals. While some libraries only require abstracts, others enroll in services that enable readers to access entire articles and buy others on a pay-per-view basis. To support the growing demands of electronic media, the publisher enhances access to this content through quick search and information retrieval.

That wouldn’t be possible, however, without the indexing terms, abstracts and other XML-based features that enable readers to search more effectively and efficiently for relevant content...