--(Business Wire)--
You`re a researcher at a pharmaceutical company. You have just located a journal
article with potentially huge impact on the discovery process for a new
blockbuster drug. You want to get your hands on the article and fast, and you
also want your workgroup to receive copies. The sooner the team can read the
article, the further along they`ll be towards their life-saving breakthroughs.
There`s just one problem: there isn`t an "iTunes for journal articles" - not
yet, anyways. Even if there was, you have no idea if your company already owns
the rights to access the article or how to navigate the issues involved in
securing permissions or reproducing the article so you can legally distribute it
to your coworkers.
Derycz Scientific of Santa Monica, CA, can help- by pioneering a fresh way of
facilitating the flow of information from content publishers to enterprise
customers and their constituents. As a "content repurposing company," Derycz
positions itself as a value-added middleman, working with content providers to
ensure their published content is more easily accessible, and working with users
to navigate the pitfalls of content reproduction, sharing and dissemination. For
example, if the employer for the researcher described above had an account with
Derycz Scientific, they would be able to receive the article quickly, along with
information about their available sharing options and tools.
"I coined the term `The Article Economy` because research articles and other
types of published information ought to be assessed by their financial and
intellectual worth," says Jan Peterson, Head of Publisher Relations at Derycz
Scientific. "Publishers can reap the greatest rewards if their articles are
available and sold to the widest possible range of content users. Researchers
profit when articles are easily and conveniently procurable and distributed."
To this end, Derycz Scientific operates through two subsidiaries, Reprints Desk,
Inc., and Pools Press, Inc. Reprints Desk specializes in distributing bulk
reprints, e-prints and single articles to life science and other
research-intensive enterprises. Pools Press works as a printing service
provider. Reprints Desk is a channel supplier for over 100 scientific,
technical, and medical publishers, serving most of the world`s top-50
pharmaceutical companies.
Visit Derycz Scientific at www.deryczscientific.com to see why leading
pharmaceutical companies turn to Derycz Scientific and its subsidiaries to
better utilize scientific literature.
IRG
Robin O`Malley, 212-825-3210
Copyright Business Wire 2009
