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June 16, 2009, 12:13 PM ET
Springer Announces New Image-Searching Program
Springer Science and Business Media says it has created a new way for researchers and professors to search, download, and use its collection of 1.5 million images.
At the American Library Association’s conference next month, the company plans to introduce SpringerImages, a subscription service that will combine graphs, charts, drawings, and photos from books and journals published by the company and available on SpringerLink and Images.Md.
The new product will be able to search any text in the image, as well as its caption. Users will be able to edit the key words or tags corresponding to the image, and those with subscriptions to Springer’s online material will also find a link to the article. The new technology will make all images available for download in high resolution, and they can be sent to either a PowerPoint presentation or PDF document. They can be used freely, as long as there is no profit being made. Springer is looking for other image databases to incorporate, but only if the images will be available free.
While the company said the subscription cost for the image-searching software would be less than its print subscription, prices will vary depending on the customer’s institution size and whether the access to scientific images is full or limited. —Marc Beja
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