[BOAI] 2011 Year-End President's Letter

[Peter Suber]

[Forwarding from SSRN.  --Peter Suber.]


SSRN has grown substantially in the last 12 months. Within the next few
days, the SSRN eLibrary
(http://ssrn.com/search<http://hq.ssrn.com/GroupProcesses/RedirectClick.cfm?partid=440087&corid=1896&runid=6526&url=http://ssrn.com/search>)
will deliver its 50 millionth full-text paper download. This is a
significant milestone for us. Thank you!

During the last year we changed our server architecture to improve the
speed of searches, enhance overall stability, and provide the
infrastructure required to meet the continued growth we have been
experiencing. In our recent tests, the average eLibrary search time has
decreased from 4.5 seconds to less than 1 second.

The SSRN eLibrary currently has 375,000 paper abstracts from over 175,000
authors and has received 60,000 new submissions during the year. SSRN's
Citereader project with ITX Corp. has extracted 7.4 million references, 4.7
million citations, and 7.7 million footnotes from our 306,000 full text
papers.

In 2012, our team will continue to improve the speed and stability of SSRN
so that our users have the best possible experience. We will also continue
to expand our interdisciplinary growth in the social sciences and
humanities by creating research networks in Sustainability, Innovation,
Rhetoric, Anthropology, and Hebrew.

Our year-end distribution break is scheduled for Monday, 26 December 2011
through Sunday, 7 January 2012. During the break, SSRN's abstracting
eJournals will not be distributed so that we can expand the capacity and
improve the performance of our servers. We will continue to provide support
for downloads, submissions, and subscriptions but there will be periods of
time when the site is unavailable. For any requests during the break,
please contact customer support at
UserSupport at SSRN.com<usersupport at ssrn.com>or call toll free
877-SSRNHelp
(877-777-6435). Outside of the United States, call +1 585 442 8170. We are
open Monday through Friday between 8:30AM and 6:00PM, United States Eastern.

I am always interested in your feedback about SSRN and our team loves to
hear stories about how SSRN has impacted your life. Please contact me at
Gregg_Gordon at SSRN.com <gregg_gordon at ssrn.com> or use our "Feedback to SSRN"
link on most SSRN web pages.

Thank you again for your continued support and Happy Holidays to you and
your family!

Gregg Gordon
President
Social Science Research Network
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