New BBC Monitoring Library: credible, timely open source intelligence

Publishing Technology, the largest provider of software, services and
content for the information industry, has announced the launch of a new web          
platform for BBC Monitoring, the global news resource. The BBC Monitoring
Library (www.bbcmonitoringlibrary.com) provides subscribers with open source
intelligence from the BBC’s unparalleled network. Articles are selected from
traditional and new media worldwide, with over one hundred source languages
being translated into English to provide a fully searchable digital current
affairs resource.

More than 3,000 radio, television, press, internet and news agency sources
in over 150 countries are monitored to inform the BBC’s distinctive,
authoritative and reliable reporting of political and economic news. Content
is delivered via data feed to the new web platform, where XML-based storage
enables greater flexibility in delivery. The database also supports
sophisticated discoverability, including multiple filtering options to
facilitate users’ ability to track emerging stories.

The new service offers improved functionality enabling the BBC to serve key
academic and institutional markets effectively; for example,
IP-authenticated access control, management of complex inter-subscriber
relationships, social bookmarking and COUNTER-compliant usage statistics
all enhance the service’s proposition to the academic sector. Publishing
Technology has simultaneously delivered a new, fully-integrated subscription
management system, which supports flexible content licensing, sophisticated
revenue recognition and retention analysis, complex customer relationships
and multiple currencies. Completing the package, Publishing Technology will
also provide sales representation to facilitate BBC Monitoring’s entry into
new markets by leveraging the experience of its PCG division.

“Market research with leading academic libraries revelealed that IP access
is essential to this important group,” explains Rosy Wolfe, Head of Business
Development and Customer Relations at BBC Monitoring. “We are confident that
this new site offers the flexibility and functionality that will make it an
invaluable resource for anyone with an interest in current affairs.”

“BBC Monitoring’s uniquely authoritative and impartial content proposition
is now supported by a site that offers state of the art features for
libraries,” adds Arend Kuester, Director, PCG Europe.