Publishing in the digital age: Challenges and requirements for authors and users of SpringerLink

The use of technology to support the digital production, distribution and storage of scientific content in full-text formats poses challenges for authors and publishers as well as for the librarians and scientists who access the materials. While scientific publishers still have to produce high-quality print products, they have had to develop new production systems that are now able to produce book and journal pages in both print and digital form. This paper will discuss how Springer organizes its digital production and distribution systems and some of the challenges we will face in the future.