Leaving the “Big Deal”: Consequences and Next Steps

Nabe, Jonathan; Fowler, David C.

doi:10.1080/0361526x.2012.652524

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“…As the total number of publishers in the field reduces, so the competition to publish society journals also falls, and it may become more difficult for society publishers to find suitable partners. A further, well-documented [10][11][12][13][14] worry for societies is that consolidation leads to major publishers creating large discount packages for libraries including hundreds of journal subscriptions, also known as the 'Big Deal'. The 'Big Deal' means that libraries spend most of their budget on a few large packages instead of purchasing journals from several smaller ones, with the risk that smaller society-published journals may be squeezed out altogether.…”

Section: Market Consolidationmentioning

confidence: 99%

On shifting sands: assessing the financial sustainability of UK learned societies

Johnson

Fosci

2015

Learned Publishing

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Section: Market Consolidationmentioning

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On shifting sands: assessing the financial sustainability of UK learned societies

Johnson

Fosci

2015

Learned Publishing

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“…Where resource sharing was once an ancillary or supplementary service, it has transformed to become a strategic force both supporting and shaping what resources libraries offer and how they are offered. The options a library has for accessing resources through partnerships with other libraries features prominently in decision-making around collection development; indication of this fundamental shift in the strategic positioning of resource sharing dates back many years to the development of systems/ partnerships like Borrow Direct (Collins, 2012) and has continued in the era of e-books and patron driven acquisitions (Nabe and Fowler, 2012). Its definition has been widened and its goals enhanced, while its mission to connect people and information and its values of reciprocity, responsibility, and sharing remain.…”

Section: The Rise Of Resource Sharingmentioning

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Rethinking library resource sharing: new models for collaboration

Bailey-Hainer

Beaubien

Posner

et al. 2014

Interlending &Amp; Document Supply

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If you would like to write for this, or any other Emerald publication, then please use our Emerald for Authors service information about how to choose which publication to write for and submission guidelines are available for all. Please visit www.emeraldinsight.com/authors for more information. About Emerald www.emeraldinsight.comEmerald is a global publisher linking research and practice to the benefit of society. The company manages a portfolio of more than 290 journals and over 2,350 books and book series volumes, as well as providing an extensive range of online products and additional customer resources and services.Emerald is both COUNTER 4 and TRANSFER compliant. The organization is a partner of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and also works with Portico and the LOCKSS initiative for digital archive preservation.*Related content and download information correct at time of download. Evan SimpsonTisch Library, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts, USA Abstract Purpose -The purpose of this paper is to highlight significant changes in the information discovery landscape; discuss evolution in discovery systems and their connection to resource sharing; discuss the use of best practices by resource sharing practitioners; and describe new collaborations among libraries that change the definition of resource sharing. Design/methodology/approach -The authors observed the library landscape with a focus on discovery systems, interlending systems, and collaborative resource sharing models and reviewed literature related to these areas to structure discussion and draw conclusions about the changing role and definition of resource sharing.Findings -Innovations in discovery have significant impact on library resource sharing. Resource sharing practitioners are using best practices to improve services and develop new roles. New models for collaboration are changing the definition of library resource sharing. Originality/value -This paper positions resource sharing as a dynamic, highly strategic area of service with growing importance to twenty-first century libraries and challenges readers to consider what new partnerships and collaborative models will benefit both libraries and their communities.

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“…They concluded that "download statistics are not an accurate indicator of demand." 4 They assert that ease of access via efficient article linking within library portals and on web search engines such as Google artificially inflates usage figures as a user may access an article "without meaning to, or after accessing it, determine it to be of no use." 5 An alternative to Nabe and Fowler's conclusion may be that, rather than ease of access artificially inflating demand, the inconvenience of using ILL artificially depresses demand.…”

Section: Academic Libraries That Cancel Serials Titles Typically Offementioning

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Spilling Out of the Funnel: How Reliance Upon Interlibrary Loan Affects Access to Information

Knowlton¹,

Kristanciuk²,

Jabaily³

2015

LRTS

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Academic libraries that cancel serials titles typically offer interlibrary loan (ILL) as an alternative means to access these titles.This study examines how serialsW hen academic libraries cancel journal subscriptions, patrons lose immediate access to the content within those journals.However, patrons whose libraries participate in interlibrary loan (ILL) programs retain the ability to discover the existence of desired content through indexes (often called "databases") and obtain the material from partner libraries. Many librarians are confident that this model of obtaining material is an effective alternative to subscriptions because, as Mortimore writes, a well-run ILL program can "provide access to the right materials at the right time." The practice of canceling subscriptions and relying on ILL presents two related but distinct concerns for library administrators, concerns that this paper addresses. First, savings from subscriptions budgets may be countered by increased ILL costs. Second, it is not established whether ILL meets patron information needs as well as direct subscriptions do.Accessing content via ILL is a very different experience from accessing it directly from a library portal.A patron seeking content than a subscribed title typically finds the material in an index and can begin reading it within seconds.A patron who uses ILL must undertake additional steps in the library interface to place the ILL request and wait hours

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Leaving the “Big Deal”: Consequences and Next Steps

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On shifting sands: assessing the financial sustainability of UK learned societies

On shifting sands: assessing the financial sustainability of UK learned societies

Rethinking library resource sharing: new models for collaboration

Spilling Out of the Funnel: How Reliance Upon Interlibrary Loan Affects Access to Information

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