Pay-per-view article access: a viable replacement for subscriptions?

Chamberlain, Clint; MacAlpine, Barbara

doi:10.1629/2130

Cited by 19 publications

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“…The HSL was able to add access to over 700 in-scope journals to its collections, and the entire PPV service remained essentially budget neutral. Other libraries have had even more success and experienced substantial cost savings through their PPV services [1,8,18]. Libraries should also consider the ILL savings possible through PPV.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Breaking inertia: increasing access to journals during a period of declining budgets: a case study

Fought¹

2014

J Med Libr Assoc

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Beginning in January 2012, a 1-year pilot pay-per-view (PPV) service was implemented. Twenty-four journal subscriptions were canceled to fund the service, and through the PPV service, the library was able to offer patrons access to over 700 previously unavailable biomedical journals. At the end of the pilot period, the total PPV cost for each journal accessed was compared to the subscription cost to determine if PPV was an effective use of library money. While remaining essentially budget neutral, the number of full-text articles accessed increased over 400%. PPV can be a cost-effective method for expanding access to journals.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Breaking inertia: increasing access to journals during a period of declining budgets: a case study

Fought¹

2014

J Med Libr Assoc

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“…Brown (2012) suggests from the evidence drawn from his study that the option offered by publishers 'pay-per-view' is a cost-saving alternative for requests that require payment of copyright royalties. Chamberlain and MacAlpine (2008) have opined in his paper that for some situations and institutions, pay-per-view may be a viable means of providing access to content into the foreseeable future.…”

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License Agreements-A Barrier to Interlibrary Loan?

Prakash¹,

Mishra²,

Sharma³

et al. 2018

Journ. of Informa. Managem.

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Increase in scholarly electronic resources and the availability of technology to host the resources have created a situation where in the expectations of patrons have increased to a level where they expect everything they need is possible to have. Libraries are under tremendous strain to keep up with the expectations of their patrons with ever shrinking budgets. Whatever may be the size of the budget of a Library, there is always a segment of information requirement that cannot be fulfilled by the host Library. This segment of information required by their patrons is fulfilled through Inter-Library Loan (ILL)/Document Delivery Services (DDS). Hence, ILL/ DDS has always been a part of Library services right from the 'print only' days. With the advent of electronic age where the electronic resources are licensed rather than owned, ILL/DDS services have been very challenging with the restrictions imposed by the publishers. The clauses or conditions regarding ILL/DDS vary widely from publisher to publisher. The licensor sets out the terms for what can be used, by whom, how, for how long and at what cost. This work has examined license agreements of 43 publishers. The observations made may be useful for libraries to negotiate better terms and conditions so that an equitable solution is sought for both the libraries and the publishers.

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“…6 The experience at Trinity University with PPV acquisition of Science Direct articles is one example of a successful PPV implementation. 7 In this case, the faculty was heavily involved from the start and students were not allowed unsupervised usage of tokens.…”

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Unbundling the “Big Deal” with Pay-Per-View of E-journal Articles

Weicher

Zhang

2012

The Serials Librarian

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Academic libraries have been exploring alternatives to publisher's "Big Deal" e-journal packages due to budgetary restrictions, complicated and inflexible contracts, and questions about the value of adding peripheral titles to their collections. A possible alternative to e-journal bundles is Pay-Per-View (PPV), which allows articles to be purchased on an individual basis. This article explores one library's experiences beginning to unbundle a publisher's "Big Deal," using a mix of individual journal subscriptions and PPV.It provides detailed analysis of articles purchased by PPV when library patrons were offered unfettered access to virtually the entire publisher's collection for the first time. It also offers suggestions on how to improve PPV infrastructure for adoption by academic libraries, including extending the viewing period, offering customizable intercept messages, enhancing usage reporting, and making it possible to limit access to titles within the collection.Many academic libraries subscribed to publishers' "Big Deal" or bundled e-journal packages with expectations of significantly expanded access for relatively small increases over historical expenditure levels. "Big Deal"

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Pay-per-view article access: a viable replacement for subscriptions?

Cited by 19 publications

References 6 publications

Breaking inertia: increasing access to journals during a period of declining budgets: a case study

Breaking inertia: increasing access to journals during a period of declining budgets: a case study

License Agreements-A Barrier to Interlibrary Loan?

Unbundling the “Big Deal” with Pay-Per-View of E-journal Articles

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