Usage Data, E-journal Selection, and Negotiations: An Iranian Consortium Experience

Emrani, Ebrahim; Moradi-Salari, Amin; Jamali, Hamid R.

doi:10.1016/j.serrev.2010.03.004

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“…Librarians need to use judgement when gathering and using cost per use data as usage statistics are not measured and communicated in a uniform manner (Huffine, 2015). Cost per use and overall usage data can provide librarians insight into trends in resource usage, which is helpful when negotiating prices and content with publishers (Emrani et al, 2010). However, do not evaluate cost per use independently; this metric should be considered with the recommended qualitative measures.…”

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Information creates relative bargaining power in vendor negotiations

Macy

2018

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Purpose This paper aims to examine how libraries can create relative bargaining power and presents a methodology for analyzing collections and preparing for negotiations. Design/methodology/approach A brief literature review of the current state of collection budgets and electronic resource prices is presented prior to proposing a methodology based on business analysis frameworks and techniques. Findings Electronic resource subscription prices are increasing at a rate significantly higher than inflation, while collection budgets grow slowly, remain stagnant or decrease. Academic libraries have the ability to counteract this trend by creating relative bargaining power through organizational efforts that take advantage of size and concentration (e.g. consortia), vertical integration through practices such as library publishing and open access and through individual efforts using information. This paper proposes metrics and methodologies that librarians can use to analyze their collections, set negotiation priorities and prepare for individual resource negotiations to create relative bargaining power. Practical implications The proposed methodology enables librarians and buyers of information resources to harness the information available about their electronic resource collections to better position themselves when entering negotiations with vendors. Originality/value This paper presents metrics, some not commonly used (i.e. average annual price increase/decrease), that aid in understanding price sensitivity. Pareto analysis has been traditionally used to analyze usage, but this paper suggests using it in relation to costs and budgets for setting negotiation priorities.

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Information creates relative bargaining power in vendor negotiations

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2018

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“…With the exception of a rich nation-wide consortium of academic libraries known as CONSIRAN (Emrani et al, 2010), formal library collaborations have remained under-developed in Iran. International ILL services are rare and a few attempts for establishing official ILL services resulted in ineffective projects (Jamali et al, 2010).…”

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Collaboration and document exchange among librarians in virtual communities: A case study of LIS Group

Asadi

2017

Journal of Librarianship and Information Science

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This paper investigates collaborations and document sharing activities among Iranian librarians over a nation-wide email forum known as LIS Group. The emails sent in 2016 were searched for traces of interlibrary loan, document delivery and knowledge sharing that resulted in 1038 emails. The sample was transferred to Excel where other features were extracted. The emails were categorized and their contents and attachments were labelled. Results showed that the female librarians participated more than male members in both request and response emails. Slightly more than half (54.1%) of emails contained personal requests and 41.1% demanded data or documents for library users. Journal and conference papers were in high demanded and 62% of provided documents were in English. No significant statistical difference was observed between the request and response emails. It is concluded that email groups provide a platform for knowledge sharing and document exchange among librarians especially in countries with poor formal interlibrary cooperative programs such as Iran. Professional ties can grow among information and library practitioners through participation in virtual communities.

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Academic library consortia and the evolving role of electronic resources and technology

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2012

Electronic Resource Management

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Usage Data, E-journal Selection, and Negotiations: An Iranian Consortium Experience

Cited by 5 publications

References 6 publications

Information creates relative bargaining power in vendor negotiations

Information creates relative bargaining power in vendor negotiations

Collaboration and document exchange among librarians in virtual communities: A case study of LIS Group

Academic library consortia and the evolving role of electronic resources and technology

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