Licensing, organizing and accessing e-journals in the Catalan university libraries

Anglada, Lluís; Comellas, Núria; Roig, J. Rafel; Tort, Marta

doi:10.1629/16299

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“…The future is likely to place increased control in the hands of the library community, through initiatives like patron-driven acquisition (PDA) (Kenneway, 2011). The Big Deal today is the biggest bugbear for librarians and currently the focus of a face-off between U.K. librarians and publishers (Poynder, 2013;Anglada et al, 2003) The Consortium of University Libraries of Catalonia (CBUC) prefers the electronic plus print option; the cost of electronic access is paid consortially, and a price is established with a discount for the paper subscriptions that the libraries wish to continue receiving (optionally and at their own expense). This option, which was first adopted in 2000, has proved a success.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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Lacunae existing in licensing and pricing models of electronic resource

Nazir¹

2015

Int. J. Lib. Inf. Sci.

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The paper aims to explore and identify the recent contributions to the literature available in the current developments and issues in licensing and pricing models in e-resources. An extensive literature survey was performed in an attempt to identify substantial works published to date concerning pricing and licensing issues coupled with the publishers and librarians. The literature review connotes that hardly any systematic study or scholarly output which can facilitate the precise and accurate facts about pricing and licensing issues coupled with the publishers and librarians is available, although the size of the scholarly publishing industry and its effect on the cost and licensing of e-resource is quite large. It is evident from the scrutiny of literature existing that there are still areas for advanced exploration on the topic of pricing and licensing concerns of the scholarly publishing industry; and study paves the way for the concerned organizations and institutions (such as Libraries and Publishers), at global level, to take substantial measures to overcome monopoly effects from the publishers and come up with the standard models. The study is very helpful for librarians or authorities in selecting the best available ejournal package for their libraries .The paper is the first ordered and thorough attempt to review the literature and provide that there is not any standard pricing model available for e-resource subscription in the market to control the monopoly of publishers and aggregators.

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Lacunae existing in licensing and pricing models of electronic resource

Nazir¹

2015

Int. J. Lib. Inf. Sci.

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“…Although the first agreements were difficult to establish, renewal has been fairly straightforward and the annual increases have been limited. Furthermore, the contracts have become very similar and licensing, which was a slow process for the first consortial licences, has been simplified (Anglada 2003).…”

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The Digital Library of Catalonia

Anglada¹,

Borrego²,

Comellas³

2010

Business Planning for Digital Libraries

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“…the Rovira and Virgili University (URV), the Open University of Catalonia (UOC) and the Library of Catalonia (BC). Among others activities, the CBUC maintains the Digital Library of Catalonia (BDC), which centralizes the licensing of electronic documents, including electronic journal packages [2,3,5].…”

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Looking below the surface

Graells

2008

Library Collections, Acquisitions, & Technical Services

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The licensing of packages of electronic journals by consortia of libraries has been traditionally presented as a "win-win" system. This article ascertains whether this assumption is fulfilled among the members of the Spanish consortium CBUC. The study of the electronic journals consulted with regard to subjects and scientific areas shows that some universities make more use of them than others, taking into account their relative potential in terms of full-time equivalent (FTE) faculty members. The methodological model used has proved to be viable for studying patterns of use at more detailed levels than the general institutional level normally covered by COUNTER-compliant reports.

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Licensing, organizing and accessing e-journals in the Catalan university libraries

Cited by 9 publications

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Lacunae existing in licensing and pricing models of electronic resource

Lacunae existing in licensing and pricing models of electronic resource

The Digital Library of Catalonia

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