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Breaking the Big Deal. ASERL October 25, 2016. Jonathan Nabe Southern Illinois University Carbondale. About SIUC. Doctoral Higher Research Activity ARL member, 3 million volumes and a budget of $5 million. Effects of Leaving. Lost access ILLs increase, minimally
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Breaking the Big Deal ASERL October 25, 2016 Jonathan Nabe Southern Illinois University Carbondale
About SIUC • Doctoral Higher Research Activity • ARL member, 3 million volumes and a budget of $5 million
Effects of Leaving • Lost access • ILLs increase, minimally • Significant budget savings • Increased flexibility in collection development
Effects - Budget • 2004, 24% of our budget for 3 big deals • 2008, 33% for same deals • We save about $400,000 per year by leaving • More than our book budget
A lost big deal • Wiley: 2001-2010 • 597 non-subscribed titles • 11,254 downloads from these titles in year prior to departure
Effects - ILLs • Over five year period: • ILLs average 2% of the download figures, annually • 47% of lost titles have had no ILL requests • Average number of ILL requests per title is less than 2
Effects - Collection Development • We can and do cancel by need, not by contract • Protection of non-Big Deal publishers • Protection of the book funds
Effects – of Not leaving • Cancellations disproportionately made to the publications of smaller publishers, for institutions with Big Deals • Smaller publishers sell out to the bigger commercial publishers, for protection of subscriptions and income
Conclusion • Lost access – to peripheral titles • Minimal impact on workload and ILL fees • High and increasing savings • Flexibility • Help shape a more sustainable and balanced scholarly publishing environment
Thanks! Jonathan Nabe jnabe@lib.siu.edu