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Publishers & Library Consortia. SLAIS E-Publishing Summer School UCL, 19 th June 2007. Overview . The marketplace Types of sale Pressures External: from the market Internal: from the business Questions?. The Marketplace. Individual. Member. Librarian. University. Corporate.
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Publishers & Library Consortia SLAIS E-Publishing Summer School UCL, 19th June 2007
Overview • The marketplace • Types of sale • Pressures • External: from the market • Internal: from the business • Questions?
The Marketplace Individual Member Librarian University Corporate Government Hospital
Or a consortia... Academic Consortia: NESLI Medical Consortia National consortia: Iceland
Types of sale: Pick & Choose Print Only Online Only Print + Online Usually at list prices: price increases determined annually in July/August
Types of sale: subject collections Typically Online Only Negotiated prices Good for specialised institutions: eg veterinary college
Types of sale: pay per view (PPV) Personal credit card Online Only Pre-purchase credits Post-purchase using download metrics Preferred by corporate customers
Types of sale: the big deal • Typically Online Only • Negotiated prices • Multiple year contract • Price caps • Discounted print • Local hosting Good for large multi-disciplinary institutions
Types of sale: direct or intermediary • Facilitator • Local Language/customs • Local contact • Payments • Order processing • Helpdesk • admin • Commission required • Extra link in the chain • Less necessary in online world • Distanced from customer • Internal customer support
Types of sale: third party agreement • License content to a vendor • Royalty paid on sales made • content aggregated with other content • Larger sales team • Specialise in specific markets: eg OVID = medical • Different platform • Lose branding • Lose customer contact • Impact full-price sales?
Pressures on publishers: external • Static or decreasing budgets • Need for sustainable, predictable pricing • Open access • Demand for standardization • Shibboleth • Transfer • Counter • Model licenses
Pressures on publishers: internal • Stakeholders: • Editors • Societies • Shareholders • Competitors • Authors • Papers • Journals • Growing readership • Growing revenues • Growing subscriber numbers • Increasing citations
Summary points • More standardisation • E-commerce • More distribution of content over-layered by search engines • New models emerging: online only • New forums for exchanging views and information: linked-in, Facebook, Myspace etc