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The Big Deal…A Good Deal!

The Big Deal…A Good Deal!. David F. Kohl. eICOLC October 3-5, 2002 Thessaloniki, Greece. Libraries have two , not one, problems involving journals. Libraries Have Two Key Problems. They don’t provide particularly good access to the journal literature (even the biggest libraries)

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The Big Deal…A Good Deal!

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  1. The Big Deal…A Good Deal! David F. Kohl eICOLC October 3-5, 2002 Thessaloniki, Greece

  2. Libraries have two, not one, problems involving journals.

  3. Libraries Have Two Key Problems • They don’t provide particularly good access to the journal literature (even the biggest libraries) • They are facing a problem getting enough money to support collections • Asking for more money to buy fewer journals is not a strong or convincing argument

  4. Proportion of Journal Literature Originally Available in Ohio Higher Education Ohio State 53.2% Cincinnati Average 38.7% 24.1% c. OhioLINK 2000

  5. Libraries Need a Better Funding Argument • Increasing faster than the cost of living • Faculty and administrative salaries • Utilities (heating, telecommunications, electricity) • Tuition, room and board • While… • The libraries’ share of the university budget has been decreasing • From a high of 4% in the 70’s to around 2.5% today

  6. Check it out! The Big Deal allows you to address both issues

  7. Academic Press Before: 1,140 titles After: 9,100 titles Elsevier Before: 3,600 titles After: 59,800 titles How Much Greater Access to the Journal Literature

  8. Significantly More New Titles Available – And Used After: 2,501 titles Before:1,253 titles c. OhioLINK 2000

  9. HEAL-Link E-Journal UseYear 2000 • The HEAL-Link deal with Academic effectively increased access system-wide • 6 fold increase in titles available • In 2000, the Greek academic libraries downloaded 15,459 Articles from Academic Press journals • 62% were from journals not previously held in that library

  10. Academic Press Before: $964.91 avg. cost per title After: $132.97 avg. cost per title Elsevier Before: $1,944.44 avg. cost per title After: $ 128.76 avg. cost per title How Much Cheaper is the Expanded Access

  11. Plus… • Negotiated inflation increases are less than imposed inflation increases • Tends to run 1-3% less per year • Some European consortia have negotiated inflation increases under 3%

  12. The Big Deal Can Provide an Effective Funding Argument • National: The Canadians added $50,000,000 to collections purchases via CNLSP • State: Ohio has increased new annual money for collections from $0.00 to $9,000,000 in 10 years via OhioLINK • Local: University of Cincinnati has agreed to increase the Libraries’ collection budget by 8% annually

  13. Why Has the Traditional Approach Failed? • Third party payment system • Faculty and administration see collections’ costs as a library problem • Non-substituteability of journals • Can’t replace a high priced chemistry journal with a low cost literature journal

  14. Big Deal Limitations • Doesn’t work well for individual instituions • Limited money • Limited increase in market • Doesn’t work well for consortia when members can opt in or out • Undercuts central negotiator • Works better to increase access than save money • Predicated on spending more money but getting more value for money spent

  15. The Big Deal is Like Democracy It’s not a great solution, but it’s the best we have

  16. For Further Data… www.bibliopub.com

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