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Introducing SELL

Southern European Libraries Link (SELL) Núria Comellas (CBUC) ICOLC 11th Fall Meeting Paris , October 28 th 2009. Introducing SELL. http://www.heal-link.gr/SELL/. SELL members. 6 countries Annual meetings to share information and concerns: 1st meeting in Greece (2001)

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Introducing SELL

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  1. Southern European Libraries Link (SELL)Núria Comellas (CBUC)ICOLC 11th Fall MeetingParis, October 28th 2009

  2. Introducing SELL http://www.heal-link.gr/SELL/

  3. SELL members 6 countries Annual meetings to share information and concerns: 1st meeting in Greece (2001) 10th meeting in France next year! Fluent informal communication

  4. Why a group like SELL? Special needs: FTE pricing model not applicable Teaching based on lectures and notes Lower use of English Different “previous expenditure/ budget power” history Foundational statement in 2001: Why some libraries and consortia are paying too much for e-informationhttp://www.heal-link.gr/SELL/statement1.htm

  5. SELL and the economic crisis In the last SELL meeting (Turkey, May 2009) SELL members reported their concerns about budget cuts in the near future SELL members endorsed the ICOLC statement on the economic crisis, and also wrote a Supplementary Statement: http://www.heal-link.gr/SELL/statement7.htm

  6. SELL joint licensing ALJC (http://aljc.swets.com/): First transnational agreement for e-journals, negotiated back in 2006! Benefit: the more participants, the more discount on the e-access fee (opt-in deal) Parties involved: SELL/ALPSP/Swets >600 e-journals from “small publishers” License 2007-2009, 44 participants from 4 countries Working on the 2010-2012 renewal!

  7. SELL target for the near future Open access report: Now retrieving “basic reports” (number of repositories, academic journals, OA policies) about the current situation in each country Model: Nordic countries report on OA http://nordbib.net.dynamicweb.dk/Files/Filer/Documents%20for%20download/Open_Acces_in_the Nordic_Countries_Hedlund_Rabow_Nordbib.pdf A SELL/OA meeting for 2010? Presentation of the full SELL report on OA Involving academic representatives from each SELL country Statement to encourage OA policies in the SELL countries

  8. Thank you! Núria Comellas Consorci de Biblioteques Universitàries de Catalunya ncomellas@cbuc.es www.cbuc.es

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