Alison McNab

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E-journal issues access, pricing, future
directions

• Alison McNab
• DNER Collections Manager,
• Journals Discovery Tools

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Aims and objectives

• Discussion
• User perspective
• LIS perspective

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Access

• Authentication
• OPAC
• A I services
• Linking technologies
• Portals
• Journal management systems
• Document delivery

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Technical issues

• Generating your e-journal Web pages
• OPAC
• Access
• Other solutions
• Authentication
• IP
• ATHENS
• Passwords

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Pricing

• Options
• Bundling / E-only
• Link to spend / usage / users
• All-you-can-eat / subject collections
• Price increases
• VAT

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Future directions

• Community focus
• National serial requirements survey
• New charging model
• E-journal negotiations
• Vision for the Information Environment
• Positive impacts on access to journal literature
• Portal infrastructure for access to journal
  articles
• Linking technologies
• Technical framework for disclosing metadata about
  electronic assets

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Issues

• Access
• What infrastructure do you need?
• Budgeting
• Creative thinking required!
• Future directions
• Local / Regional / National