Contact Information

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Contact Information

• Adam Chesler, Marketing Manager Electronic
  Products and Services
• Kluwer Academic Publishers
• 101 Philip Drive Norwell, MA 02061
• Tel [phone] Fax [phone]
• E-Mail adam.chesler_at_wkap.com
• http//www.wkap.nl

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Ninth North Carolina Serials Conference

• Catalytic Conversions
• Pinpointing Impetus for Change
• Fill er up
• Bundling Purchases and Products
• Adam Chesler
• Kluwer Academic Publishers
• Chapel Hill, NC
• March 17, 2000

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Why Participate in a Group License?

• economies of scale cost savings
• resource sharing
• title borrowing
• systems sharing
• broader dissemination of information
• more scholars gain access to more data
• simple mathematics more value

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Why Not Participate in a Group License?

• dont want your access to materials to be
  contingent on other institutions
• may want short-term, instead of long-term,
  agreement
• dont want any additional costs
• dont want to wait for decisions to be made
• dont know which one to join

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Consortial AdvantagesLibraries Perspective

• increased breadth of coverage
• access to more information for incremental (if
  any) additional cost
• shared costs for additional materials
• reduced cost-per-user and cost-per-download
• caps on rate increases possible
• level playing field for users across group
• one person does the negotiating

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Consortial Advantages Publishers Perspective

• more readers wider use
• titles not previously held at individual campuses
  now available to more patrons
• one contact point for negotiating terms
• one license
• one invoice
• potential additional income from previously
  non-subscribed products

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Consortial Organization

• Helpful
• strong leadership
• flexibility
• an established process
• motivation
• an overall plan
• a back-up plan

• Not So Helpful
• too many cooks
• lack of overall plan
• inflexibility

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Some Deal-Challengers

• what if some members dont opt in?
• increased costs for participants
• additional costs manageable for all?
• willing to lock-in for the long(er)-term?
• multi-consortia membership
• which deal to take?
• what happens to smaller groups?
• different fiscal years in one group

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Some Issues Groups Face

• legal structure?
• how big is too big?
• access points
• local hosts?
• aggregators?
• content provider?
• central funding available?
• what if a leader leaves?

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And Now, a Brief Plug

• Developing and Managing E-JournalCollections A
  How-To Manual for Librarians (Neal-Schuman,
  Summer 2000)Virginia Scheschy, Donnie Curtis,
  Adolfo Tarango

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Ninth North CarolinaSerials Conference

• Adam Chesler, Marketing Manager Electronic
  Products and Services
• Kluwer Academic Publishers
• 101 Philip Drive Norwell, MA 02061
• Tel [phone] Fax [phone]
• E-Mail adam.chesler_at_wkap.com
• http//www.wkap.nl