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Library Consortia for E -Journals: A New Wine in Old Bottle I.R.N. Goudar Information Centre for Aerospace Science and Technology National Aerospace Laboratories Bangalore – 560 017 [email protected] Consortia Consortia is a Strategic Alliance of Institutions that have Common Interests E-journals stakeholders User/Author Publisher Library Commercial/ Learned Society Intermediary Subscription Agent Consortia ingenta/Catchword/OCLC etc. My E-Journal System Must Have or Provide: • Comprehensiveness • Privacy • Accessibility • Flexibility • Current Awareness • It Must be User Friendly • It Must Improve Overall Performance E-Journals Major Players Primary publishers Aggregators Vendors Subscription agents Document delivery agencies E-print systems E-Journal Consolidators • Benefits for e-journal users – – – – Only one search engine, not many Only one, easy source for articles Ability to customize May offer archiving services (OCLC, Stanford’s HighWire only, so far) – BUT: no consolidator offers one single license for all journals Some E-Journal Consolidators • Blackwell Navigator: http://navigator.blackwell.co.uk/ – About 700 titles as of late January • EBSCO Online: http://www.ebsco.com/online – About 1200 titles as of early January • Dawson’s Information Quest: http://www.informationquest.com/ – About 1400 titles as of February • • Ingenta Journals: http://www.ingenta.com OCLC: http://www.oclc.org.oclc/menu/eco.html – About 1200 titles according to web site, but probably higher • Ovid: http://www.ovid.com – 300? titles, going to 400 soon • Swets: http://www.swetsnet.nl – 1212 titles available as of January Consortia Goals Increase the access base More e-Journals Rational utilization of funds A little more pays a lot Ensure the continuous subscription Qualitative resource sharing Effective document delivery service Avoid price plus models Pay for up-front products not for R&D Consortia Goals ….Cont Improved infrastructure Enhanced image of the library Visibility for smaller libraries Improve existing library services Boosting professional image Harness developments in IT Facilitate building digital libraries Cost sharing for technical and training support Increase user base Access from desktops of users Consortia Services Union catalogues Books, Journals, Technical Reports and Conference Proceedings Shared library systems Hardware, Software and other infrastructure Shared professional expertise Develop and realize consortia goals Human resource development Training staff and users Electronic contents licensing for providing access to Bibliographic databases, e-Journals, Full test reports, Conference Proceedings etc. Inter Library Lending and Document Delivery ….contd. Consortia Services ….Cont Electronic content loading Contents generated by members and acquired on common server Physical storage for archiving Old back volumes and less used documents Seminar/training programmes Professional development to serve user community Development of enabling technologies IR systems, Portals and other web interfaces Evolve standards for techniques, hardware, software and services . Consortia Models Participants Oriented Models Geographical location linked Ex: - Bangalore Special Libraries Group Libraries in the same discipline Ex: - Aerospace Libraries Group Libraries belonging to the same parent organization Ex: - CSIR LICs Libraries of academic organizations Ex: - INFLIBNET Consortia Models Purpose Oriented Models Consortia for accessing electronic journals Consortia for avoiding duplicate collection Consortia for training and library workshops Consortia Models Client Oriented Models Clients according to their age Ex: - Children, Senior Citizen Clients according to their interest Ex: - sports, game Clients according to their educational background Ex: - Technical, Professional Consortia Values Libraries Vs Publishers Libraries Usefulness Members driven Lower price Full text access Expert vs. Student Accessing Internet resources Combined purchasing power Simplify purchase procedure Distribute financial and other risk Increase participation of members No storage & documentation problem Instant Access Quality of services Free flow of information Sharing – ideas, information Contribution – time, resources Publishers Pricing/Education Usage Reporting Linking/Delivery Interface options Indexing/Filtering Gain credibility with libraries Increased marketing Reduced cost of production Reduced surcharges like mailing Less extra efforts and expenditure for new customers Get consortium tool o Gather library information o Invoice libraries o Products support Pricing Models “No universally acceptable pricing models, but ongoing experimentation with lot of scope for negotiation” Influencing Factors Quantum of business Number of consortia members Types of institutions Contract period Number of IP enabled nodes Number of campuses Value added services Rights to archive Perpetual access Training facilities Multi year agreement Publishers Issues Free titles on Internet Free access against print subscription All titles of a publisher for fixed fee Surcharge on print subscription Discounts for electronic journals Capped annual inflation Discounts on non-subscribed titles Access to subject clusters Protection of current revenue Uncertainty of new subscription Single point payment Pricing Models in Operation • Bundled – Free with print AIP, APS, AMS, Elsevier, Wiley • Print as base + surcharge on electronic Premium payments range from10-25% ACS (20%), OSA (25%) • Electronic only Small increase (ACS 105%) Same price (OSA) Discount from print (AIP 80%, AMS 90%) • Totally unbundled – No discount for both JBC (P- $ 1600, E- $1200, P+E- $ 2800) • Free e-version only Charge for print if required British Medical Journal Continue… Pricing Models in Operation …Continued • Licensee Membership Fees • Usage based pricing FTE users Concurrent users Site population • All titles of publishers with print optional • Subject clusters • Pay – per – view • Free completely – Differently funded • Extra fee for software Continue… Pricing Models in Operation …Continued • Extra for value added services • Consortium discount Number of sites • Consortium surcharge Access to all consortia titles All titles of publisher • Subscription to core titles + Pay-per-view Consortia Issues Strategic Tactical Practical Mission Programs Governance Lobbying Fund raising Education Purchasing e-Journal subscription Database access Union catalogue Digital libraries Archiving Resource sharing Access rights Outsourcing Governing board Council Task Forces Interest groups Implementing coordinating agency Contd… Consortia Issues Strategic Tactical Practical Funding Services Staffing Parent organization Funding agency Government Membership Service fees Cataloguing Training Consultation Preservation Document Delivery Copyright Program staff Support staff Volunteers Student trainees Contd… Consortia Issues Strategic Tactical Practical Geographical Coverage Technology Payment National Regional State Local Website development Shared infrastructure Shared systems Digital Library Negotiation Bill to library Central funding Vendor billing Aggregator billing Deposit account Document delivery bill Library Types National Public Academic Special Subject based Strong Links make Strong Consortia Geographical Coverage Funding Mission Strategic Consortia Issues Programs Tactical Library Types Payment Practical Staffing Service Technology Governance Indian Consortia Initiatives INDEST Consortia of IIMs CSIR Consortia FORSA (Forum for Resource Sharing in Astronomy and Astrophysics) ICICI- Knowledge Park ISRO Initiative INFLIBNET Initiative RGUHS- HELINET CSIR Initiative • Access to >1300 E-Journals • Elsevier’s ScienceDirect • 40 CSIR Laboratories • IP Enabled Seamless Access • Central Funding • Price based on Print Subscription • Certain % of US $1.3 M •Springer, Kluwer, Blackwel, T & F, ACS, Etc The UGC Model INFLIBNET •Universities have a poor subscription base. •Traditional consortium models therefore do not apply. •Electronic access only models. •These should prove to be attractive to users as well as suppliers. FORSA •Members of FORSA : IIA, IUCAA, NCRA, PRL, RRI, TIFR, SO and CASA-OU.. Facilitate e-access to journals Actively participate in resource sharing Document delivery (e-mail, fax and speed post) Database merging of all libraries holdings We have gone into two consortia formation, viz. Indian Astrophysics Consortium- with (KLUWER); FORSA Consortium for Nature On - Line – with (Nature Publishing). DEMO COMSAC • Publisher – Cambridge Scientific Abstracts • Consortium Leader – NAL • Open Consortium • Consortium For Material Science And Aerospace Collection • 25 - 40% Discount Consortia Constraints Specific to Indian Libraries Lack of awareness about consortia benefits Slow acceptance of e-information by the users. Difficulties in changing the mind setup of librarians Maintenance and balancing both physical and DL Inadequate funds Single point payment Rigid administrative, financial and auditing rules Problems of defining asset against payment Consortia Constraints Specific to Indian Libraries Pay-Per-View not yet acceptable Uncertainty about the persistence of digital resources. Lack of infrastructure for accessing electronic sources Unreliable telecom links and insufficient bandwidth ( But lot of developments in pipeline) Lack of appropriate bibliographic tools Lack of trained personnel for handling new technologies Absence of strong professional association Big brother attitude FEW SITES LISTING CONSORTIA OF LICs •Michigan Electronic Library http://mel.lib.mi.us/ •National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM) http://www.nnlm.nlm.nih.gov/ •Oakland Library Consortium (OLC) http://www.library.cmu.edu/OLC/index.html •Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) http://www.oclc.org/ •PALINET http://www.palinet.org/ FEW SITES LISTING CONSORTIA OF LICs •Pennsylvania Academic Library Connection Initiative (PALCI) http://www.lehigh.edu/~inpalci/ • Research Libraries Group, Inc. (RLG) http://www.rlg.org/ • SOLINET The Southeastern Library Network http://www.solinet.net/ Summary •Library consortia are a growth industry •Consortial models are different, but they share many common interests •Consortia increasingly will work together •Becoming a potent economic and political force Areas of concern: • Reduce the unit cost of e-information • Facilitate or build technology infrastructures • Improve overall resource sharing among members • Provide an effective information infrastructure Conclusion: Consortia can … • be very time consuming, frustrating, and difficult to build and to sustain but still … • • • • be a potent social, economic and political force improve resource sharing among members help to reduce the unit cost of e-information help libraries do more collectively than they could accomplish on their own Tail Piece “ Man can live individually, but can survive only collectively. Hence, our challenge is to form a progressive community by balancing the interests of the individual and that of the society. To meet this we need to develop a value system where people accept modest sacrifices for the common good” From Vedas – As quoted by Mr. Narayanamurthy (IFOSYS)