Transcript Diapositiva 1

What is CARE ?
At the end of 2005 CRUI (Conference of Rectors of
Italian Universities) assembly approved a 3 year
project called CARE
CARE (Coordinamento per l’accesso alle risorse
elettroniche) is a coordination group based on the
experience of the 3 italian consortia to allow
access to electronic resources
Board composition
 12 members
 1 representative for each consortia
 2 representatives for each consortia users
organisation
 3 people designated by CRUI (Conference
of Rectors of Italian Universities). The Care
President is chosen from among them
Main objectives
Care was created to find a solution to two important needs of
academic institutions
 Buying electronic research and knowledge tools
 Developing common initiatives for the universities, saving
money by obtaining the best conditions from the
publishers
Activities 1
In order to achieve its goals Care considers the following activities
important
 Improving access and e-resources related services at national level
 Promoting national deals
 Negotiating best license clauses
 Devising cost sharing models, proposing business models
 Optimizing activities management concerning negotiations,
acquisitions and agreements, thereby reducing the costs for
institutions
Activities 2
 Spreading information avoiding duplication, developing at the same
time speed, degree and quality of knowledge
 Acting on government VAT issues or other issues penalizing eresources and their dissemination
 Promoting national solutions for long term digital preservation
 Maintaining contacts with national and international organisations
acting in this area
Working groups and communication
CARE’s activities require working groups
and the maximization of internal and
external communication
Working groups based on member’s
competences focused on common issues
Negotiation groups (direct or indirect
negotiation of agreements)
Secretary’s office
Working groups and communication
Working groups
Examples of working groups on common issues based on member’s competences
 Downloads and subscriptions data harvesting working group
This group collects and organizes the data regarding statistics on e-resources
use. The aim is to improve knowledge about real situation and university collection growth
policies
 Contracts analysis working group
This group evaluates foreign contracts. The goal is to identify the most fitting contract
models
 Care’s website planning and developing working group
The objective is to develop a site useful for CARE’s members (data and information storage)
and able to provide information about institutions documentation, best practices,
studies for best e-resources accessing and managing as well
Working groups and communication
Negotiation groups
 Different teams are in charge to negotiate directly with
each publisher, reporting to the steering group during
meetings or through related discussion lists
 In the case of the Elsevier agreement we have chosen to
rely on an external negotiator (Content Complete and a
local consultant). The Italian mediator has been useful to
keep CC up to date and aware about the situation in Italy
CARE Results
Negotiations
Closed deals
Elsevier 2008-2012 (first italian national deal,
through external negotiators)
Springer 2008-2011 (in house negotiators)
Portico 2008-2013 (in house negotiators)
Newly started negotiations
Blackwell-Wiley (in house negotiators)
CARE results
Non contractual activities
Producing documents like:
 E-resources financial and accounting treatment
recommendations
 Portico and Lockss digital preservation systems
analyses and reports
and
 Lobbying activities for e-resources VAT
reduction
Other CARE’s activities
CARE has outlined other high priority activities
 Evaluation of the most recent EU norms concerning eresources acquisition procedures
 Suggesting guidelines to interpret the VAT norms
concerning non EU acquisitions
 Preparing a document on licensing principles