playing with fire - why publishers leave the big deal
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Playing with Fire – Why Publishers Leave the Big Deal
Sven Fund Charleston, November 6, 2015
Big Deal - Big Issues for Smaller Publishers
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§ Attracting third party content from learned societies and smaller publishers is an oftentimes inexpensive way for large publishers to grow big deal offers – and lock in a higher share of the library budget
§ 25%-35% of all content large publishers distribute is not owned by them
§ There is a natural end to the big deal, and it seems we are
approaching it: Lower organic growth rates for large publishers
Big Deal – What Publishers Need to Watch
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§ While the big publishers are the big winners of the big deal, the picture is mixed for societies and small publishers, they
§ lose transparency about their customers
§ lose authority over product pricing
§ mutate into an extended work bench of those taking them into the big deal
§ The big deal changes product calculation – from product to portfolio
Big Deal – What Libraries need to Watch
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§ Sustainability for libraries: Oftentimes unclear contracts on legacy rights and access rights
§ For how long has the big deal publisher secured 3rd party content?
§ Is there an exit clause for 3rd party content?
§ How will perpetual access rights be handled for 3rd party content?
§ Ask big deal publisher to break down the complete package into units by content provider
§ Make adherence to TRANSFER 3.0 a part of licensing agreements
§ Engage in direct conversations with 3rd party content providers
The Big Deal – Alternative Scenarios
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§ Open Access initiatives
§ Aggregation of content outside of large publishers‘ big deals with simple business models
§ Standardization
§ Libraries’ willingness and ability to deal with more than just a few publishers
Thank you for your attention
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