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The Big Deal…A Good Deal! eICOLC October 3-5, 2002 Thessaloniki, David F. Kohl

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The Big Deal…A Good Deal!. David F. Kohl. eICOLC October 3-5, 2002 Thessaloniki, Greece. Libraries have two , not one, problems involving journals. Libraries Have Two Key Problems. They don’t provide particularly good access to the journal literature (even the biggest libraries) - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Page 1: The Big Deal…A Good Deal!

The Big Deal…A Good Deal!

eICOLC

October 3-5, 2002

Thessaloniki, Greece

David F. Kohl

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Libraries have two, not one, problems involving journals.

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Libraries Have Two Key Problems

• They don’t provide particularly good access to the journal literature (even the biggest libraries)

• They are facing a problem getting enough money to support collections– Asking for more money to buy fewer journals

is not a strong or convincing argument

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Proportion of Journal Literature Originally Available in Ohio Higher Education

c. OhioLINK 2000

Ohio State

CincinnatiAverage24.1%

38.7%

53.2%

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Libraries Need a Better Funding Argument

• Increasing faster than the cost of living– Faculty and administrative salaries– Utilities (heating, telecommunications,

electricity)– Tuition, room and board

• While…– The libraries’ share of the university budget has

been decreasing• From a high of 4% in the 70’s to around 2.5% today

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The Big Deal allows you to address both issues

Check it out!

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How Much Greater Access to the Journal Literature

• Academic Press– Before: 1,140 titles

– After: 9,100 titles

• Elsevier– Before: 3,600 titles

– After: 59,800 titles

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Significantly More New Titles Available – And Used

c. OhioLINK 2000

Before:1,253 titles

After: 2,501 titles

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HEAL-Link E-Journal UseYear 2000

• The HEAL-Link deal with Academic effectively increased access system-wide – 6 fold increase in titles available

• In 2000, the Greek academic libraries downloaded 15,459 Articles from Academic Press journals– 62% were from journals not previously held in

that library

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How Much Cheaper is the Expanded Access

• Academic Press– Before: $964.91 avg.

cost per title

– After: $132.97 avg. cost per title

• Elsevier– Before: $1,944.44 avg.

cost per title

– After: $ 128.76 avg. cost per title

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Plus…

• Negotiated inflation increases are less than imposed inflation increases– Tends to run 1-3% less per year– Some European consortia have negotiated

inflation increases under 3%

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The Big Deal Can Provide an Effective Funding Argument

• National: The Canadians added $50,000,000 to collections purchases via CNLSP

• State: Ohio has increased new annual money for collections from $0.00 to $9,000,000 in 10 years via OhioLINK

• Local: University of Cincinnati has agreed to increase the Libraries’ collection budget by 8% annually

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Why Has the Traditional Approach Failed?

• Third party payment system– Faculty and administration see collections’

costs as a library problem

• Non-substituteability of journals– Can’t replace a high priced chemistry journal

with a low cost literature journal

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Big Deal Limitations

• Doesn’t work well for individual instituions– Limited money

– Limited increase in market

• Doesn’t work well for consortia when members can opt in or out– Undercuts central negotiator

• Works better to increase access than save money– Predicated on spending more money but getting more

value for money spent

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The Big Deal is Like Democracy

It’s not a great solution, but it’s the best we have

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For Further Data…

www.bibliopub.com