ASA 2003 Conference
What's the Big Deal?
Journal Purchasing -- Bulk Buying or Cherry Picking?
Strategic issues for librarians, publishers, agents and intermediaries
24th &s 25th February 2003
Royal College of Nursing, Cavendish Square, London
Publishers and libraries are always seeking new ways of maximising value from electronic journals. Publishers have sought to provide additional content rather than lower prices, which may not be possible in any case, and libraries have looked for better value for money. One of the results has been that consortia have bought in bulk from the larger publishers, negotiating access rights to their entire output. This has provided libraries with more access and better value per dollar spent - but are these deals sustainable? Can libraries afford to give up the paper titles or will paper copies at deeply discounted prices become the norm? What happens when a library needs to cancel titles to meet budget restrictions, would picking individual titles provide greater flexibility in the longer term? How can the important content from society and small presses be cost effectively licensed? And not the least important question, how can all this wealth of content be efficiently managed, administered and accessed? The focus of this meeting will be on the practical realities of meeting these challenges. Experienced professionals from the library, publishing and intermediary communities will share their knowledge and expertise to provide some positive insights into how we can cope with the challenges of acquiring journal literature.
Programme
Day One
- 10.00
- Coffee & Registration
- 10.30
- Introduction
Peter Lawson, Chairman ASA
- Plenary Session - What's in a Deal?
- Plenary Session - What's in a Deal?
- 10.45 - Site licensing, bulk buying and the current position
Tony Pearce, Chairman, Ingenta Institute
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- 11.15 - The Purchasing Process and licensing content
Arjen Oudheusden, Marketing Director, Swets Blackwell.
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- The Bulk Buying - the pricing model for the future?
- 11.45 Big Deal models: advantages and practical experience
Reed Elfenbein, VP Global Sales STM Publishing, John Wiley and Sons.
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- 12.30
- 12.15 - Better value from bigger deals: issues and experience
David Kohl, Dean and University Librarian Emeritus, University of Cincinnati.
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- 12.45
- Discussion follwed by ...
- 1.00
- Lunch
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Chairman: Colin Harrison, Everetts
- 2.30
- Why bulk purchasing doesn't always work
Marion Tattersall, Electronic Library Group, University of Sheffield Library
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- 3.00
- Does bulk purchasing work for or against the smaller publisher?
Sally Morris, Secretary-General, ALPSP
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- 3.30
- Making the sale, are intermediaries the answer?
Hannah Walker, Manager Publisher Relations Europe, Ovid Technologies
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- Discussion
- 4.00
- Tea
- The question of choice
- 4.30
- Quantity, quality and the role of consortia
Chuck Hamaker, Associate University Librarian for Collections and Technical Services, Univ. of North Carolina Charlotte.
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- 5.00
- Aggregation, intermediation and alternative means of access
Ian Middleton, Director, EBSCO UK.
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- Discussion
- 5.30
- Reception: drinks and canapes
Day Two
- 09.00
- Coffee
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Chairman: Rollo Turner, Secretary General, ASA
- Impact of bulk buying on the purchasing system
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- 9.30
- Complexity and costs in the purchasing process
Kari Stange, Senior Executive Officer, BIBSAM
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- 10.00
- E-journals - the total costs
Neil Addison, NEYAL Purchasing Officer, University of Newcastle
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- 10.30
- Service in an uncertain world
Knut Dorn, Director, Harrassowitz?
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- Discussion
- 11.00
- Coffee
- Alternatives and future scenarios
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- 11.30
- Open access and the impact on publishing and purchasing
Chris Awre, Programme Manager Portals, JISC
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- 12.00
- Will libraries always need intermediation?
Diana Leitch, Assistant Director and Deputy University Librarian, University of Manchester
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- 12.30
- Conclusions and some views on the future
Liz McNaughton, Publisher Relations Director, divine Information Services
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- Discussion
- 1.00
- Lunch and End of Conference
