From: Rick Anderson <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tue, 10 May 2016 03:21:33 +0000
Hi, Jean-Claude —
Just to clarify: you have gone back to the Big Deal with Wiley, but
now at a lower price — is that correct?
Do you anticipate getting a similar offer from Springer?
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Rick Anderson
Assoc. Dean for Collections & Scholarly Communication
Marriott Library, University of Utah
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On 5/9/16, 7:10 PM, "LibLicense-L Discussion Forum
on behalf of LIBLICENSE" <[log in to unmask]
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>From: "Jean-Claude Guédon" <[log in to unmask]>
>Date: Mon, 9 May 2016 10:46:04 -0400
>
>What should be added is that this is the second time our university
>cuts back from a Big Deal. The first time was with Wiley. It worked.
>We are now back in a Bidg Deal situation with Wiley, but at a much
>more reasonable price than before. However, Wiley did not seem to like
>the fact that a major university would be without a Big Deal. Fear of
>"bad" example, perhaps?
>
>The success of this operation has been based on the fact that the
>library, the administration and the faculty union have all agreed to
>support the move by the director of libraries. The reason is simple:
>the faculty in our university has understood that the enemy is
>certainly not the library or its director, and that the present course
>of Big Deal pricing is totally unsustainable.
>
>This is a very nice example to meditate and study in other libraries.
>But do not move without first ensuring faculty (and student) support,
>as well as administration.
>
>Jean-Claude Guédon
>Professeur titulaire
>Littérature comparée
>Université de Montréal
>
>
>Le dimanche 08 mai 2016 à 13:35 -0400, LIBLICENSE a écrit :
>From: Geoffrey Little <[log in to unmask]>
>Date: Fri, 6 May 2016 16:58:28 +0000
>
>“After negotiating with Springer, Université de Montréal (UdeM)
>Libraries is forced to cut back on this large bundle of journals.
>Available budget only allows UdeM to keep 150 of the collection’s
>2,266 journals, or 6.6% of the titles. These 150 titles cover 42% of
>UdeM’s downloads from Springer in 2015.”
>
>More at:
>
>http://www.bib.umontreal.ca/communiques/20160506-DC-annulation-springer-va.htm#.Vyy_zp0EfB0.twitter
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