From: Nicoletta Zar <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wed, 11 May 2016 10:38:52 +0200
Subject: Re: Université de Montréal Cancels Springer Journals
Bonjour Jean Claude,

Is it possibile to know how many years have you been "out" of Wiley
before getting a better offer and returning to their Big Deal?

Thank you.

Nicoletta Zar
E-resources and Serials
Marie Curie Library
The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics
Strada Costiera 11
I-34151 Trieste
Italy
http://library.ictp.it


On 11/05/2016 03:16, LIBLICENSE wrote:
>
> 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?
>
> ---
> 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]
> on behalf of [log in to unmask]> wrote:
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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