From: Ann Shumelda Okerson <[log in to unmask]>
To: LibLicense-L Discussion Forum <[log in to unmask]>

A new model-variant, of possible interest:

http://www.proquest.com/about/news/2015/ProQuest-Access-to-Own-Demand-Driven-Ebook-Acquisition-Model.html

New model applies rental spend toward ebook ownership

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA, November 4, 2015 – In collaboration with libraries
and publishers around the world, ProQuest will pilot a new ebook
acquisition model called “Access-to-Own,” the latest in a series of
flexible access models offered by the industry-leading information
solutions provider.  Access-to-Own facilitates title ownership by
applying budget dollars spent on rentals to perpetual purchases.  The
model, which utilizes Demand-Driven Acquisition (DDA), addresses
short-term loan (STL) pricing concerns and provides access to more
front list content than may be available with short-term loans, and
results in more content ownership.

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The pilot for Access-to-Own will launch in mid-2016, with 14
publishers already signed on and many more expected to participate:
Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, SAGE, Taylor &
Francis Group (which includes Routledge, CRC Press, and Ashgate),
Wiley, Berrett-Koehler Publishers, De Gruyter, Guilford Press, John
Benjamins, World Bank Publications, University of Pennsylvania Press,
Indiana University Press, University of North Carolina Press,
University Press of Colorado, and Fordham University Press.