From: "Wagstaff, D John" <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2014 01:07:33 +0000

Hello everyone:
I'm new to this list, so please excuse a simple question: is there a
legal definition of "perpetual access" that might provide useful
guidance in cases like this regarding what we should/should not expect
when a content provider goes into bankruptcy or cannot continue to
fulfill contract terms for other reasons?


John Wagstaff
Head, Music & Performing Arts Library
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
School of Music
Urbana IL61801
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From: Audrey McCulloch <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2014 09:27:31 +0000

Dear colleagues,

ALPSP is working to ensure that subscribers continue to have access to
the content they subscribed to via the ALPSP Learned Journals
Collection (ALJC).  I have been in touch with Monica and ALPSP is
currently asking the publishers involved to contact CRKN to ensure
that appropriate access is continued.

If you are a current or past subscriber to content in the ALJC and
have concerns around continuing access, please visit the ALJC webpage
(http://www.alpsp.org/Ebusiness/MemberBenefits/ALPSPLearnedJournalCollection.aspx),
where you can find details of the most appropriate person to assist
you with your query.

ALPSP is working to appoint an alternative agent to manage the ALJC
and we will be in touch with all those who have asked for 2015 pricing
as soon as possible.

With thanks and best wishes,
Audrey


Dr Audrey McCulloch
Chief Executive, ALPSP
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-----Original Message-----

From: Monica Ward <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 4:38 PM

Hello colleagues,

In light of the Swets bankruptcy, I’m wondering if any other libraries
or consortia had an agreement with Swets that included perpetual
access rights. CRKN had an agreement for the ALPSP Learned Journals
Collection (ALJC) from 2008-2013, and this agreement included
perpetual access. We ended our agreement with Swets prior to the
bankruptcy, but we are now wondering how best to approach maintaining
access to the content to which our members have perpetual rights. It
seems that once the Swetswise platform is shut down, the only place to
access this content will be directly on each publisher’s platform. Our
plan is to contact the publishers involved to see if they are willing
to provide access to the content from our 2008-2013 contract on their
platforms (perhaps even free of charge?).

This may or may not be feasible, and with 50 publishers involved, we
will have to target our efforts on the publishers with the most titles
and the highest usage.

As we begin this work, I wanted to see if any others are in a similar
situation and if you’ve had any success getting access directly
through the publishers.  If you are in the same situation and would
like to co-ordinate efforts, please let me know.

All the best,

Monica

Monica Ward, MLIS
Senior Content & Licensing Officer/Agente principale du contenu et des
licences Canadian Research Knowledge Network