From: Karin Wikoff <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2015 13:09:33 +0000

No such experience, but I agree with you.  Why would you agree to a
3-year commitment when the price could be anything over that time?
What's in it for you?  The publisher has to be willing to give
something back to your library, and that is usually a commitment on
their part not to raise the price more than a certain amount.  I would
not sign an agreement like that.  Push back, and if they won't budge
-- walk away.

Karin

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Karin Wikoff
Electronic and Technical Services Librarian
Ithaca College Library
Ithaca, NY 14850
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From: <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2015 06:27:28 +0000

Dear Colleagues,

We’re currently working with a medium sized multi-disciplinary
publisher on an agreement.  It’s a publisher we haven’t had an
agreement with before.

The terms are maintain subscribed titles, and pay a top-up fee for
access to the full collection.  There is a minimum commitment of three
years.  So far, so good.

The issue is that the publisher is unwilling to cap the price of the
subscribed titles, even though we must maintain 100% of the list for
the full three years.  This to me is an unacceptable risk as the
publisher could increase the price of the titles to whatever they
like.  Given the publisher that it is, I’m surprised it’s being
suggested.  Has anyone had experience with this type of model, good or
bad?

Regards,

Tom

Thomas Girke
Senior Manager | Information Resources
Library Services
CSIRO
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