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 [log in to unmask] 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: >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