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 > [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