ALA Discussion Group Meeting Announcement

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Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2004
From: Gary Ives (Texas A&M Univ.) <gives_at_lib-gw.tamu.edu>
Subject: ALA Discussion Group Meeting Announcement

Sorry for the cross-posts...

Please mark your calendar for a panel presentation on:

"Dealing with 'The Deal': Views and Experiences from the Field"

Sponsored by the ALCTS SS Journal Costs in Libraries Discussion Group 

Day:  Saturday
Date:  June 26
Time:  2-4pm
Place:  The Peabody Florida BR II

Our speakers (in alphabetical order):

   Stephen Bosch, Materials Budget, Procurement, and Licensing
Librarian, 
	University of Arizona Library 
   Kenneth Frazier, Director, University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries 
   Gary Ives, Assistant Director of Acquisitions & Coordinator of
Electronic 
	Resources, Texas A&M University Libraries, College Station

   Stephen Bosch will discuss the short term benefits of using "big
deals" as 
a strategy for enhancing the availability of digital content for
customers.  
Despite being an unsustainable business model, the big deal can be 
effectively used to stretch resource dollars while other models for
scholarly 
communication mature.

   Kenneth Frazier will speak candidly about the opportunities and
liabilities 
of operating a research library system that has consciously avoided "big
deals."  
Although the consequences for Wisconsin have included the good, bad, and
ugly, 
Ken will discuss the fast-moving changes in scholarly communication that
are 
making fundamental changes in the dissemination of research articles.

   Gary Ives will present his findings on the content overlap among the 
Elsevier Backfile Collections, which range from 25.1% overlap for the 
Chemistry Collection with all other collections, to 94.4% overlap for
the 
Veterinary Science Collection, with all other collections.  Gary will
also 
describe how to calculate unique content for collections not yet
purchased, 
compared to overlapping content with collections already purchased and 
collections under consideration.

There will be short Q&A opportunities following each speaker, with an
extended 
discussion period following all presentations.

A (very) short business meeting will come at the end of the
presentations and 
discussion periods.

Hope to see you there!

Gary Ives
Chair, ALCTS SS Journal Costs in Libraries Discussion Group
Texas A&M University Libraries


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