Subject: ALCTS E-Forum: The Future of the Big Deal
From: ALCTS-CE Announce <alcts.ce.announce_at_gmail.com>
Date: 10/6/2011 7:04 AM
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The Future of the Big Deal
October 18-19, 2011
Hosted by Rebecca Kemp and Rob Van Rennes
Please join us for an e-forum discussion. It’s free and open to everyone!
Registration information is at the end of the message.
Each day, sessions begin and end at:
Pacific: 7am – 3pm
Mountain: 8am – 2pm
Central: 9am – 5pm
Eastern: 10am – 6pm
The economic downturn has forced many libraries to take a hard look at
their “Big Deal” packages and reconsider whether it makes sense to
continue with this type of purchasing model. Some have advocated for
ending the large publisher packages as a cost-savings measure while
others have argued that the vast amounts of content and the
predictability of set pricing is too important to end. In this e-forum
we hope to foster the debate on the pros and cons of the Big Deal in an
effort to help familiarize librarians with the issues as they make their
own assessments on the continuation of their publisher packages. Please
join us for what we hope is a lively discussion on this current hot topic.
Topics will include:
The advantages and disadvantages of current library Big Deal packages.
The case for maintaining a Big Deal if certain modifications or
improvements can be made.
Information librarians should possess before negotiating with publishers.
Considerations librarians should be mindful of when contemplating ending
publisher packages.
The potential difficulties in extracting your institution from a Big Deal.
Alternative business models that could replace the Big Deal.
Pay-per-view access to non-subscribed titles: a viable alternative to
the Big Deal?
Advice on canceling a Big Deal and unexpected consequences.
The impact of canceling on faculty and other users.
Rebecca Kemp is the E-Resources Acquisitions Librarian for University
Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and she was
previously the Serials Coordinator Librarian at University of North
Carolina Wilmington from 2004-2009. Her current responsibilities include
reviewing e-resource licenses and managing e-resource acquisitions
workflows. Rebecca has served on state and national committees that
provide continuing education in the field of e-resource and serials
librarianship, and she has spoken at several venues, including the North
Carolina Serials Conference and the American Library Association Annual
Conference, about various aspects of e-resource management, including
MARC record services, e-resource usage statistics, and the presentation
of e-resources in online catalogs.
Rob Van Rennes is an Acquisitions Librarian at the University of Iowa
where he oversees the Electronic Resources staff. He is currently
serving as the chair of the ALCTS CRS Acquisitions Committee and is
actively involved with the North American Serials Interest Group
(NASIG). Rob holds Bachelor degrees in History and German from the
University of Northern Iowa and a MA in Library and Information Science
from the University of Iowa.
*What is an e-forum?*
An ALCTS e-forum provides an opportunity for librarians to discuss
matters of interest, led by a moderator, through the e-forum discussion
list. The e-forum discussion list works like an email listserv: register
your email address with the list, and then you will receive messages and
communicate with other participants through an email discussion. Most
e-forums last two to three days. Registration is necessary to
participate, but it's free. See a list of upcoming e-forums at:
http://bit.ly/upcomingeforum.
*To register:*
Instructions for registration are available at:
http://bit.ly/eforuminfo. Once you have registered for one e-forum, you
do not need to register again, unless you choose to leave the email
list. Participation is free and open to anyone.
Posted on behalf of the ALCTS Continuing Education Committee
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