Primary Research Group has published Bundled Journals Package Contract
Negotiations Benchmarks, ISBN 978-157440-3978
The study presents data from 37 libraries and consortia, predominantly
research university libraries, about their experiences in negotiating bundled
packages of journal subscriptions with major publishers. The report gives
detailed information on which librarians by work title play the primary role
in negotiations, the role of others in the organization, such as legal
counsel, and spending on negotiation training. The study also looks at the
provisions of contracts, providing data on the percentage of contracts with
financial distress cancellation clauses, with title swapping privileges,
provisions for perpetual access, and use of non-disclosure agreements and
other contract terms. In addition, the report looks at the role of consortia,
and the impact on negotiating leverage of the growing use of open access
sources and developments in inter-library loan. It also presents librarian
self-assessment of their own negotiating skills, and the ease or difficulty in
obtaining concessions from journal publishers, in the past, and in the future.
Just a few of the report’s many findings are that:
· Fifty-one per cent of respondents said their library or consortia
had negotiated content swapping arrangements which enable the license holder
to substitute one set of journals or other form of content for another during
the course of a contract.
· Five percent of research university libraries sampled had paid for
webinars to enhance their librarian’s negotiating skills.
· Libraries with journal spending of less than $1 million were more
likely to say they had dropped a bundle in the past year. Thirty-three per
cent of libraries with journal spending of less than $250,000 and 25 per cent
of libraries with spending between $250,000 and $1 million had done so.
For further information view our website at www.PrimaryResearch.com – or call
us at 212-736-2316.
Received on Mon Jun 20 2016 - 09:50:48 EDT