Related to the new resource from SPARC on Big Deal cancellations, allow me to share our recently published paper on the decreasing value that academic libraries get from Big Deals that bundle together a lot of journals that are rarely cited.
Shu, F., Mongeon, P., Haustein, S., Siler, K., Alperin, J.P., Larivière, V. Is it such a big deal? On the cost of journal use in the digital era. *College & Research Libraries. *Available at http://crl.acrl.org/index.php/ crl/article/view/16829 Juan Pablo Alperin Assistant Professor, Canadian Institute for Studies in Publishing Associate Director, Public Knowledge Project Simon Fraser University On 30 November 2017 at 04:00, <goal-requ...@eprints.org> wrote: > Send GOAL mailing list submissions to > goal@eprints.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > goal-requ...@eprints.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > goal-ow...@eprints.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of GOAL digest..." > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Fwd: New SPARC Resource: Big Deal Cancellations (Richard Poynder) > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Richard Poynder <richard.poyn...@gmail.com> > To: "Global Open Access List (Successor of AmSci)" <goal@eprints.org> > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2017 07:29:19 +0000 > Subject: [GOAL] Fwd: New SPARC Resource: Big Deal Cancellations > Forwarding from SPARC via the Liblicense mailing list. > > >> > > SPARC is pleased to release a new resource > <https://sparcopen.org/our-work/big-deal-cancellation-tracking/> > exploring a growing trend within the global library community - the > cancellation of so-called "big deals" (large bundles of journal titles sold > at a discount off of aggregate list price). The goals of this resource are > threefold: to contextualize why a growing number of libraries worldwide > have undertaken big deal assessments and cancellations; to detail what > specifics steps libraries have taken to "cut the cord"; and to provide > practical resources for libraries interested in evaluating collection > strategies, honing value-for-money calculations, integrating faculty input > into the process, and negotiating an exit from big deals. The resource > includes a detailed look at what more than two dozen libraries from all > around the world have done to assess and adjust their approaches to these > bundled subscription schemes. > > We invite you to both explore SPARC's big deal cancellation resource > <https://sparcopen.org/our-work/big-deal-cancellation-tracking/>, and to > add your voice to the dialog. If you have experience in evaluating and > cancelling subscription journal bundles, please let us know if we can add > your data to the resource. Additionally, if you are at a library > considering its own big deal assessment and could benefit from the insight > of your peers, please don't hesitate to contact SPARC for guidance. > > ******* > > > _______________________________________________ > GOAL mailing list > GOAL@eprints.org > http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal > >
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