With or without you: Subscription agents and the scholarly journal supply chain– from a Danish perspective

Bournemouth, United Kingdom11-13 April 2016

Anette SchneiderSenior Officer anws@dtu.dkDTU Library

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“There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about,

and that is not being talked about”

Oscar Wilde

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Before 1998 - agents

• Agents handled all subscriptions

• Libraries predominantly made single title purchases, but the big deals started appearing

• First consortia license signed – Beilstein Crossfire in cooperation with MIMAS

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1998 - consortia• DEFF (Danish Electronic Research Library) was established

• Unique cooperation among Danish libraries

• All licenses allowed cancellation of print

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Agents today – two scenarios• All non-DEFF/non-Danish titles bought through agents

• Only print journals (except Danish)

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Requirements:– Price increase– Remote access– Perpetual access– Walk-in use– Self-archiving– 1 invoice

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Economic distribution

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Univ. 1

Univ. 2

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

Packages - ConsortiaSingle titles - ConsortiaPackages - UniversitySingle titles - UniversityAgent

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Agents tomorrow• Serials:

– Continue – if a profit for us– Prices to be negotiated (no list prices)– Open Access- Text and datamining

• Books:– Aggregator solutions

• Possible new function– Mini consortia

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Thanks for listening

Anette SchneiderTechnical University of Denmark

DTU Libraryanws@dtu.dk

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