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The ALJC Collection and the SELL deal

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What is the ALJC(ALPSP Learned Journals

Collection)? And ALPSP?

– ALJC – a collection of 627 journals from 48 smaller ALPSP members, sold by Swets as a single package (single umbrella licence, single pricing model)

– This product is the result of a unique partnership between Swets and ALPSP – International trade association for not-for-profit publishers (272 members in 27 countries)

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The Collection

627 journals from 48 publishers:

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Akadémiai Kiadó Rt Alliance Communications Group ALPSP American Institute of Biological

Sciences American School of Classical Studies

at Athens Australian Academic Press Austrian Academy of Sciences Press BC Decker Beech Tree Publishing BioScientifica Brill Academic Publishers British Psychological Society Carden J ennings Chartered Institute of Building Edinburgh University Press EDP Sciences Equinox Gunther Eysenbach Hindawi Publishing Co IFIS Publishing Imperial College Press Institute of Chemical Engineers Institute of Psychoanalysis, London,

UK Intellect Ltd

International Ass. of Hydraulic Eng. International Labour Organisation IOS Press J ohn Benjamins Publishing Company J ournal of Transport Economics and

Policy Kingston Press Makerere University Medical School Medknow Publication Multi Science Publishing Multilingual Matters OECD Pharmaceutical Press Policy Press Royal College of Obstetricians and

Gynaecologists Royal Society Royal Society of Medicine School Social Work, Harare Society for Endocrinology Society for Personality Research The Royal College of Surgeons of

England Vathek Publishing Walter de Gruyter Whiting & Birch World Tourism Organization

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How did the ALJC come about?

– Smaller publishers having a problem selling to consortia – squeezed out by ‘Big Deals’

– Libraries wanted to support high quality, good value journals from smaller publishers

– Consultation with members, libraries and those offering similar packages

– Report by John Cox

– Tender process – MOU between Swets and ALPSP

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Swets’ Role

–Organising the ALJC

–Trial management

–Exclusive Sales Agent for the ALJC

–Sign the single customer licence agreement – Power of attorney

–Customer subscription processing and administration

–Publishers’ revenue payments

–SwetsWise online content as delivery platform.

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How did the SELL deal come about?

– First discussion at the 2006 SELL annual meeting in Thessalonica.

– CBUC volunteers to act as coordinator of SELL members for this deal.

– First proposal presented to SELL representative in August after the 2008 ALJC list prices were announced.

– Final proposal agreed and circulated to SELL members end of September 2006.

– Second meeting with SELL members at the annual meeting of the European ICOLC in Rome in October

– 2007 SELL/ALJC deal closed on December 4th with 43 participants = discount of 55% on e-access fee.

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List of participants:SELL Consortium Greece 1- 22. Heeal-Link (22 sites- 62 members) I taly 23. Università degli Studi Roma Tre Spain 24. Universidad de La Laguna 25. Universidad de Las Palmas 26. Universidad de Murcia 27. Universidad de Valencia 28. Universidad Pública de Navarra 29. Universidad de Navarra 30. Universidade de A Coruña 31. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona 32. Universitat de Girona 33. Universitat J aume I 34. Universitat Pompeu Fabra 35. I lles Balears 36. Universidad Complutense 37. Universidad Rey J uan Carlos Turkey - ANKOS 38. Yildiz Technical University 39. Bogazici Universitesi – 2006 License 40. Marmara Universitesi - 2006 License 41. I stanbul Teknik - 2006 License 42. Ankara Universitesi - 2006 License 43. Dokuz Eylul Universitesi - 2006 License 44. Pamukkale Universitesi - 2006 License 45. Bilgi Universitesi - 2006 License 46. Ataturk Universitesi - 2006 License 47. METU - 2006 License

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Key to this success:

– A deal that benefits all regardless the consortium or the country they belong to.

– Understanding of the SELL members about the benefits of the ALJC package -> 1 license, 1 pricing model for 48 smaller publishers.

– Simplify communication via the CBUC

– Inclusion of 9 ANKOS members that already licensed ALJC in 2006.

– Agreement with Heal-Link for a National license based on 22 members.

– Interest of the Spanish institutions with 14 members

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Status of the deal:

– Heal-Link license signed in December

– All other license in process. – Next week the holdings check will be finalized

– E-content fee will be confirmed to participants

– License will be sent for signature

– Invoices will follow

– Press released issued about the ALJC/SELL deal issued on March 5th

– Access to 60+ journals not yet available:

– New 2007 journals – no back files available

– New 2007 publishers experimenting problems with content

uploading.

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What is next

– So far we don’t have any members in Portugal

– Only 1 institution in Italy

– Additions of new members will result in a higher discount for all in 2008.

– 2008 price will be readjusted according to number of members on a given deadline

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