JISC Collections 21 June 2016 | JISC Collections SILS-PRATT | Slide 1 The Power of Consortia: A UK Perspective Hazel Woodward Presentation to Informatico Medicata Conference, September 2009, Budapest

JISC Collections 21 June 2016 | JISC Collections SILS-PRATT | Slide 2 What is JISC? The Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) is funded by all of the UK University and College funding bodies JISC's activities support education and research by promoting innovation in new technologies and by the central support of ICT services. JISC provides: –A world-class IT network - JANET –Access to electronic resources – JISC Collections –New environments for learning, teaching and research –Research funding for digital technology innovation –Advisory and consultancy services

JISC Collections 21 June 2016 | JISC Collections SILS-PRATT | Slide 3 JISC Collections Established as a mutual trading company in 2006 Members include all UK higher & further education (HE & FE) institutions and Research Councils (over 180 members) National centre for the licensing and procurement of digital content to support education and research Best pricing and best terms & conditions for the best content In 2009, savings to the JISC community from JISC Collections activities are estimated at £43 million

JISC Collections 21 June 2016 | JISC Collections SILS-PRATT | Slide 4 JISC Collections Aims - –Save time and money through central licensing and negotiation that leverages buying power and avoiding duplication of effort –Widen access to online content through best value pricing of subscription resources and the central procurement of content –Help institutions manage the complexities of licensing and develop capacity within the sector to improve licence management –Funding research to develop innovative systems & services for academic libraries

JISC Collections 21 June 2016 | JISC Collections SILS-PRATT | Slide 5 Licensing e-resources Currently managing over 120 e-resource agreements including - –NESLi2 36 agreements for e-journals –JISC Collections Over 80 agreements for online databases, reference materials, multimedia resources and e-book collections –UK National Academic Archive Over 20 archives licensed in perpetuity and available freely to all members Working at all academic levels and with all subject areas Manages over 5,500 subscriptions. 12 members of staff

JISC Collections 21 June 2016 | JISC Collections SILS-PRATT | Slide 6 NESLi2 – National Electronic Site Licensing Initiative NESLi2 – Large publishers –Elsevier –Springer –Nature –ACS –Oxford Journals –Currently 20 agreements NESLi2 SMP – Small and Medium Sized Publishers –Brill –Karger –Berg 16 agreements and growing

JISC Collections 21 June 2016 | JISC Collections SILS-PRATT | Slide 7 Database Agreements Agreements for Bibliographic, A&I, Full Text, Reference materials, Geospatial, E-Books and other digital content In January 2009 issued first ITT for a Framework Agreement – 90 proposals Web of Science, Scopus, British Education Index, Embase Oxford Reference, Cambridge Companions Online, Literature Online Ordnance Survey, Hydrospatial, Geology Times Digital Archive, Electronic Enlightenment T&F e-books, Knovel, Morgan & Claypool

JISC Collections 21 June 2016 | JISC Collections SILS-PRATT | Slide 8 UK National Academic Archive Content available free to all UK HE, FE and Research Councils Early English Books Online Eighteenth Century Collections Online 18 th – 20 th Century House of Commons Parliamentary Papers RSC, IoPP, ICE, ACS, OUP, Brill, T&F Journal Archives Historic Map Data Web of Science Backfiles And more…

JISC Collections 21 June 2016 | JISC Collections SILS-PRATT | Slide 9 JISC Model Licence JISC model licences since mid-1990s –Used with all JISC Collections and NESLi2 agreements –Allows institutions and their users to get the best value from resources through flexible terms of use that offer stability and security to both users and providers The JISC Model licence is updated annually to take account of changes in: –The business environment – experimenting with new business models –The scholarly environment – VLE’s, reuse of learning materials –The information environment – changes in access management technologies, preservation requirements etc Aim is licensing developed by the education sector for the education sector with terms that allow the education sector to get on with the business of education

JISC Collections 21 June 2016 | JISC Collections SILS-PRATT | Slide 10 Not just about licensing and negotiation… Projects and reports that review the current environment and look to meet future requirements of teaching, learning and research –national e-books observatory project –e-books for FE –a comparative study of e-journal archiving solutions –JISC Usage Statistics Portal Providing tools to support institutional use and acquisition of electronic resources –Academic Database Assessment Tool Supporting licensing requirements of JISC Programmes –JISC Digitisation Programme (over £20 million funding)

JISC Collections 21 June 2016 | JISC Collections SILS-PRATT | Slide 11 Licensing in a time of economic uncertainty Deep Global Recession Poor UK public finances –The Department of Innovation, Universities and Skills is expected to deliver additional £400 million of savings in –Freeze, if not cuts, in public spending The impact in the public sector will be over a number of years – even if the wider economy recovers

JISC Collections 21 June 2016 | JISC Collections SILS-PRATT | Slide 12 The impact on academic libraries – UK An orderly retreat from the big deal? –Jill Taylor-Roe’s survey indicated that in 2010 institutions intend to take the following measures to cope with the economic crisis Request more funds from the University – 27% Cut the book fund – 18% (down from 23% this year) Cut the serials fund – 20% (up from 12% this year) Cancel big deals – 17% (up from 4% this year) Taylor-Roe, J., ‘To everything there is a season’ : reflections on the sustainability of the ‘big deal’ in the current economic climate, Serials, 22(2), July

JISC Collections 21 June 2016 | JISC Collections SILS-PRATT | Slide 13 The impact on academic libraries - Global ICOLC Statement on the Global Economic Crisis and Its Impact on Consortia Licences “current crisis [is] of such significance that we cannot simply assume that libraries and publishers share a common perspective about the magnitude of the crisis and the best approaches to deal with it” Following forecasts: –Significant and widespread cuts in budget levels for libraries and consortia –Cuts will be prolonged –Exchange rate fluctuations are complicating and/or amplifying the impact Full statement at::

JISC Collections 21 June 2016 | JISC Collections SILS-PRATT | Slide June 2016 | Project Board Meeting | Slide 14 Projects

JISC Collections 21 June 2016 | JISC Collections SILS-PRATT | Slide 15 Project Aims License collections of e-books that are highly relevant to UK higher education taught course students in four discipline areas: –Business and Management studies –Engineering –Medicine (not mental health or nursing) –Media Studies Evaluate the use of the e-books through deep log analysis and to asses the impact of the ‘free at the point of use’ e-books upon publishers, aggregators and libraries Transfer knowledge acquired in the project to publishers, aggregators and libraries to help stimulate an e-books market that has appropriate business and licensing models

JISC Collections 21 June 2016 | JISC Collections SILS-PRATT | Slide 16 The largest study of its kind! Slide 16 –36 course text e-books freely available to all UK HE –Over 48,000 responses to benchmarking surveys carried out in January 2008 and in January 2009 –Raw server logs have been analysed to see exactly how users discover, navigate and use the e-books –Case studies including focus groups held at eight universities –Library circulation and print sales data has been analysed

JISC Collections 21 June 2016 | JISC Collections SILS-PRATT | Slide 17 Findings The findings from the study and the analysis of the print sales data indicates that making available course text e-books free at the point of use is not a threat to print sales revenue –Students are using e-books in addition to the print they bought or borrowed! –New business models must account for the uneven use non linear user behaviour –Allow for convenience – 24/7 access and peaks of use –E-books and print will co-exist –

JISC Collections 21 June 2016 | JISC Collections SILS-PRATT | Slide 18 Business Model Trials Aim is to create realistic, simple and sustainable business models using real data from a range of access models Reviewed the current e-textbook business model landscape Selected a variety a trials following consultation with a range of stakeholders The trials will take place over a full academic year The impacts on print sales, time and resource will be measured Take account of the uneven and non-linear use A study on the management and economic impact of e- textbook business models on publishers, e-book aggregators and universities

JISC Collections JISC Usage Statistics Portal Aim is to provide a one-stop-shop for all usage statistics relating to JISC Collection e-resources Improve NESLi2 negotiations by providing thorough understanding and reliable data about all consortia usage Allow libraries to benchmark their usage data 21 June 2016 | JISC Collections SILS-PRATT | Slide 19

JISC Collections 21 June 2016 | JISC Collections SILS-PRATT | Slide 20 The Knowledge Exchange

JISC Collections 21 June 2016 | JISC Collections SILS-PRATT | Slide 21 International collaboration between four countries: UK, Germany, Denmark, The Netherlands Five resources offered: –Wiley Blackwell e-books –Multi-Science –BioOne –The ScientificWorld JOURNAL –ALJC European tender procurement for a multi-national, multi-year deal for different sorts of content Tender ahead of new, creative ideas and concepts from smaller publishers willing to develop innovative business models Knowledge Exchange

JISC Collections 21 June 2016 | JISC Collections SILS-PRATT | Slide 22 Resources 21 June 2016 | JISC Collections SILS-PRATT | Slide 22 Thank You Presentation to Informatico Medicata Conference, September 2009, Budapest