1. 1 Southern European Libraries Link (SELL) Núria Comellas (CBUC) ICOLC 11th Fall Meeting Paris, October 28 th 2009

2. 2/8 Introducing SELL  http://www.heal-link.gr/SELL/ http://www.heal-link.gr/SELL/

3. 3/8 SELL members  6 countries  Annual meetings to share information and concerns: 1st meeting in Greece (2001) 10th meeting in France next year!  Fluent informal communication

4. 4/8 Why a group like SELL?  Special needs: FTE pricing model not applicable Teaching based on lectures and notes Lower use of English Different “previous expenditure/ budget power” history  Foundational statement in 2001: Why some libraries and consortia are paying too much for e-information http://www.heal-link.gr/SELL/statement1.htm http://www.heal-link.gr/SELL/statement1.htm

5. 5/8 SELL and the economic crisis  In the last SELL meeting (Turkey, May 2009) SELL members reported their concerns about budget cuts in the near future  SELL members endorsed the ICOLC statement on the economic crisis, and also wrote a Supplementary Statement: http://www.heal-link.gr/SELL/statement7.htm http://www.heal-link.gr/SELL/statement7.htm

6. 6/8 SELL joint licensing  ALJC ( http://aljc.swets.com/ ): http://aljc.swets.com/ First transnational agreement for e-journals, negotiated back in 2006! Benefit: the more participants, the more discount on the e-access fee (opt-in deal) Parties involved: SELL/ALPSP/Swets >600 e-journals from “small publishers” License 2007-2009, 44 participants from 4 countries Working on the 2010-2012 renewal!

7. 7/8 SELL target for the near future  Open access report: Now retrieving “basic reports” (number of repositories, academic journals, OA policies) about the current situation in each country Model: Nordic countries report on OA http://nordbib.net.dynamicweb.dk/Files/Filer/Documents%20for%20download/Open_Acces_in_the Nordic_Countries_Hedlund_Rabow_Nordbib.pdf  A SELL/OA meeting for 2010? Presentation of the full SELL report on OA Involving academic representatives from each SELL country Statement to encourage OA policies in the SELL countries

8. 8/8 Thank you! Núria Comellas Consorci de Biblioteques Universitàries de Catalunya ncomellas@cbuc.es www.cbuc.es