Title: Are consortium "Big Deals" cost-effective? A comparison and analysis of ejournal access mechanisms
1Are consortium "Big Deals" cost-effective? A
comparison and analysis of ejournal access
mechanisms
Tim Bucknall Assistant Director / University
Libraries University of North Carolina at
Greensboro
2 UNC Greensboro
- Carnegie Classification Doctoral
- Intensive Univ. I
- Degree Programs
- 100 undergraduate
- 63 masters
- 22 doctoral
- Enrollment (Fall 2006)
- 12,689 undergraduate
- 3,231 graduate
- 1000 distance education
- Faculty 912
- NCs Womens College until 1963
3UNCG Libraries
- Collection
- 2.8 million items (books, gov docs microforms)
- 37,348 journals in Journal Finder
- 400 electronic databases
- 300 computers, 18 servers, strong Library IT unit
- 84 library faculty staff
- Music Library 50,000 items
4Comparing Access Models
- Subscriptions
- Pay-Per-View
- Consortium Access
5Subscriptions
- Familiar, base-line access model for most
librarians - Cost/benefit ratio
6Pay-Per-View Options at UNCG
- FirstSearch 83 titles (added in 2002)
- EBSCO 1644 titles (added in 2002)
- Ingenta 318 titles (added in 2003)
- Science Direct 882 titles (added in 2003)
- Wiley InterScience 340 titles (added 1/2004)
- OVID LWW 187 titles (added 7/2004)
- TOTAL 3454 titles
7Criteria for Selection
- Do not own a subscription to the journal
- Have print but dont have access electronically
(usually an up charge added to the pricing) - Have access electronically through an aggregator,
but there is an embargo on that title
8Reasons to ProvidePay-Per-View
- More journal titles for your users
- More back files available
- Quicker access to journal articles
- Collection development tool
- More cost-effective for low use titles
9Problems with Pay-Per-View
- Reduced budgetary predictability
- Potential for abuse
- Barriers to users
10EBSCO Usage Statistics
2002 2003 2004
Journals available 1644 1403 1443
Articles ordered 1169 829 835
Total number of journal titles used 360 320 305
Accesses through Journal Finder 7296 7640 5752
Average Cost 19.48 22.21 24.83
11 Total Costs 2002
12Total Costs 2003
13Total Costs 2004
14PPV Impact on Collection Development
Overview of titles purchased
15Impact on Collection Development
- Example of a title that we changed from PPV to
subscription - Current Directions in Psychological Science
- 19 articles for 21.00/per article were purchased
over 12 months - Purchasing pattern of 1 to 2 articles a month
- Electronic subscription costs approximately 280
16The Carolina Consortium
- For 2005, 38 schools participated in one or more
of the following deals - Blackwell 714 titles
- Springer 1164 titles
- Wiley 300 titles
17The Carolina Consortium
- Before and After UNCG
- Before and After Effect of schools of differing
sizes - Current Carolina Consortium Picture and
additional Benefits
18Effect on PPV at UNCG
- 75 overall drop in PPV for 2005
- Wiley titles
- 667 Wiley pay-per-view articles ordered from
non-subscribed titles in 2004 - 93 of titles ordered through Wiley last year are
now available through our consortia deal - 2004 we paid 9615.00 in pay per view costs
- 2005 we paid an extra 2754 to receive 250 Wiley
titles via the Carolina Consortium Average
11.00 a title - Wiley title American Journal of Medical
Genetics, Parts A, B, and C - 2004 Subscription cost 9333 for ? uses
- 2004 PPV cost 64 x 10 640 for 64 uses
- 2005 Consortium cost 11 for 221 uses
19Subscribed vs. Unsubscribed at UNCG
- Wiley print 39 titles with an average
subscription duration of 31 years - Titles selected with significant faculty input
and reviewed every third year - Of all Wiley titles for first 4 months of 2005
- 6 of top 10 were subscribed
- 12 of top 20
- 22 of top 50
- 6 received no use
- 52 of all use was unsubscribed titles
20Distribution of Usage of 809 Blackwell Titles at
UNCG
294 not used at all 36
383 used once or none 47
443 used twice or less 55
556 used five times or less 69
162 used 10 or more times 20
12 used 100 or more times 1
average 10
median 2
21- Before and After Snapshots Effects on Schools
of Varying Sizes
22Small Meredith College
- Enrollment of 2400
- In 2004, had 3 Wiley and 11 Springer
subscriptions with a list price of approximately
9950 - By participating in the Carolina Consortium Wiley
and Springer deals, they gained access to an
additional 1447 journals - Meredith was able to increase its Wiley and
Springer holdings 1000 and was only required to
pay about 2 more
23Medium - UNCG Big Deal Title Counts
- Wiley 39 titles to 290 titles
- Blackwell 85 to 714
- Springer 110 to 1164
- Elsevier - 192 to 1160
24A Great Deal UNCG
- In 2004, we paid 65,886.32 for PPV articles
- Dropped 10,000/yr Springer Solinet deal
- Benefited from inflation caps
- Significant actual savings, not just cost
avoidance
25Large Clemson and USC
- Gained many new titles
- Joined the Carolina Consortium so that they could
share their titles state-wide
26The Big Picture
- Schools participating in the three Carolina
Consortium Big Deals in 2005 were getting almost
70 million dollars worth of titles for less than
3 million dollars - Students and faculty at dozens of institutions
have gained access to hundreds of high quality,
scholarly titles
27Summary
- MODELS
- Subscriptions
- Pay-Per-View
- Consortium Access
- METRICS
- Actual cost
- Cost per use
- Accessibility
28The Carolina Consortium
- Buyers Club founded in 2005 specifically to take
advantage of three Big Deals - 117 Academic Libraries in NC and SC
- 3 Big Deals in 2005 (84 total participants)
- 10 Big Deals for 2006 (192)
- 11 Big Deals for 2007 (288)
- Considering Brill and Haworth for 2008
29Carolina Consortium - Trends
30Fostering cooperation
- Journal Finder
- Blackboard push
- NC LIVE
- Open Access titles
- Joint IR
31For more information contact
- Tim Bucknall
- Jackson Library, UNCG
- bucknall_at_uncg.edu
- 336-256-1216
- http//library.uncg.edu/carolinaconsortium