Colleagues,
I forward this to these lists in case nobody else does!
You have a very brief time to respond...please give it your full
attention, by WEDNESDAY JANUARY 29TH.
Cheers John
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John L. Makin
Faculty Liaison Officer, Education, Nottingham Trent University, LIS,
Clifton, Nottingham NG11 8NS, UK.
Vice Chair of "Librarians of Institutes & Schools of Education".
Editor of "Education Libraries Journal".
Tel: 0115 848-3421 FAX: 0115 848-6304
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-----Original Message-----
From: Philip Pothen [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 23 January 2003 16:02
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Consultation on Licensing BEI & ERIC
Consultation on Licensing BEI (British Education Index) &
ERIC (Education Literature Datasets).
Please note that responses are required before 29 January
2003
1) Introduction
The JISC invites responses from all universities regarding
an agreement for the BEI & ERIC (Education Literature
Datasets).
Before we can move forward with this agreement, the JISC
needs to establish the number of institutions that would be
interested in subscribing to the BEI & ERIC (Education
Literature Datasets) from 1 August 2003.
2) The Offer
ERIC is a bibliographic database that indexes over 775
periodicals covering the subject of education. BEI offers a
complementary resource with a stronger focus on British
literature. It indexes over 350 British education and
training periodicals, with developing coverage of national
report and conference literature.
3) Potential Pricing
The current agreement for BEI & ERIC (Education Literature
Datasets) is subsidised by JISC and the subscription fee is
£600.00 plus VAT per annum.
This agreement ends on 31st July 2003.
Prices for the new agreement (without subsidy) are as follows:
JISC CHARGING BANDS
Subscriptions fees
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
A-B £ 1,450.00 £ 1,495.00 £ 1,553.00
C-D £ 1,350.00 £ 1,400.00 £ 1,445.00
E-F £ 1,300.00 £ 1,340.00 £ 1,400.00
G-H £ 1,100.00 £ 1,135.00 £ 1,180.00
I-J £ 900.00 £ 927.00 £ 970.00
All figures are per annum and are exclusive of VAT, which
must be added to prices.
To determine which band your institution is in, see
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/dner/collections/newbanding.html
4) Period of the agreement
The period of agreement is for three years and institutions will be expected
to commit to subscribing for the full period.
5) Next steps
We now need to obtain an estimate of the potential uptake
of the service within the UK higher education community. We
would be grateful if you would advise us whether your
institution is interested in taking up a subscription to BEI
& ERIC (Education Literature Datasets) at the prices listed
above:
Please either respond by visiting
www.jisc.ac.uk/jiscforms/user/form38.php and completing the
form
or by e-mail to [log in to unmask] giving the
information below:
YES I am interested in subscribing to this database.
NO I am not interested in subscribing to this database.
If your institution is interested, but not at these prices,
what case could we make to JISC for subsidising this
resource?
If you are unlikely to subscribe to BEI & ERIC (Education
Literature Datasets), what other resources will you use
instead?
Please reply by e-mail by 29th January 2003.
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Dr Philip Pothen
Communications Manager,
JISC London Office,
King's College London,
Strand Bridge House,
3rd Floor,
138-142 The Strand,
London WC2R 1HH
Tel: 020 7848 2935
Mobile: 07887 564 006
Fax: 020 7848 2939
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