Forwarded in response to John Smith from HERON's Copyright officer
> To clarify the situation re. costs of extracts via HERON:
>
> The bulk of the cost is generally made up by the copyright fee. This is
> set by the rightsholder (usually the publisher), and HERON has very little
> say in it, although we can, and do, negotiate with rightsholders where the
> fees are considered to be too expensive. Although the Publisher's
> Association recommends a fee of 5p per page page student, publishers
> frequently set their own fees (rarely for less!). So the cost of each item
> requested is affected by:
> - who the publisher is,
> - how many students will use the material,
> - how many pages comprise the extract.
>
> (This assumes the standard payment model which is applied to specific
> courses. There are other payment models, for example: flat fees unrelated
> to the number of students or langth of document, but there is no standard
> price for these models at all, the fee is entirely at the discretion of
> the rightsholder.)
>
> On top of the copyright fee there are digitisation costs (which HERON
> currently subsidises), and a small administrative fee which is applied to
> items which are supplied to the university. (No charge is made for
> requests which are not supplied to the the requesting Higher Education
> Institution, whether HERON has been able to obtain copyright clearance or
> not.)
>
> Related to this issue, HERON would be very interested to know what, if
> any, policies are used for accepting or refusing clearances fom
> publishers. Amongst HERON members, policies include refusing costs over a
> certain per-page rate (irrespective of the total cost), and also refusing
> anything over a total cost (irrespective of what the per-page rate works
> out at). Where items are considered too expensive, and HERON cannot
> negotiate a cheaper fee, some institutions actively encourage their
> lecturers to substitute the expensive material for an alternative from a
> publisher charging lower fees. We have found that substituting expensive
> extracts acts as a much better incentive for publishers to reduce their
> costs than simply refusing the item.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Helen Pickering
>
> Helen Pickering
> Copyright Officer
> HERON Project
> The Library
> University of Stirling
> Stirling FK9 4LA
> Tel. +44 (0)1786 466615
> Fax: +44 (0)1786 466613
> HERON: Higher Education Resources ON-demand
> http://www.heron.ac.uk/
>
>
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> From: J.W.T.Smith[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Reply To: J.W.T.Smith
> Sent: 18 July 2000 17:05
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Users of HERON - costs?
>
>
> Hi,
>
> We are considering joining HERON. I am getting conflicting information on
> the cost of individual items. Could anyone who is already using HERON
> spare a few minutes on the phone to discuss cost with me? If anyone could
> I would be very grateful. Please e-mail me with your name and telephone
> number.
>
> Thanks,
>
> John Smith,
> The Templeman Library,
> University of Kent at Canterbury.
>
>
>
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