Dear All
yesterday you may have seen the notice that JISC is in the process of
trying to negotiate a deal with DeHavilland - Public Affairs Briefing
http://www.dehavilland.co.uk/ (original message pasted at the end of this
page.)
On 3rd March 2pm The British Library of Political and Economic Science (LSE
Library) http://www.lse.ac.uk
will be hosting a meeting relating to this product. The suppliers will be
showing the full features of its functionality and you will be able to ask
them questions and discuss the new deal. The event is expected to last 1.5
hours.
There is no charge for attending.
However we do ask you to sign up in advance as space is limited!
Come along and find out more!
Please send your name to
Heather Dawson
Assistant Librarian
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JISC anticipate providing a case for this product to the JCCS at a meeting
in May, 2003. It is impossible at this stage to say exactly when thereafter
we could offer the product, should the proposal be accepted, but it would
be likely before the end of 2003
Proposed pricing for DeHavilland
JISC Pricing Schedule (note: these prices are those which will be proposed
to the JISC Committee for Content Services and are therefore
subject to alteration)
JISC Charging Band A: price pa excluding VAT £15,750
JISC Charging Band B: price pa excluding VAT £13,550
JISC Charging Band C: price pa excluding VAT £11, 950
JISC Charging Band D: price pa excluding VAT £10,550
JISC Charging Band E: price pa excluding VAT £9,200
JISC Charging Band F: price pa excluding VAT £7,950
JISC Charging Band G: price pa excluding VAT £6,800
JISC Charging Band H, I, J: price pa excluding VAT £5,760
For an explanation of banding, see the word document at:
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/uploaded_documents/chargingexplanation.doc
De Havilland overview
DeHavilland's Public Affairs Briefing (PAB) is an extremely powerful
product which provides a unique level of political information and
research. DeHavilland is Britain's leading information service company
focusing on political, governmental and broadcast news. Public Affairs
Briefing incorporates a news monitoring tool, an archive research library
of unparalled depth, a schedule of forthcoming events, biographies of MPs,
MEPs, MSPs, Welsh Assembly members, Northern Ireland, GLA members, Senior
Civil Servants and Peers along with a Media contacts database of over 6,000
UK national and regional press, trade and consumer publications, national
and local radio stations and television programmes.
Accessed on-line it is updated on a minute-by-minute basis. It would be a
unique resource for universities and other institutions of higher and
further education.
Public Affairs Briefing is likely to be of interest to the following
stakeholders within academic institutions:
Undergraduate and postgraduate students from a variety of disciplines would
find DeHavilland useful for essays, dissertations and research projects.
Librarians
Fund-raising Officers
Politics and Social Sciences departments
Students generally
University Policy Makers
Vice Chancellors
PR and Communications Officers
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Paul Davey
JISC Communications Officer
King's College London
Strand Bridge House
138 - 142 The Strand
WC2R 1HH
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7848 2554/2935
Mobile: +44 (0)78666 88614
Fax: +44 (0)20 7848 2939
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JISC Web site - www.jisc.ac.uk
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