Hello
At the last GM Librarians meeting John Addison suggested the group look at a collaborative purchase of Science Direct for those interested.
I have approached Elsevier and Gael McPherson is interested in working with a larger group.
Currently Christie Hospital and Pennine Acute have separate deals for this package.
What I am hoping to do is form a consortium of interested libraries in the GM area and approach Science Direct for a purchase across these sites.
An outline of the initial discussion was as follows
The deal will be for the Medical and Nursing collections.
The price will be calculated by library but paid in one payment with a co-ordinating Trust
Trusts wishing to move to e-only will be able to cancel print or take print at a deeply discounted price (25+ACU-)
We are looking at date beginning January 2007, this will allow us to renew as normal this year and plan to implement for the following year
Anyone interested in joining a deal with Elsevier please email me so I can get an idea of what we are dealing with.
Ta
Steve Glover
Medical Librarian
Christie Hospital NHS Trust +ACY-
Paterson Institute for Cancer Research
Manchester M20 4BX
+-44-161-446-3456
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