Dear Colleagues,
Thanks very much for all of your feedback, I would welcome comments to
me in person rather than to the list in general.
The object of this exercise is to help prioritise future
purchases/negotiations in this area. The reason for this is, as Terry
notes, that JISC Collections doesn't have a bottomless pot of money and
wants to make sure that any purchases it does make are fulfilling real
demand and needs.
I will put together all of the feedback I get and distribute to all of
those who have responded. The feedback will also go to the JISC
Collections Journals Working Group and be used to assist with the
iteration of future policy in this area.
Kind regards,
Liam
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[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Bucknell, Terry
Sent: 17 November 2006 09:43
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Subject: Re: JISC Collections Consultation on Institutional Preferences
and Demand for Journal Archives and Backfiles
But JISC don't have a bottomless pot of money to purchase backfiles, and
wouldn't we in effect be asking JISC to write a blank cheque for any
commercial publisher that embarks on a backfiles programme?
I think we have to help JISC formulate a policy of what their priorities
should be, and I think they are getting it right in concentrating on the
purchase of backfiles from UK learned societies and university presses
while negotiating discounts for purchases of archives from commercial
publishers.
We have been nudging JISC about the purchase of the Institution of Civil
Engineers' Virtual Library 1835-2005 for some time, and I'm pleased to
see that this appears in JISC's list of ongoing negotiations:
http://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/consultations/collections_ongoing_nego
tiations.aspx#I
We would also welcome the purchase of the Journal of Fluid Mechanics
archive from CUP, and I also wonder if JISC could bring together UK
learned societies and university presses that *haven't* yet digitised
their backfiles with those that have for an exchange of experience,
perhaps with JISC helping to fund the digitisation of the content from
such publishers before the fact rather than after?
Terry Bucknell
Electronic Resources Manager
Sydney Jones Library
University of Liverpool
Chatham St, PO Box 123
Liverpool, L69 3DA, UK
Tel: +44 (0)151 794 2692
Fax: +44 (0)151 794 2681
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Sent: 17 November 2006 09:17
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Subject: Re: JISC Collections Consultation on Institutional Preferences
and Demand for Journal Archives and Backfiles
We welcome the purchase of any archives by JISC on the behalf of
education community. Good news for librarians!!
Gurdish
University of salford
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From: An informal open list set up by the UK Serials Group
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Marina Logan-Bruce
Sent: 17 November 2006 09:07
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Subject: JISC Collections Consultation on Institutional Preferences and
Demand for Journal Archives and Backfiles
Yes I'll second that
Nature archives
Elsevier archives
Marina
Marina Logan Bruce
Library Services Manager
St. George's University of London
Cranmer Terrace
LONDON SW17 0RE
Tel: 020 8725 5452
> Hello,
>
> Yes, very good investment in archives! We would also be interested in
> more archival access via JISC e.g. to Elsevier subject bundles, nature
> archives...or basically any archives.
>
> Regards,
>
> Satu
>
> Dear Colleagues,
>
> I would welcome your feedback on the preferences of UK HE and FE for
> the potential purchase of journal archives by JISC Collections.
>
> Since August 2004 JISC has licensed the following journal archives on
> behalf of the higher and further education communities in the United
> Kingdom:
>
> * Royal Society of Chemistry Journals Archive
> * Institute of Physics Journal Archive 1874-1998
> * Oxford Journals Complete Archive
>
> The cost of acquiring such resources is beyond the means of most
> institutions, but JISC funding makes the content available to all UK
> higher and further education institutions free and in perpetuity. The
> availability of these online archives not only means that valuable
> library space can be freed, but that all students and staff can easily
> use previously inaccessible or rare material at the desk top.
>
> In order to make sure that future procurement of journal archives is
> driven by the needs of institutions and their users, JISC Collections
> would be grateful for your feedback on the following questions:
>
> 1. In your opinion does the continued licensing of journal
> archives represent a sensible investment of JISC Collection's content
> procurement budget?
> 2. If yes, what are the journal archives currently available
> that you would like to see JISC Collections consider for procurement?
> 3. If no, what content do you feel JISC Collections should
> invest in?
>
> Additional comments are welcome to all of the questions and the
> responses will be collated and made available to all respondents in
> the new year.
>
> The answers you provide will be invaluable in directing JISC
> Collectionsactivities in this area, however, it should be noted that
> given the funding available, JISC Collections is unlikely to be able
> to fulfil every need.
>
> Please respond to Liam Earney, Collections Manager,
> mailto:[log in to unmask]
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Liam
>
> Collections Manager
> JISC Collections
> Brettenham House South,
> 5 Lancaster Place,
> London, WC2E 7EN
>
> Tel: 020 7848 1716
> Web: www.jisc-collections.ac.uk
>
> For further information on consultations please see
> http://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/consultations.aspx
>
>
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