I received this from Ross Bourne of the BL. Thought it was quite
interesting.
Lorcan Dempsey <URL:http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/~lisld/>
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Subject: Unique agreement
Author: [log in to unmask] at Internet
Date: 31/7/96 11:35
UNIQUE AGREEMENT BETWEEN ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV AND THE KONINKLIJKE
BIBLIOTHEEK, THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF THE NETHERLANDS
As of today all scientific journals published in the Netherlands
by Elsevier Science bv (more than 350 titles) will be submitted
in electronic format to the Koninklijke Bibliotheek in The Hague,
The Netherlands. Until now no other
scientific publisher has entrusted so many electronic
publications to a national library for safe keeping.
The agreement between Elsevier Science bv and the Koninlijke
Bibliotheek is the first step towards a national arrangement
between the Koninklijke Bibliotheek and the Dutch publishers
as to submitting publications which are only accessible via an
?electronic? network. Kluwer Academic Publishers has also
agreed to submit their publications in electronic format.
Currently, only on-site access is allowed. However, on a trial
basis the electronic data will be available to a selected number
of network users who have remote access to the new Advanced
Information Workstation of the Koninklijke Bibliotheek via
Internet.
In addition to on-line publications, in the new deposit
collection all cd-roms, cd-i's and other electronic publications
produced in the Netherlands will be incorporated. General,
educational and scientific publishers who are members of the
Nederlandse Uitgeversbond, have recently agreed to supply a
single copy of all their `offline' publications published in
the Netherlands to the deposit collection.
Although some studies have been made in the USA and Europe as
to the set-up of a deposit collection of electronic publications,
the Koninklijke Bibliotheek leads the way in the actual practical
set-up of such a collection. In addition to the already existing
depository library of printed books, journals and reports, the
Koninklijke Bibliotheek records the electronic publications
for the Dutch National Bibliography and stores them for an
indefinite period of time for later use and scientific research.
The necessary electronic storage capacity for the deposit
collection is an estimated 1,3 Terabyte in 1996, increasing
to 4,4 Terabyte by the year 2000. The storage and accessibility
of all submitted information requires considerable investments in
new technology. For additional financing the Koninklijke
Bibliotheek has already approached the Parliamentary Undersecret-
ary for Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschappen mr A. Nuis. The
Koninklijke Bibliotheek already enjoys the support of the Dutch
publishers, who apart from the business aspects also appreciate
the scientific and cultural importance of the deposit collection.
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