Colleagues,
     I forward this to these lists in case nobody else does!

     You have a very brief time to respond...please give it your full
attention, by WEDNESDAY JANUARY 29TH.

                              Cheers John

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John L. Makin
Faculty Liaison Officer, Education, Nottingham Trent University, LIS,
Clifton, Nottingham NG11 8NS, UK.
Vice Chair of "Librarians of Institutes & Schools of Education".
Editor of "Education Libraries Journal".
Tel:   0115 848-3421 FAX: 0115 848-6304
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-----Original Message-----
From: Philip Pothen [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
Sent: 23 January 2003 16:02
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Consultation on Licensing BEI & ERIC


Consultation on Licensing BEI (British Education Index) & 
ERIC (Education Literature Datasets). 

Please note that responses are required before 29 January 
2003

1) Introduction

The JISC invites responses from all universities regarding 
an agreement for the BEI & ERIC (Education Literature 
Datasets).

Before we can move forward with this agreement, the JISC 
needs to establish the number of institutions that would be 
interested in subscribing to the BEI & ERIC (Education 
Literature Datasets) from 1 August 2003.

2) The Offer

ERIC is a bibliographic database that indexes over 775 
periodicals covering the subject of education. BEI offers a 
complementary resource with a stronger focus on British 
literature. It indexes over 350 British education and 
training periodicals, with developing coverage of national 
report and conference literature.

3) Potential Pricing

The current agreement for BEI & ERIC (Education Literature 
Datasets) is subsidised by JISC and the subscription fee is 
£600.00 plus VAT per annum.
This agreement ends on 31st July 2003.
Prices for the new agreement (without subsidy) are as follows:

JISC CHARGING BANDS 

Subscriptions fees

       Year 1         Year 2         Year 3

A-B  £ 1,450.00     £ 1,495.00     £ 1,553.00
C-D  £ 1,350.00     £ 1,400.00     £ 1,445.00
E-F  £ 1,300.00     £ 1,340.00     £ 1,400.00
G-H  £ 1,100.00     £ 1,135.00     £ 1,180.00
I-J  £   900.00       £ 927.00      £ 970.00

All figures are per annum and are exclusive of VAT, which 
must be added to prices.

To determine which band your institution is in, see
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/dner/collections/newbanding.html

4) Period of the agreement

The period of agreement is for three years and institutions will be expected
to commit to subscribing for the full period.

5) Next steps

We now need to obtain an estimate of the potential uptake 
of the service within the UK higher education community. We 
would be grateful if you would advise us whether your 
institution is interested in taking up a subscription to BEI
& ERIC (Education Literature Datasets) at the prices listed
above:

Please either respond by visiting 
www.jisc.ac.uk/jiscforms/user/form38.php and completing the 
form

or by e-mail to [log in to unmask] giving the
information below:

 YES I am interested in subscribing to this database.

 NO I am not interested in subscribing to this database.

If your institution is interested, but not at these prices,
what case could we make to JISC for subsidising this 
resource?

If you are unlikely to subscribe to BEI & ERIC (Education 
Literature Datasets), what other resources will you use 
instead?

Please reply by e-mail by 29th January 2003.

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Dr Philip Pothen
Communications Manager,
JISC London Office,
King's College London,
Strand Bridge House,
3rd Floor,
138-142 The Strand,
London WC2R 1HH

Tel:    020 7848 2935
Mobile: 07887 564 006
Fax:    020 7848 2939
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