Impact of use of academic online resource on research

Impact of the consumption of electronic contents on research productivity in the universities of Castile and Leon

Highlights

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The Big Deal model has brought a greater consumption of academic contents.

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The availability of e-resources contributes to a growth in the academic output.

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Usage and value-for-money data are essential for managing and taking decisions.

The Big Deal, the Medium Deal, and the Tiny Deal

I remember answering a question on the "Big Deal" in last year's CPD assessment. I find The Scholarly Kitchen's blog post insightful.

British Library Group Sticks With Elsevier and Wiley-Blackwell - Big Deal

A major British library group announced today that it has struck new deals with Elsevier and Wiley-Blackwell, two of the largest publishers of academic journals. The group, Research Libraries U.K., had threatened to discontinue so-called Big Deal subscription arrangements with the two publishers because of what it called unsustainable price increases. U.S. libraries have also been re-examining whether Big Deals are really worth what they cost.

We need a 'JISC'  in SA!  (Eileen)

Big deal?

'Both publishers and libraries see the current system as transitory, and most predict that the Big Deal will not be with us in five years’ time.' Mark Rowse, Ingenta, writing about research into the Big Deal, Autumn 2002:

this is one of the items in the current Research Information issue  - looking back at preditions:

 5 years was perhaps optimistic - but the big deal is surely on its way out soon? (Eileen)