Liam Earney Collections Team Manager, JISC Collections. The presentation provides background on the current economic situation and its impact on Uk academic libraries. It then outlines the measures JISC is taking to help.
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National licensing in a time of economic uncertainty: JISC Collections response to the economic & financial crisis
1. Licensing in a time of economic uncertainty
Licensing in a time of economic uncertainty
JISC Collections response to the economic & financial crisis
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2. National licensing in a time of economic uncertainty
JISC Collections response to the economic & financial crisis
Liam Earney
JISC Collections
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Introduction
Context
– Economic Crisis
– Impact on Libraries
JISC Collections Strategy
Publisher Reactions
Further work from JISC Collections
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Global Economic Crisis and the state of UK Public Finances
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Global economic crisis
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World GDP Growth 2008-2009
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Average of independent forecasts for 2009 – UK GDP growth
Source HM Treasury
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Average of Independent Forecasts – UK Public Sector Borrowing 09-10
Source HM Treasury
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Global Economic Crisis and the state of UK Public Finances
Deep Recession
Poor public finances
– DIUS expected to deliver additional £400million of
savings in 2010-11
– Freeze if not cuts in public spending
The impact in the public sector will be over a number of
years – even if the wider economy recovers
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The impact on academic libraries – a perfect storm?
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The impact on academic libraries - Global
ICOLC Statement on the Global Economic Crisis and Its Impact on Consortia
Licences
“current crisis [is] of such significance that we cannot simply assume that
libraries and publishers share a common perspective about the magnitude of
the crisis and the best approaches to deal with it”
Following forecasts:
1. Significant and widespread cuts in budget levels for libraries and consortia
2. Cuts will be prolonged
3. Exchange rate fluctuations are complicating and/or amplifying the impact
Full statement at:: http://www.library.yale.edu/consortia/icolc-econcrisis-0109.htm
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The impact on academic libraries – UK
Research Information Network: “Scholarly books and journals at
risk: Responding to the challenges of a changing economy”
Fall in the value of Sterling “has already dented library purchasing budgets by
16%. As a result, many large university libraries anticipate deficits of around £400,000
this year and some contracts have yet to be paid.”
Uncertainty over currency fluctuations means “libraries’ budgetary positions may
therefore change unpredictably during the year. […] faced with hard decisions about
what to cut, they will be forced to cancel what they can as renewals fall due,
rather than what their users might best manage without.”
“As the proportion of library acquisitions budgets that is spent on journals has risen
(from 46% to 53% over the past decade), book purchasing has been ever more
squeezed (dropping from £32 to £30 per FTE student over the past decade). Any
further reduction in book purchasing would have a disproportionately
damaging effect on the humanities, and many areas of the social sciences”
Full briefing at: http://www.rin.ac.uk/files/Scholarly_books_journals_at_risk.pdf:
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The impact on academic libraries – UK
An orderly retreat from the big deal?
– Jill Taylor-Roe’s survey indicated that in 2010 institutions intend to
take the following measures to cope with the economic crisis
• Request more funds from the University – 27%
• Cut the book fund – 18% (down from 23% this year)
• Cut the serials fund – 20% (up from 12% this year)
• Cancel big deals – 17% (up from 4% this year)
http://www.uksg.org/sites/uksg.org/files/jill_taylor-roe.pps
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What is JISC Collections doing?
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JISC Collections Priorities and Negotiation Strategy
JISC Collections -
– Supports UK education and research by procuring and negotiating
the best pricing and terms of use for online academic resources
– Mutual trading company established by the funding councils and
funded by JISC
– Over 120 agreements for e-journals, e-books, databases,
multimedia, archives and geospatial data
In 2008, JISC Collections saved the UK academic community
c£43million
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JISC Collections Priorities and Negotiation Strategy
Simple really…
– Listening to our members!!!
– Discussions with publishers outside of formal negotiations
Priority
– To allow academic libraries to maintain access to core digital content
Negotiation strategy
– No price rises at renewal
– Annual opt out from all agreements
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Publisher reactions
Large
STM focus
Medium
All Subject Areas e-Journals
Small Full Text
A&I Reference
Humanities
Responsive and Non-Responsive or
Sympathetic Sympathetic
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Publisher reactions
What attitudes underpin this mixed publisher reaction?
– “Our resources are core”
– “Big Deal” provides excellent value and unpicking it won’t work
• Fraction of the content for almost the same price
– Phoney war – lots of talk but no evidence of cuts yet
– Cutting resources in anathema to academic libraries
– Money in system – librarians just buying the wrong stuff
• Move print book expenditure to e-books
• Cut abstracting and indexing databases
– Follow the actions of competitors
• Don’t want to report 0% prices rises to Boards
• Don’t want to be the only content provider with an opt-out clause
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What additional steps will JISC Collections take?
Revisit existing agreements to negotiate annual opt outs
Greater Value from New Business and Licensing Models -
– Develop alternatives to the 'opt-in model'
– Structure agreements to include access for the whole community
– Cross-sectoral licensing - higher education and further education, schools, the
NHS and cultural institutions.
– Explore how NESLi2 can be extended to support the transition to Open
Access
– Sustainable models for e-books - national e-books observatory and the e-
textbook business trials
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What additional steps will JISC Collections take?
JISC Collections Request for Proposals –
– Get as many resources and providers using the JISC model licence as possible
– Better pricing
Improve usage and value of JISC Collections’ National Agreements
– Develop portals to bring perpetually licensed material (and JISC funded material)
together in one place
Help academic libraries manage their collections and demonstrate value for
money
– Usage Statistics portal
– Briefing papers for every JISC Collections’ member on savings from JISC
Collections archival purchases
– Licensing that is more about “Can” than “Can’t”
• Unfairly, libraries often seen as a barrier to institutional ambitions!
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Thank you for listening
Liam Earney
L.Earney@jisc.ac.uk
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Hinweis der Redaktion
I think that in order to fully understand the implications of the economic crisis on JISC Colllections and library expenditure it is sensible to try and get some impression of the magnitude and extent of the problems that are facing us. In the banking sector the bail outs that have been put in place in both the US and UK account for a sizeable proportion of GDP.
Economic growth which has been positive for over a decade as seen a contraction like that associated with the Great Depression and the UK in particular doing very badly
Nor is the situation likely to improve in the short term, according to this treasury survey of independent growth forecasts, in 2009 UK GDP will continue to fall
Whilst all the while Government debt continues to soar, putting an ever greater burden on future government expenditure. Total government debt will double to 79% of GDP by 2013 - the highest level since the Second World War. The chancellor is also squeezing public spending in the future by saying it will grow by only 0.7% per year from 2011 - a lower growth rate than when Mrs Thatcher was in power. The worst is expected to come in 2011 and beyond.
About a 100 consortia globally have endorsed the statement
Interesting that this probably also reflects the subjects are resources most likely to suffer during an economic downturn
Develop alternatives to the 'opt-in model' that where possible and cost effective, widen access to digital content and maximize the value of existing institutional expenditure. Where feasible structure deals to include access for the whole community, either because the publisher has maximum market penetration, or where there is a strong demand for resources but take up is limited because of the high cost of the content. Where possible break down the licensing barriers between institutions and make links between higher education and further education, schools, the NHS and cultural institutions. Explore how NESLi2 can be extended to support the transition to Open Access, particularly through the collection and payment of 'author pays' fees in OA Gold models. Continue to work to create sustainable models for e-books (national e-books observatory and the e-textbook business trials)