<div dir="ltr">Related to the new resource from SPARC on Big Deal cancellations, allow me to share our recently published paper on the decreasing value that academic libraries get from Big Deals that bundle together a lot of journals that are rarely cited. <br><br>Shu, F., Mongeon, P., Haustein, S., Siler, K., Alperin, J.P., Larivière, V. Is it such a big deal? On the cost of journal use in the digital era. <i>College & Research Libraries. </i>Available at <a href="http://crl.acrl.org/index.php/crl/article/view/16829" target="_blank">http://crl.acrl.org/index.php/<wbr>crl/article/view/16829</a><br><br>Juan Pablo Alperin<br>Assistant Professor, Canadian Institute for Studies in Publishing<br>Associate Director, Public Knowledge Project<br>Simon Fraser University<div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 30 November 2017 at 04:00, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:goal-request@eprints.org" target="_blank">goal-request@eprints.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Send GOAL mailing list submissions to<br>
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1. Fwd: New SPARC Resource: Big Deal Cancellations (Richard Poynder)<br>
<br><br>---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: Richard Poynder <<a href="mailto:richard.poynder@gmail.com" target="_blank">richard.poynder@gmail.com</a>><br>To: "Global Open Access List (Successor of AmSci)" <<a href="mailto:goal@eprints.org" target="_blank">goal@eprints.org</a>><br>Cc: <br>Bcc: <br>Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2017 07:29:19 +0000<br>Subject: [GOAL] Fwd: New SPARC Resource: Big Deal Cancellations<br><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif"><font color="#000000">Forwarding from SPARC via the Liblicense mailing list.</font></div><div style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif"><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif"><font color="#000000">>></font></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><br><div dir="ltr"><div>SPARC is pleased to release <a href="https://sparcopen.org/our-work/big-deal-cancellation-tracking/" target="_blank">a new resource</a> exploring a growing trend within the global library community - the cancellation of so-called "big deals" (large bundles of journal titles sold at a discount off of aggregate list price). The goals of this resource are threefold: to contextualize why a growing number of libraries worldwide have undertaken big deal assessments and cancellations; to detail what specifics steps libraries have taken to "cut the cord"; and to provide practical resources for libraries interested in evaluating collection strategies, honing value-for-money calculations, integrating faculty input into the process, and negotiating an exit from big deals. The resource includes a detailed look at what more than two dozen libraries from all around the world have done to assess and adjust their approaches to these bundled subscription schemes.</div><div><br></div><div>We invite you to both explore SPARC's <a href="https://sparcopen.org/our-work/big-deal-cancellation-tracking/" target="_blank">big deal cancellation resource</a>, and to add your voice to the dialog. If you have experience in evaluating and cancelling subscription journal bundles, please <a>let us know</a> if we can add your data to the resource. Additionally, if you are at a library considering its own big deal assessment and could benefit from the insight of your peers, please don't hesitate to <a>contact SPARC</a> for guidance.</div><span class="m_-1675106608905186149gmail-m_-7314193059728257038m_-5259777309106516657m_-2738731798723358159m_-2242825497283968812HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><span class="m_-1675106608905186149gmail-m_-7314193059728257038m_-5259777309106516657m_-2738731798723358159m_-2242825497283968812m_-1197462505781363539HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div><br></div><div>*******</div><div><br></div></font></span></font></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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