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The Eduserv Data Messenger 4 September 2008
Contents:
1. Chest Agreement news – summer roundup
a. IET Inspec, the Inspec archive and the IET Digital Library agreement renewed
b. APA Agreement renewed
c. NewsBank pricing for 2009 to 2011 announced
d. Emerald Backfile
e. ChildData renewal news
f. Subject collections from Proquest (CSA)
2. September Webinars from Adept Scientific
3. Copyright Management - reducing the risk and cutting the cost
4. Your data wishes
1. Chest Agreement news – summer roundup
Here’s a reminder of news about a number of agreements that has been published in Data Messengers during the summer.
a. IET Inspec, the Inspec archive and the IET Digital Library agreement renewed
The agreement with IET to provide the Inspec database, the Inspec archive from 1898 – 1969 and the IET Digital Library has been renewed from 1 September 2008.
Subscribers will benefit from a number of improvements including;
- Pricing is tiered so smaller sites will see a decrease in price over the previous agreement
- There is more service provision choice than before
- Eduserv has competitively tendered for the service provision
- There is more choice on licence terms with 1, 2, 3 or 5 year options.
Current subscribers have been notified by email. It is veryimportant that licence paperwork is submitted as soon as possible.
Agreement details can be found on the website
b. APA Agreement renewed
From 1st August 2008, the agreement with the American Psychological Association (APA) has been renewed for a further 3 years.
Under the new agreement sites benefit from;
- Preferential fixed pricing
- Potential shared savings in excess of £1.5 million
- Competitive tendering has led to improved service provision with costs down by up to 66%
- Institutions can change their service provider each year if they choose to
Details of the new agreement:
http://www.eduserv.org.uk/chest/agreements/data/existing/apa_2008 .
c. NewsBank pricing for 2009 to 2011 announced
NewsBank has committed to pricing with Eduserv for a Chest Agreement until 2011. Pricing information has been updated on the website.
For licensing information and details on how to subscribe please read the
NewsBank Overview .
d. Emerald Backfile
The full archive of journals dating back to 1899 from the Emerald Group Publishing Limited in business, management, library and information services, materials science and engineering is now available from Eduserv.
Details of the agreement:
http://www.eduserv.org.uk/chest/agreements/data/existing/emerald_backfilee. ChildData renewal news
The agreement with the National Children’s Bureau (NCB) for the online resource ChildData is to be renewed for one year from 1 November 2008. Pricing and terms of service will remain the same. The website will be updated shortly and current subscribers will be notified.
f. Subject collections from Proquest (CSA)
Eduserv is finalising renewal contracts for the A & I Subject Collections in;
Arts & Humanities
Social Sciences
Natural Sciences
Technology
Agreement details and licences for both the HE and FE sectors will be available shortly.
In addition we will be adding complementary full text collections for Arts & Humanities & Social Sciences to the agreement. These will also be available to HE & FE - pricing will represent a saving of about 45% from the previous academic price.
Please contact the helpdesk on help@eduserv.org.uk if you have any questions about these agreements.
2. September Webinars from Adept Scientific
(The following invitation is extended on behalf of Adept Scientific)
September webinars from Adept Scientific introduce software to help manage references and write essays
Back by popular demand after a short break over the summer, UK technical software specialists Adept Scientific are running their series of FREE webinars about EndNote Web and Reference Manager again in September. In just 1/2 an hour, you'll discover how much time and effort you could save finding and storing useful references, citing authors and creating bibliographies. These events make an ideal introduction to reference management software; need-to-know information for anyone involved in research, especially for staff and students enrolled at sites with a relevant Chest licence. Please pass on this information to anyone who would benefit from a software overview.
Please note, these webinars are not designed to act as software training sessions. To improve your knowledge of using our bibliographic tools, please refer to our range of public courses at http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/training/
Find out about Reference Manager at 2.30pm on 11th September
Find out about EndNote Web at 2.30pm on 18th September
View the upcoming webinar schedule and enrol at
http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/webinarsIf you'd like more information about Adept's web seminars or would like to set up a session solely for your institution, please email Stephanie
Marshall on
3. Copyright Management - reducing the risk and cutting the cost
The management of Copyright adherence and CLA (Copyright Licensing Agency) regulatory compliance has emerged as a key challenge for institutions. Accurately tracking usage of Copyright materials can be complicated and time consuming. Compliance with the requirements of Copyright licences can also have a big impact on budgets. Eduserv is exploring solutions that will help institutions track usage of Copyright materials and reduce the work load on reporting. Please contact andrew.tavener@eduserv.org.uk if Copyright Management is an issue for your institution.
4. Your data wishes
If you would like Eduserv Chest to investigate an Agreement for data that would benefit your institution, why not make a wish? Wishes are the main way for you to tell us which products we should be negotiating on your behalf.
To make a wish visit our Future Agreements section.
The agreement for ASTM Standards and Digital Library has recently been added to the Eduserv catalogue as a result of wishes from the community. A new agreement for ABI Inform Complete from Proquest is also imminent.
We continue to pursue agreements with the publisher of Internurse, and we are waiting for news from Proquest regarding a number of resources.