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Ingenta Institute The Consortium Site License- Is It a Sustainable Model? 2002 Studies The 2002 research consisted of three separate qualitative and quantitative studies from the UK and USA. Order your copy of the 2002 proceedings today Consortium licensing Professor Donald W. King, School of Information Sciences, University of Pittsburgh In recent years, library consortia have added electronic journals to their menu of services, but little is known about the impact that these developments are having on the journal system of publishers, libraries, authors, readers, and other intermediaries. In this report Don King, renowned information industry expert, examined in detail:
The impact of consortium site licenses on scholarly journal publishers and on academic libraries Key Perspectives, UK UK-based consultancy, Key Perspectives, has undertaken extensive international qualitative and quantitative studies on the impact of consortium site licenses on scholarly journal publishers and academic libraries. Many personal interviews with key publishers and libraries will be followed by an extensive programme of print and Web surveys sent to key contacts internationally.
CiBER, City University, London Co-ordinated by City University, this study analyses site licensing and consortia developments from the user's perspective. Taking at least one years usage data from two international publishers that offer consortia sales, City University has analyzed the statistics to determine whether the consortia deals deliver advantages to the user and, on a broader scale, whether the "big deal" is changing the information landscape and, if so, what these changes mean in a wider economic, digital, political and social context. Questions asked include:
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