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Autores principales: Mongeon, Philippe, Siler, Kyle, Archambault, Antoine, Sugimoto, Cassidy R., Larivière, Vincent
Formato: Recurso educativo Open Access
Lenguaje:en
Publicado: 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1288133
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author Mongeon, Philippe
Siler, Kyle
Archambault, Antoine
Sugimoto, Cassidy R.
Larivière, Vincent
author_facet Mongeon, Philippe
Siler, Kyle
Archambault, Antoine
Sugimoto, Cassidy R.
Larivière, Vincent
Mongeon, Philippe
Siler, Kyle
Archambault, Antoine
Sugimoto, Cassidy R.
Larivière, Vincent
collection Education Resources Information Center
contents Collection Development in the Era of Big Deals Mongeon, Philippe Siler, Kyle Archambault, Antoine Sugimoto, Cassidy R. Larivière, Vincent Library Services Academic Libraries Foreign Countries Use Studies Shared Resources and Services Negotiation Agreements Databases Electronic Journals Drawing on an original methodology using citations, downloads, and survey data, this paper analyzes journal usage patterns across 28 Canadian universities. Results show that usage levels vary across disciplines and that different academic platforms varied in their importance to different institutions, with for-profit platforms generally exhibiting lower usage. These results suggest economic inefficiencies exist in "big deal" academic journal subscriptions for universities, as most journals in such bundles are seldom or never used. We recommend that universities coordinate resource sharing and negotiate strategies with academic journal expenditures based on shared interests and usage trends.
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spellingShingle Collection Development in the Era of Big Deals
Mongeon, Philippe
Siler, Kyle
Archambault, Antoine
Sugimoto, Cassidy R.
Larivière, Vincent
Library Services
Academic Libraries
Foreign Countries
Use Studies
Shared Resources and Services
Negotiation Agreements
Databases
Electronic Journals
Collection Development in the Era of Big Deals Mongeon, Philippe Siler, Kyle Archambault, Antoine Sugimoto, Cassidy R. Larivière, Vincent Library Services Academic Libraries Foreign Countries Use Studies Shared Resources and Services Negotiation Agreements Databases Electronic Journals Drawing on an original methodology using citations, downloads, and survey data, this paper analyzes journal usage patterns across 28 Canadian universities. Results show that usage levels vary across disciplines and that different academic platforms varied in their importance to different institutions, with for-profit platforms generally exhibiting lower usage. These results suggest economic inefficiencies exist in "big deal" academic journal subscriptions for universities, as most journals in such bundles are seldom or never used. We recommend that universities coordinate resource sharing and negotiate strategies with academic journal expenditures based on shared interests and usage trends.
title Collection Development in the Era of Big Deals
topic Library Services
Academic Libraries
Foreign Countries
Use Studies
Shared Resources and Services
Negotiation Agreements
Databases
Electronic Journals
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1288133