... 2016 05 09 2016 © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2016 Emerald Group Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Academic libraries Document delivery Copyright law Open access Higher education Big deals After 15 years, this will be my last literature review as well...

... of about 150 journals, reports, websites and blogs. Findings Of the 13 articles and reports reviewed, 12 are freely available, continuing the trend of increasing OA. As always, these days, much is happening on the OA front. Big Deals, demand-driven acquisition and discovery tools are reviewed...

...Monique Dikboom Purpose This paper aims to describe the experiences of the Maastricht University Library in The Netherlands with regard to the evaluation of electronic subscriptions. For the evaluation of Big Deals, a tool was built to obtain an overview of the value of the package. For individual...

... literature in this subject area. What follows is an unusual view of Big Deals and OA – arguably the two biggest game changers for the Interlending and Document Supply (ILDS) service. As the author of the article comments “Typically, if Big Deals are discussed in the same space as Open Access (OA...

... on the scanning of about 150 journals, reports, Web sites and blogs. Findings – Nearly all material reviewed is freely available, continuing the trend of increasing OA. As always, these days, much is happening on the OA front. Big deals and Scholarly Communications are reviewed along with ebooks, users...

... interest this quarter are two studies on journal half-lives which impact on the embargo length debate. Also a study that shows a decline in the free accessibility of journal articles. More on patron-driven acquisition and Big Deals. Originality/value – This is the only regular review...

... on document supply including an important Outsell report on document suppliers and some research showing that whilst users expect and often make do with what is immediately available, nonetheless over half of the responders use document supply services. Some substantial pieces are reviewed on Big Deals...

... version in other repositories without restriction on re-use. This may involve payment of an “article processing charge” (APC) to the publisher. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Open access Big deals Document supply FASTR Finch report ILL It is notable this quarter how...

... with interlending and document supply as well as such related matters as resource sharing and open access. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 E‐books Copyright Open access Big deals Use data Public libraries As more and more articles become freely available on the web so do...

... for librarians and others concerned with interlending and document supply as well as such related matters as resource sharing and open access. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Copyright law Open access Patron driven acquisition Purchase on demand Big deals Interlending Document delivery...

...Mike McGrath Purpose The paper aims to describe the development of an alternative to the Big Deals that was deployed successfully in negotiations with Elsevier and Wiley for the 2012 settlement. Design/methodology/approach This is a descriptive account of the alternative plan. Findings...

... This study finds that the prices of the big deals are under greater attack than ever. Alternatives are being actively explored. A more assertive approach is being adopted to expand the role of open access and both national and international newspapers as well as magazines such as The Economist have...

... – the publishers are once again attempting to block OA mandates. Patron driven acquisition has clearly arrived and is deeply embedded in the US although less so elsewhere in the world. Significant resistance to Big Deals has resulted in an excellent settlement by UK universities. Originality/value...

..., the excellent Poynder (2011a) poses an interesting question: When it was introduced, the Big Deal was widely seen as a solution to the so‐called serials crisis, and both publishers and librarians embraced it enthusiastically. However, the Big Deal today is the biggest bugbear for librarians and currently...

.... Findings Resistance to the Big Deals for journals is still growing – in particular because of the current budget cuts that are hitting libraries badly but publishers remain complacent. Interesting movements on the copyright front as the Hargreaves report in the UK is accepted by the government and the STM...

... cooperation. At this juncture, it is interesting to analyse how the cooperative initiatives of the consortia have evolved over time. Mercedes Echeverría can be contacted at: mercedes.echeverria@uam.es © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Consortia Interlending Big Deals Journal usage...