... 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...

... of the so-called Big Deals which have exposed a vast amount of material freely accessible to the researcher. Free to them but not free to the library that can pay well over a million dollars, pounds or euros for Elsevier’s Science Direct package. But a decline also because the Big Deals have engendered...

...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...

... Licensed re-use rights only Document supply ILL Open access Ebooks Big Deals Mass digitisation You will note that the vast majority of referenced material in this literature review is open access (OA) or otherwise freely available. This reflects the fact that most material that in my...

... 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...

... 2013 Open access Big deals Document supply FASTR Finch report ILL It is notable this quarter how little attention has been paid to the twin track initiatives on open access publishing launched in the US in February. I am writing this at the end of April which has given plenty...

... 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 The second Poynder interview is with the controversial, some would say contrarian...

...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...

... Limited 2012 Copyright law Open access Patron driven acquisition Purchase on demand Big deals Interlending Document delivery The same conference heard a paper from the team that developed the excellent NILDE ILL system for Italian libraries, which is best described by a quote from...

... 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...

.... Originality/value This is the only regular literature review that focuses on document supply. Mike McGrath can be contacted at: mike@mikemcgrath.org.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 The year 2011 has seen opposition to the inflexibility and costs of big deals rise to new heights...

... and document supply. Mercedes Echeverría can be contacted at: mercedes.echeverria@uam.es © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Consortia Interlending Big Deals Journal usage Spain Libraries The purpose of this paper is to provide insights into interlending and document supply...

.... 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...