SHEDL Scottish Higher Education Digital Library Liz Stevenson & Tony Kidd UKSG Conference, April 2010 1
Context l l l Scottish HE tradition of co-operation Manageable size Separate funding arrangements Competitive concerns Research Pools Examples of other consortia April 2010 UKSG Conference, Edinburgh 2
History l Previous attempts to implement ‘Scotlandwide’ access too ambitious l l l Cross-sectoral funding Continuing concerns over patchy access Investigative funding from Principals of Glasgow/Edinburgh Universities April 2010 UKSG Conference, Edinburgh 3
Investigative Study l l May-October 2007 SCURL sponsored – Scottish Confederation of University and Research Libraries l l l John Cox Associates Ltd Interviews l Libraries l University administrators/Universities Scotland l Academics/Research Pools l Stakeholders – Scottish Funding Council/JISC etc Report launched Oct 2007 l SCURL website: scurl. ac. uk April 2010 UKSG Conference, Edinburgh 4
Relationship with JISC Collections/NESLi 2 l l Strong consensus that SHEDL should work within JISC Collections framework SFC and Principals expect SHEDL to co-exist with and complement JISC But wish to fill in gaps, to move away from ‘opt-in’ arrangements, to ensure overall access for Research Pools Plus possibility of wider range of deals (recognising NESLi 2’s current work with ‘small/medium publishers’) April 2010 UKSG Conference, Edinburgh 5
Structure & governance l l SCURL SHEDL Steering Group l l SHEDL Working Group l l Interest groups Buy-in from all 19 HEIs Procurement – APUC April 2010 UKSG Conference, Edinburgh 6
Practical aspects… l l l Publishers Practical work Benefits Costs Process Impact April 2010 UKSG Conference, Edinburgh 7
Phase 1 l l l Steering Group & Working Group – collaborative working Initial agreement to work with 3 publishers, covering a wide range of subjects Agreements for 2009 -2011 with: l l l April 2010 American Chemical Society Cambridge University Press Springer UKSG Conference, Edinburgh 8
Costs l l Costs are fixed at the start of the contract, with agreed annual price caps SHEDL institutions continue to fund their own subscriptions, and do not expect to pay more than before Option to buy print at ddp Reduced overheads – single payment and early payment where possible April 2010 UKSG Conference, Edinburgh 9
Process l l l Verification of holdings and expenditure with each publisher Confirmation of contract entitlement Licence agreement, based on JISC Model Licence Local consultation on print retention Adjustments to holdings – link resolvers & opacs Monitoring of usage – locally and centrally April 2010 UKSG Conference, Edinburgh 10
Phase 2 l l Consultation across all 19 HEI’s 40 nominations 6 publishers approached, following consultation with JISC 3 new publisher agreements for 2010 -2012 l l Berg Edinburgh University Press Oxford University Press Portico licensed across SHEDL April 2010 UKSG Conference, Edinburgh 11
Phase 3 – in progress l l l Consultation process completed 46 nominations 7 publishers identified for 2011 Institutions providing details of expenditure and holdings Negotiation process underway April 2010 UKSG Conference, Edinburgh 12
Benefits – HEI’s l l Institutional buy-in and support Shift to e-only Single payment Proof of concept l l widening access, increased availability of content, increased usage, efficiency gains April 2010 UKSG Conference, Edinburgh 13
Benefits - Publishers l l Reduced overheads – single point of contact for administration and invoicing Wider dissemination of content Improved compliance Encourages adoption of e-only April 2010 UKSG Conference, Edinburgh 14
Impact – the users l l l More content, accessible at the point of need 1800+ titles available Increase in usage across all Phase 1 publishers, and across all institutions Usage increased by 41% from 2008 to 2009 Analysis shows that previously nonsubscribed titles are being used April 2010 UKSG Conference, Edinburgh 15
Issues l l l Impact on intermediaries and consortial purchasing agreements Impact on institutional workflows Monitoring – within and across institutions, changing patterns of use Resource Discovery and findability User expectations are raised – sustainability Budgets – impacts on collection management decisions April 2010 UKSG Conference, Edinburgh 16
Evaluation l RIN – Evaluation of the impact of SHEDL l l l John Cox Associates Usage data Interviews – academics/librarians Reporting July 2010 JISC Collections – Bloc payment mechanisms l l Cost redistribution criteria Albert Prior/John Cox Experience elsewhere/modelling Reporting June 2010 April 2010 UKSG Conference, Edinburgh 17
Formats l l E-journals so far, plus Portico E-books Databases/full-text Backfiles April 2010 UKSG Conference, Edinburgh 18
Sectors l National Library of Scotland l l National Health Service l l Portico Current discussions Further Education l l Scottish Funding Council includes both HE and FE April 2010 UKSG Conference, Edinburgh 19
Funding l l Scalability/viability? UK countries/regions ‘Journals as infrastructure’ Top-slicing – current climate? ? April 2010 UKSG Conference, Edinburgh 20
Questions/Discussion l Tony Kidd l l Liz Stevenson l l T. kidd@lib. gla. ac. uk L. g. stevenson@ed. ac. uk Kidd, T. Collaboration in electronic resource provision in university libraries: SHEDL, a Scottish case study. New Review of Academic Librarianship, 15 (1), 2009, pp 97 -119 April 2010 UKSG Conference, Edinburgh 21
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