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Current Trends in Academic Publishing and Library Management in Italy - 2010 Overview

This document highlights the state of academic publishing and library management in Italy as of June 2010. Key points include the establishment of 18 contracts with publishers, national agreements with Elsevier and Springer, and the impact of budget cuts expected for 2011. It details ongoing activities, including renewal of contracts for major journals and funding initiatives for e-learning content. The document also discusses the development of a digital platform aggregating extensive journal resources and national efforts for library budget evaluation.

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Current Trends in Academic Publishing and Library Management in Italy - 2010 Overview

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  1. Paola Gargiulo, Bordeaux 11 06 2010 CASPUR/CIBER2009-2010 P. Gargiulo 11 June 2010

  2. P. Gargiulo 11 June 2010 State of the art • 18 contracts with publishers in place • 2 national deals (Elsevier Science and Springer Business&Media) + Porticco deal through CARE- Committee set up by the CRUI- Conference of Rectors of Italian Universities • Price increase in 2010 (4.7) • National Contract: WOS and SCOPUS 2010 -2013 signed by CRUI (Italian Rectors Council)‏

  3. P. Gargiulo 11 June 2010 Current activities • Renewal of annual contracts (Nature, Science, etc) • No new contracts in 2010 • Study for licensing materials for e-learning Italian published content (project funded by CRUI and the Italian collective society- SIAE) • Comparative analysis of discovery tools

  4. P. Gargiulo 11 June 2010 Economic Crisis and 2011 • Serious budget cuts are expected • National survey on university library budget in 2011 (to be administered by CARE) • university libraries strategies to face the budget crisis in 2011

  5. P. Gargiulo 11 June 2010 Digital platform: EV • EV- digital platform run by CASPUR – aggregates over 5800 journal titles about 8 million full text articles • Web 2.0 compliant (RSS, Social bookmarking etc) and Shibboleth compliant SFX – consortial installation (8 subscribers)‏ • Mobile interface since 2010

  6. P. Gargiulo 11 June 2010 Activities carried out at national level in 2010 • CARE- National Coordination (3 consortia and CRUI) • Extension for 2010 • evaluation of the current national contracts • national survey on university library budget in 2011 • possibile licensing model / licensing principles • possible deals or at least contact with Italian publishers • exstension of e-books survey to e-book readers

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