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Looking and Reacting to Consortium Statistics

This report by Beth R. Bernhardt, Electronic Resources Librarian at UNC Greensboro, analyzes consortium statistics and pricing information for member schools in North and South Carolina from 2009 to 2011. It examines usage data, cost per use, and changes in pricing and usage, focusing on major publishers like Cambridge University Press, Elsevier, Oxford University Press, Sage, Springer, and Wiley-Blackwell. The study provides insights into cost management, title-specific usage patterns, and recommendations for future resource acquisitions. For more information, contact Beth_Bernhardt@uncg.edu.

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Looking and Reacting to Consortium Statistics

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  1. Looking and Reacting to Consortium Statistics Beth R Bernhardt Electronic Resources Librarian UNC Greensboro

  2. Carolina Consortium • Started 2004 with meetings and signed first license in 1/1/2005 • Members are any College, University or Community College in North and South Carolina • Membership is free • Buyers Club • Started with three big deals and have over 70+ deals schools can join into

  3. CC Big Deals with spend > 250,000 • ACS • Cambridge University Press • Elsevier • Oxford University Press • Sage • Springer • Wiley-Blackwell

  4. CC Big Deals with Spend < $250,000 • BEPress (bought by deGruyter) (19 CC schools) • Brill (22) • Duke (12) • Elsevier College Editions (14) • IGI Global (3) • Mary Ann Liebert (56)

  5. Statistical Collection • Collected COUNTER statistics for all schools and most of the big journal deals. • Looked at usage statistics from 2009, 2010 and 2011 • Pulled total pricing information • Combined PDF and HTML full text views • Calculated Cost Per Use • Looked at price change and usage change between 2009-2011

  6. Cambridge University Press • Has one of the worst Cost Per Use (CPU) • By far the lowest overall use • Low rate of usage increase • Poor license terms • Must keep takeovers • Most subscribe to launches at 50% list price • 2.7% of spend and 1.9% of use

  7. Cambridge University Press -Example • Small private school • Will pay about $5300 for 2013 • 2011 = 48 uses; $103 CPU • 24 titles used; 272 unused • No titles used more than 6 times • 3 inexpensive titles account for 13 of the 48 uses. They Cost for these 3 titles would be $526.

  8. Cambridge University Press – UNC System school • Will pay about $7200 for 2013 big deal • 2011 data= 457 uses, $14.95 CPU • 3 year change = +15% price; -41% use • 80 titles used; 316 unused • Only 10 titles used 10 times or more • Those 10 account for 243 of 457 uses (53%) • Direct subs to those 10 for 2013 cost $13,063

  9. 2011 title by title usage

  10. Elsevier Freedom Collection • Anemic growth over 2 years (0.8%) • 2011 CPU 3rd best of 6 • Price Change 19%, Usage change .8% • 29.5% of cost, 30.3% of use in the CC • Highest average cost • Very high number of Highly Used Titles • Least number of schools – but the Highest use

  11. Oxford University Press • Has lowest CPU • 28 schools • 5.2% of cost, 12.3% of use • Publisher is flexible with schools that have financial hardships

  12. Sage • 2nd lowest CPU • 6.5% of cost; 10.8% of use • 18 schools

  13. Springer • 38 schools, most of any large CC big deal • 19.7% of spend, 17.8% of usage • 2nd lowest inflation rate • Deal structure makes it hard to not belong to the deal

  14. Wiley-Blackwell • Biggest CC spend • 33 schools, 2nd most of any large big deals • 2nd highest CPU • 36.4% of spend, 26.8% of use • 8% price increase , 15% increase in use

  15. WB – Big system school • 2011 paid $50,870; 1186 uses • 345 titles used; 1817 unused • 21 titles used 10 or more times; their sub cost is $43,078 • Those titles account for 375 uses (32%)

  16. Next Steps to Developing a CC Plan • Pull 2012 stats • Adding 2012 cost/use data • Prioritizing • Publishers • Costs/issues • Negotiating with publishers • Coordinating with UNC system • Collective action vs coordinated action vs individual action • Make recommendations to individual schools about adding/dropping deals

  17. Thank You Beth Bernhardt Electronic Resources Librarian UNC Greensboro Beth_Bernhardt@uncg.edu

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