JISC Collections 2011 Conference and AGM

1. JISC Collections 2011 Conference and AGM Director’s Report, Lorraine Estelle

2. 2010 – 2011 focus: Sustainability of library resources Keeping price rises to a minimum Evidence based negotiations Support of library directors

3. Results: Communication Understanding of requirements Effective negotiations = good agreements

5. Creating a shared UK academic knowledge base service to support and transform the management of e-resources by the UK Academic Community • http://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/KnowledgeBasePlus/ Over 100 libraries are now using the portal and most of the leading publishers are participating, by allowing JUSP to harvest usage statistics http://jusp.mimas.ac.uk/

6. Addressing the practical problems for libraries and scholars arising from journal title transfer New guide for society publishers includes recommendations and transfer checklist http://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/Reports Society Journal Publishing Transfer Guidelines to Help Achieve a Successful Transition

7. Briefing paper on access to e-resources at partner organisations: - clarifying what is permitted - what is restricted - course of action if access is prohibited http://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/Reports/partnerorganisations/

8. Open Access Fees and the Hybrid Journal Interviews Workshop with publishers, funders, librarians Two reports: http://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/Reports/OA-Fees-Final-Report/ • Organisations Interviewed: • Arts and Humanities Research Council • Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research • Council • British Heart Foundation • Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council • Economic and Social Research Council • Medical Research Council • Natural Environment Research Council • Science and Technology Facilities Council • The Leverhulme Trust • The National Institute for • Health Research • The Wellcome Trust • Brunel University • Cardiff University • Queen Mary’s, University London • University of Newcastle • UCL • Imperial College • University of Manchester • University of Birmingham • University of Leeds • University of Nottingham • King’s College London • Hull University • The Royal Society of Chemistry • Wiley Blackwell • The Royal Society • The Society for Endocrinology • Springer

9. Over 3000 e-books • Almost 400 colleges • 18 million pages viewed • 87 new colleges joined UK access management federation • If the e-book collection were to be replicated in print (one copy per title per collage), it would cost each college £115,322, a value of £44,860,258 when multiplied across the user community • http://fe.jiscebooks.org/

10. Next year

11. Exploring the challenges, risks and potential opportunities of open access to scholarly monographs in the humanities and social sciences • Funded by JISC and AHRC and partnering with: • Palgrave Macmillan • Berg Publishing • Taylor & Francis • University of Wales Press • Liverpool University Press • http://oapen-uk.jiscebooks.org/

12. Scholarly Journal Return on Investment Study • New e-book agreements & more e-books for the FE collection • E-books for ACL and WBL • E-books on mobile devices • UK Access Management Federation (in partnership with EDINA) • The sustainability of libraries, and achieving the very best deals we can for our members, will as always, remain our highest priority

13. How do we manage this? Thank you!