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Re: Cost of Electronic Resources
>2. Which ones do you particularly like? (I *don't like* simultaneous >users except in certain kinds of crics. and only like FTEs for broad >general resources like Encyclopaedia Britannica, where the chance that >many users across departments will partake -- and even then I am not >entirely comfortable with this model.) I'm surprised, because I have generally felt that simultaneous users is a very good model. You can start small, then add licenses if need be, and not feel you are paying for a lot of access that is not being used. Of course it depends on how mission critical the service is; I think universities can afford a small amount of queueing for general research type databases (Proquest, IAC, Ebsco,etc). It also tends to promote better planning for port needs, bandwidth, etc. I agree that FTE's is a very bad model to use for pricing. Some of our campuses are still in the process of building adequate computer facilities, so many of our students would not be able to use the licenses. Many database products are used primarily by specific departments; why use the total campus FTE's to determine pricing for a product that will only be used by one department? The simultaneous use model takes care of these kinds of inequities by customizing the access according to anticipated use- which can easily be modified when needed. Keith Ostertag, Network Applications Librarian Memorial Library, SUNY- Cortland OSTERTAGK@SNYCORVA.CORTLAND.EDU http://snycorva.cortland.edu/~ostertagk/index.html 607-753-2528 fax: 607-753-5669
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