Re: Clinical Evidence-Institutional site license

[morganj@iupui.edu]

I don't know if it is exactly the same thing, but Clinical Evidence is
available from Ovid for licensing by concurrent use rather than by FTE.
Licensing by concurrent use allows you to pay a more modest fee if you
estimate that the use on your site is smaller.  Jim Morgan

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On Mon, 12 Mar 2001, Tobia, Rajia wrote:

> This message is directed primarily to health sciences librarians that may
> read liblicense.
> 
> I recently received a request from one of our faculty members to
> investigate an institutional site license to Clinical Evidence, a British
> Medical Journal publication.  The print form of this publication comes out
> twice a year and has institutional pricing of $245 USD for the 2001
> subscription. The terms of the institutional site license for the online
> version of this journal are posted at
> http://www.clinicalevidence.org/subscription/pricing-e-access-institutions.h
> tm.  In reading the terms, pricing is based on FTEs and for our
> institution with around 2,500 FTEs the cost would be at least $27,500 ($11
> USD per FTE). Needless to say, my jaw dropped when I saw this price.
> 
> My questions are:  Has any library out there subscribed to the
> institutional site license for Clinical Evidence?  Were you able to
> negotiate a better deal with BMJ than the terms posted on the Website?  
> Is Clinical Evidence online worth the cost?
> 
> Rajia Tobia
> Associate Library Director for Collection Development
> University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
> Briscoe Library MSC 7940
> 7703 Floyd Curl Drive
> San Antonio, TX 78229-3900
> Phone:  210/567-2400
> Fax:  210/567-2490
> mailto:tobia@uthscsa.edu