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Re: Summary: Self-funding an EJ: some issues
Nigel Gilbert wrote: > > b. It was suggested that library directors will prefer to license journals > through an 'aggregator' - an organisation which contracts with the journal > providers on behalf of several or many libraries. It was argued that this > will also reduce the journal's administrative costs. > > A candidate for an aggregator could be an existing database vendor who > markets abstracts and indexes in sociology. > OCLC is rolling out a new service called Electronic Collections Online (ECO). This service takes the electronic files from the publisher and mounts them on their server at no cost to the publisher. The publishers establishes whatever license agreement they care to with libraries. Libraries then pay OCLC a fee to access the journal. I think they already have agreements with publishers for several hundred journal titles. Paul M. Gherman University Librarian Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN 37240 Office: (615) 322-7120 Fax: (615) 343-8679 gherman@library.vanderbilt.edu
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