ERC ST 060821

Electronic Resources Steering Team

August 21, 2006

Teleconference

Members attending by phone or videoconference:

Diane Carroll, OHSU; Carrie Fry, Seattle Pacific; Greg Doyle, Orbis Cascades; Joanna Haney, Lewis and Clark (Chair); Donna Packer, Western Washington; Laurel Kristick, Oregon State

Members not present:

Teresa Hazen, Mount Hood CC; Lee Keene, Whitman

Guests:

None

1. RSS Feeds: Laurel

Laurel reported on how to create an RSS feed (a few XML codes inserted into web page) as possibility for update alerts to the ERC web site. This would not replace e-mail notifications for committee members who prefer that mode.

Action Item: Laurel will forward the information to Greg who will test it on the ERC web site. If this is found to be a useful tool, he will talk to John Helmer about possibility for other committees.

2. ATLA+Serials Renewal: Greg

Background: This database was subscribed to by 5 libraries under a 60/20/20 distribution. When renewal came up, 7 new libraries requested a quote (3 later dropped out). This significantly increased the pricing for existing subscribers. In discussions with Ebsco, Greg discovered that ATLA prices every school the same, regardless of size. List price would be approximately $5,500. UO had been paying $9,417 under the old distribution, violating one of the central tenets of the ERC - that all schools would benefit. Equal split of the group price would be $4,426.

Discussion: Steering Team discussed the various options. Agreed that equal split was a good discount from list price for all libraries.

Decision: Renewal would be under an equal split.

3. Updated on agenda for October 6 meeting of ERC and CDMC: Joanna

Agenda is not finalized but is close to being completed. 

A panel is being developed that will include 1-2 publishers (e.g., Cambridge, Springer, Sage), 1-2 serials agents (e.g., Ebsco), and 1-3 librarians to talk about deals and how they affect each side.

There will also be sessions on Portico and LOCKSS, III and Summit statistics, and a brief update on the Orbis Council meeting by John Helmer.

The meeting will be in the Portland/Vancouver area, but details are still be finalized. It will be from 9:30 AM – 4:00 PM.

4. Update on ACS: Greg

ACS e-mailed him a link to a URL with the 2007 pricing that morning. According to that site, they are not changing their pricing model as expected to one that factors in Carnegie classification and usage. Greg has asked our ACS rep for verification that this is correct. If it is, we will have a 5% increase.

5. Announcement: Greg

Shifting job duties at the Orbis Cascades Alliance due to Nancy Nathanson’s campaign for State Representative. The CDMC will be added go Greg’s responsibilities.

6. Ideas for the future

· Follow-up to the ILL study to determine impact of electronic journal deals

· Investigate Pay per view options

· Fund all would contribute to for funding buying projects

Minutes prepared by: Laurel Kristick, August 22, 2006

approved: Joanna Haney, Chair