e-Journal Package Summary

ACS Web Editions:

Term: annually renewable

ILL: yes

Cancellations: not allowed

Content: Participants have access to all titles in the ACS Web Editions package. Participants can choose not to renew. Changes in the participating libraries will result in a revised price for the remaining participants. Price to continue for remaining libraries can go up or down depending on the revised group price.

Coverage: 1996-

Perpetual Rights: “Licensees will be provided access to the content from ACS Web Editions for their subscription period.” (…if first year of subscription is 2002 and titles are cancelled in 2007, subscription period is 2002-2007). The content of ACS Web Editions will be made available via the one-time provision of a PDF version in the form of a CD ROM.

Term: Expires December 31, 2009

ILL: yes

Cancellations: not allowed. Participants can elect to not renew the package due to financial constraints.

Content: Participants have access to all Cambridge titles. Change in participants does not affect remaining members of the agreement.

Coverage: 1996/7-

Perpetual Rights:  “On termination of this Licence, the Publisher shall provide continuing access for Authorised Users to that part of the Licensed Materials which was published and paid for within the Subscription Period, either from the Server or by supplying electronic files to the Consortium or via a third party.”

Term: Expires December 31, 2009

ILL: yes

Cancellations: not allowed. Participants can elect to not re the package due to financial constraints.

Content: Participants have access to 400+ Sage titles. Change in participants does not affect remaining members of the agreement.

Coverage: 1999-

Perpetual Rights: “SAGE shall deliver to Licensee the data comprising the volume years January 1, 2006 – December 31, 2009 of the Licensed Materials...  All information will be delivered in an electronic medium agreed to by the Institutions… Access to the titles during the years the Institution subscribed and paid will continue on SJO even if current service is cancelled.”

SpringerLink:

Term: Annually renewable

ILL: yes

Cancellations: no limits

Content: Participants have access to all subscribed titles held by the participants. The value of duplicate subscriptions are tallied and provide access to all Springer (not 3^rd party) titles for all participants, provided the value of the credits exceed the value of the unsubscribed titles.

Coverage: 1997-

Perpetual Rights: Licensor recognizes the right of the Participating Libraries to own and possess in perpetuity their Subscribed Materials as described in this Agreement and listed in Attachment 3.1 (subscribed titles). If all paid access to Springer Published Content is discontinued, Springer shall provide continuing access to UO and its Authorized Users to that portion of the Subscribed Licensed Materials which was published within the subscription year(s) for four (4) additional years, with continuing access in subsequent years to be arranged according to the following options available to UO: 1) UO may elect to receive an archival digital copy on a mutually agreed-upon digital storage medium for a nominal service plus handling fee, and/or 2) UO may elect to pay a negotiated fee per title per year for ongoing online access to the Licensed Materials.

Wiley InterScience:

Term: Expires December 31, 2010

ILL: yes

Cancellations: Participants can cancel a maximum of 1.5% of the EAL journal value. Cancellations can be pulled by participants not to exceed the total allowed to the consortium annually and that the resulting EAL annual journal value is not less than that of the prior year.

If the cancelled subscription is the only subscription among all holdings within Orbis, then the entire Consortium will lose access to that title

Participants can renegotiate with Wiley or drop out no later than October 1.

Coverage-: 1997/8-

Perpetual Rights: Wiley will provide the Licensee with access to the full text of the Licensed Electronic Journals. Wiley, in its discretion, will either continue online access to the same material on Wiley's server or provide an archival copy in the electronic medium selected by Wiley, at a reasonable cost-based fee, agreed to by both parties. In the alternative, Licensees may choose to create a single electronic copy for the purpose of archiving, for the Licensee’s own internal use, and not for redistribution