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The Eduserv Chest Data Messenger 21st August 2008
Contents:
IET Agreement for Inspec, the Inspec archive and the IET Digital Library has been renewed
News about the agreement for subject collections from Proquest (CSA)
ChildData Agreement renewal news
Copyright Management - reducing the risk and cutting the cost
IET Agreement for Inspec, the Inspec archive and the IET Digital Library has been renewed
The agreement with IET to provide the Inspec database of abstracts and subject indexing covering scientific and engineering literature, the Inspec archive from 1898 – 1969 and the IET Digital Library of technical papers from
IET journals, magazines, conference publications and seminar digests has been renewed from 1 September 2008.
Subscribers will benefit from a number of improvements including;
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Pricing is tiered so smaller sites will see a decrease in price over the previous agreement
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There is more service provision choice than before
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Eduserv has competitively tendered for the service provision
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There is more choice on licence terms with 1, 2, 3 or 5 year options.
Current subscribers have been notified by email.
Details on how to subscribe to this agreement can be found on the website
News about the agreement for subject collections from Proquest (CSA)
Eduserv is finalising renewal contracts for the A & I Subject Collections in;
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Arts & Humanities
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Social Sciences
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Natural Sciences
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Technology
Agreement details and licences for both the HE and FE sectors will be available shortly.
In addition we will be adding complementary full text collections for Arts & Humanities & Social Sciences to the agreement. These will also be available to HE & FE - pricing will represent a saving of about 45% from the previous academic price.
Details of the full text collections can be found here http://www.eduserv.org.uk/chest/potential_agreements/proquest
If you have any questions regarding this agreement please contact nikki.green@eduserv.org.uk
ChildData Agreement renewal news
The agreement with the National Children’s Bureau (NCB) for the online resource ChildData is being renewed for one year from 1 November 2008.
Pricing and terms of service will remain the same.
The NCB is looking to partner with a service provider or commercial publisher. If ChildData is to be provided through an alternative source during the term of the Chest Agreement, the new service provider will honour the pricing and terms of service until its expiry in October 2009. By signing up to the Chest Agreement your institution will be protected from any price increases or changes in access throughout the year.
ChildData gives online access to:
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a catalogue of over 75,000 records of books, reports and journal articles
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press coverage of issues affecting children, collected since 1996
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a comprehensive directory of child care organisations
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details of forthcoming major conferences and events.
Details of the renewal and a new licence form will be posted to the web site in due course. However, if you would like to subscribe to ChildData now then please complete two original copies of the Institution Licence Schedule and return to: Eduserv, Queen Anne House,
For more information, please visit the ChildData Agreement or the National Children’s Bureau website. For questions about the Agreement please contact Nicola Garwood (nicola.garwood@eduserv.org.uk).
Copyright Management - reducing the risk and cutting the cost
The management of Copyright adherence and CLA (Copyright Licensing Agency) regulatory compliance has emerged as a key challenge for institutions. Accurately tracking usage of Copyright materials can be complicated and time consuming. Compliance with the requirements of Copyright licences can also have a big impact on budgets. Eduserv is exploring solutions that will help institutions track usage of Copyright materials and reduce the work load on reporting. Please contact andrew.tavener@eduserv.org.uk if Copyright Management is an issue for your institution.
Your data wishes
If you would like Eduserv Chest to investigate an Agreement for data that would benefit your institution, why not make a wish? Wishes are the main way for you to tell us which products we should be negotiating on your behalf.
To make a wish visit our Future Agreements section.
Latest wishes
CSA Papers Invited & Community Scholars - Data discovery tool
http://www.proquest.com/promos/product/csaillustrata.shtml
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Comsol - software solutions for multiphysics modelling
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