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ER&L 2012 | April 2–4, 2012 | Austin, Texas and Online
Exploring ideas, trends and technologies in eresources and digital services.Go to www.electroniclibrarian.org to view and print a 3 page pdf of all sessions by thread with conference hashtags.
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Discussion: Saying NO to the Big Deal
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 at 2:40 PM–3:25 PM CDT
Salon A/B
hashtag
#bigdeal #erl12
Track
Collection Development and Assessment
Keywords
Deselection, Big deal
Learning Objectives
Analyze publishers' "big deals" based on usage data (from publisher as well as google analytics) and overlap analysis, and to evaluate cost per use vs cost per title
Abstract
This session is a Discussion Session led by the presenter. Publishers "Big Deals" were supposed to give libraries access to large title sets at economically feasible pricing. However, if the collection does not meet the library patrons' needs (based on usage statistics), and subscription requirements are inflexible, how and when does the deal become untenable?