[Lyrarl] MUSE, JSTOR, and other university press updates from ALA

[Celeste Feather]

1.  Project MUSE has made the following progress on the issues we raised with them as part of the offer:



*         They are working to have the eBooks integrated into vendor approval plans (i.e. YBP, Coutts) for the 2013 season and have made substantial progress toward to finalizing this arrangement. As part of this, libraries will have a single-title option to purchase eBooks and the titles will most likely be priced higher than list (1.5x). Downloading privileges will be similar to those in place for the collections. As part of this work, libraries purchasing collections from MUSE should be able to set parameters in their approval plans to identify which titles are part of MUSE collections and which are not. I would expect that titles are excluded from future MUSE collections will largely fall into the "trade titles" or "course adoption" categories.



*         They are also exploring DDA models and will most likely partner with EBL and/or ebrary to pilot. They are also viewing these arrangements as an opportunity to introduce a short-term lending/access option that will address ILL concerns.



MUSE is responding to our community concerns, and we will continue the conversation with them. They continue to be a willing partner in this endeavor and are clearly communicating the issues to the publishers.





2.  To address Tom Klingler's earlier question on the list about JSTOR analysis, we had a productive conversation with JSTOR at ALA regarding their forthcoming ebook collections and will keep you updated as we learn more. Their initial publisher and title lists are incomplete so any significant overlap analysis with MUSE and others is not yet possible. We believe we are in a position to influence JSTOR's thinking about business models.





3.  DeGruyter is also now offering Harvard University Press ebook content and Harvard is on JSTOR's list as well. The University of California Press content is on Oxford's UPSO site, and apparently will be at JSTOR too although we do not yet have title lists for comparisons. Duke University Press appears to be inclined to stand alone with most of their content. There is growing interest in university press content from outside North America now hosted on Oxford's UPSO platform, such as the Middle East Studies material from the American University of Cairo. Finally, we heard a report from the recent AAUP meeting that all of the presses are keenly aware of the ARL university press ebook initiative and are watching all developments on this front.







Celeste


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