Helsinki University Library The National Library of Finland FinELib Paula Mikkonen FinELib Consortium E-book Deals ICOLC E-book panel

FinELib Consortium Key Figures Turnover EUR 12,2 million Licenses 21,000 e-journals 267 databases 250,000 e-books Usage 5,2 mill. downloads Consortium 111 members universities, polytechnics, public libraries, 38 research institutes

E-book Licensing Background Consortium member organizations’ needs Consortium licensing principles for e- books (2003) Revision of the e-book archival rights principles ( 2004) –Monographs + reference works –Not necessary if licensed from aggregates

E-book Licensing Principles Consortium pricing + discount Less than print (20-30% objective) Annual price increase max. 5 % Unlimited simultaneous access User rights

FinELib E-book Deals E-books –Ebrary –ECCO (Eighteenth Century Collection Online) –EEBO (Early English Books Online) –Knovel –Safari Tech Books –Lecture Notes in Computer Science –Ellibs (Finnish e-book vendor) + Reference works such as –Encyclopedia Britannica Online –Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians –Oxford English Dictionary –Oxford Reference Online –Etc.

Subscription Models PROS –Access to fairly large collections with reasonable costs –Easy way to gain experience with e-books CONS –Publisher/subject collections >< subject area needs of the consortium members –Increasing annual fees –Value-based metrics? (price/total number of books) price/downloads price/searches

Purchase Models Consortium wide one-time purchase -Consortium price -Access possible for all consortium member organizations -Possession of the data -Cost division within a consortium Purchase per title –Bundles of titles –Price per e-title (value) –New “archival rights models”? > Necessary techniques for hosting in the National Library? > Which books do we really want to own?

Consortium Benefits Basic information and experience for future agreements New possibilities for e-learning etc. Pricing models and agreement terms > still possible to get what we want