1. Leaving the Big Deal: Consequences and Next Steps
Jonathan Nabe Southern Illinois University Carbondale NASIG Annual Conference June 3, 2011

2. Why We Don’t Leave
Perceived value
Anticipated reaction

3. Southern Illinois University Carbondale
SIU is a system, with a Law School, Medical School, Dental School, and a sister campus, SIU Edwardsville
Morris Library is an ARL library, with a collection of 2.8 million volumes and a budget of $5.3 million

4. Impacts Lost access ILL requests University reaction and response
Budget
Collection management

5. Goodbye to all that: Springer, 2009 (GWLA, 2005-)
Began as a Kluwer package
Wiley, 2010 (GWLA, 2001-)
With a nod to Blackwell STM (CARLI)
Elsevier, 2010 (SIU System, 2003-)
With a fond remembrance of the Academic Press Freedom Collection

6. Lost Access Springer: 1100 titles Wiley: 597 titles
Elsevier: 242 titles

7. Springer
10,000 downloads from 1100 non-subscribed titles in year prior to departure
82% of titles received fewer than 1 per month (900 of 1100 )
36% of titles received none (400 of 1100)

8. Wiley
11,254 downloads from 597 nonsubscribed titles in year prior to departure
62% of titles received fewer than 1 per month (370 of 597)
10% of titles received none (57 of 597)

9. Elsevier 19,452 downloads from 242 titles in year prior to departure
28% of titles received fewer than 1 per month (68 of 242)
2 titles received none

10. Impact: Interlibrary Loans
One year of data
We do keep archival access
Only one year of lost access

11. ILLs, Wiley From top 25% of nonsubscribed titles (=125)
27% had ILL request in post-departure 12 month period (34 of 125)
9% had more than one request (11 of 125)
Total of 71 requests, compared to 7770 downloads the previous year
Demand is 0.9% of downloads

12. ILLs, Elsevier From top 25% of nonsubscribed titles (=61)
38% had ILL request in post-departure 12 month period (23 of 61)
20% had more than one request (12 of 61)
Total of 46 requests, compared to 15,017 downloads the previous year
Demand is 0.3% of downloads

13. Impact: Interlibrary Loans
Download statistics are not an accurate indicator of demand
Incidental use, repeated use, linking methods, convenience, etc.
Don’t fear the downloads

14. Impact: Reaction and response
Result: three complaints so far
Due to University-wide grasp of budget situation?

15. Impact: Reaction and response
Response is minimal, manageable
Leaving presents an educational opportunity
Effective response: downloads/cost per download; alternatives even more painful

16. Impact: the Budget
$290,000 annually (including the cuts made as part of the cancellation project)
(Over half of our FY10 mono budget)

17. Impact: the Collection
Flexibility to cancel by need, not by contract
Flexibility to swap - by design, not by contract
Protection of non-Big Deal publishers
Protection of the mono funds
Result: a collection that reflects the needs of the University community

18. Moving Forward Issues: Content fees increased or added
Loss of price cap
Adjusted subscription price for titles
Pressure for new multiyear deal
Enforcement of ceased license terms

19. Moving Forward: Springer and LOCKSS
GWLA license included LOCKSS clause Springer declined to participate SIUC challenged this decision, with support of Legal Counsel, and eventually, GWLA and ICOLC Springer reversed its decision, and is now a LOCKSS compliant publisher

20. Moving Forward Questions: How will base price be determined?
Is there a penalty for leaving?
Is a multiyear deal desirable?
Are there license issues to be addressed?

21. Leaving the Big Deal… You can do it! Jonathan Nabe
Collection Development Librarian, SIUC