UKSG Conference 2016 Breakout Session - With Or Without You: subscription agents and the scholarly...

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A UK View on With Or Without You: subscription agents and the scholarly journal supply chain

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A UK View onWith Or Without You:subscription agentsand the scholarly journal supply chain

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“I want to run, I want to hide”

●The Open University - open to people, places, methods and ideas

●A UK view – to initiate discussion

Where the streets have no name; The Joshua Tree; U2 (Music), Bono (Lyrics); Island Records; 1987

“Chains no longer bind me, Not the shackles at my feet” Silver and Gold; Rattle and Hum; U2 (Music) Bono (Lyrics); Island Records; 1988

‘The University of the Air’

About the Open University - ● Founded in 1969 entirely distance-learning ●More than 175,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students = 59,500 FTE●More than 1000 members of academic and research staff, ●About 5000 associate lecturer tutors ●Over 2500 administrative, operational and support staff. ●Headquarters in Milton Keynes + offices throughout the UK ●About 10,000 students outside UK ●Over 21,000 students registered with a disability.

Open to people, places, methods and ideas -Since the OU’s launch in 1969, 1.89 million people worldwide have achieved their learning goals by studying with us.●People of all ages and backgrounds study with us, for all sorts of reasons ● 76% of OU students work full or part-time during their studies ● 21% of OU UK undergraduates live in the 25% most deprived areas ● 30% of new OU undergraduates are under 25

Research underpins curriculum with focus on 4 strategic areas -●Space, Education, Citizenship and Governance, International Development

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“A link is lost, The chain undone”

Our reaction to the end of Swets

●People – ● length of relationships● daily interaction● outsourced support

●Trust – ● customer base● detailed knowledge of our account● responsiveness

●Value – ● increasing with ‘mainstreaming’ of e-only ● immediately questioned by Director

●Risk – ● level of financial commitment● lack of competition in the market● financial practice●wake up call? Library naivety? framework agreements and university Procurement departments

Red Hill Mining Town; The Joshua Tree; U2 (Music) Bono (Lyrics); Island Records; 1987

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“You say you want diamonds on a ring of gold”

Change – Game Changers

●Open publishing / Open Access – ●micro payments, ● academics and publishers’ direct relationships

●University landscape – ● changes to research funding● polarisation of research and teaching, changes in FE sector● value structures, quality assessment and measures TEF, Ref 2020+, ● open learning – MOOCs, partnerships

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All I want is you; Rattle and Hum; U2; Island Records; 1988

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“I still haven’t found what I’m looking for” I still haven’t found what I’m looking for; The Joshua Tree; U2 (Music) Bono (Lyrics); Island Records; 1987

Immediate, ongoing issues for Libraries

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• Payment models• Publishing formats –

• Changes to deals• Nationalisation• Data• Online vs print• Value assessments

“Sometimes you can’t make it on your own”Sometimes you can’t make it on your own; How to dismantle an atomic bomb; U2 (Music) Bono (Lyrics); Island / Interscope Records; 2004

Emerging roles and requirements

●Advocacy, negotiation, advice●Expertise, interpretation, representation●Choice●Simplification - systems, workflows, data

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Thank you

Head of Content & LicensingThe Open University

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[email protected]

“Grace finds beauty in everything”Grace; All That You Can't Leave Behind; U2 (Music) Bono (Lyrics); Island Records (2000)