JISC has launched the second wave of its pilot which last year saved participating libraries £127,000 on purchasing digital archival collections.
EBSCO is the final publisher to join forces with Adam Matthew Digital, Brill, and ProQuest, to be part of the innovative group-purchasing pilot. The second phase of the pilot provides libraries with reduced cost bundles of over 70 primary source collections across the four publishers for libraries to choose from.
Phase one of the pilot saw 20 higher education institutions purchasing 29 products from across the three publishers. The collective purchasing power of the participating institutions, which leverages higher discounts from publishers, saved the sector just over 25% off the list price. Publishers also worked with new libraries that they hadn't engaged with before, sharing their arts and humanities digital archival collections at a reduced cost.
The second wave of the pilot will continue to adopt a coordinated and transparent approach to the acquisition of digital archival primary source collections. Resources have been selected to meet the research and teaching needs of the UK higher education (HE) community - including librarians, faculty, and students. Institutions can easily compare products on offer, and all titles are a one off purchase with no recurrent platform/hosting fee.
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