JISC Collections, an organisation that manages the acquisition and provision of digital resources for universities and colleges in the UK, has reached an agreement to acquire Oxfordshire-based Content Complete Ltd, effective January 1, 2010. Library clients, publishers and content providers are expected to benefit from this more joined-up approach that will come with the merged company.
For the last six years, Content Complete has been JISC Collections’ negotiation agent for NESLi2, the UK’s online journal initiative for the higher education and research communities. The company has also worked closely with JISC Collections on a range of projects and activities in this area including archiving, usage data, online journal business models and, more recently, e-textbooks.
JISC Collections is the national centre of excellence for procurement and licensing of digital content to support education and research. Its mission is to negotiate affordable agreements for relevant digital content under licensing terms that maximise adoption and use. Content Complete seeks to support organisations involved in licensing scholarly online content. The company provides an outsourced service, representing clients in direct negotiations with publishers on pricing and licensing issues.
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