Browsing by Subject "electronic resources"

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    Information creates relative bargaining power in vendor negotiations
    (Emerald Publishing Limited, 2018-06) Macy, Katharine V.
    Purpose: This paper aims to examine how libraries can create relative bargaining power and presents a methodology for analyzing collections and preparing for negotiations. Design/methodology/approach: A brief literature review of the current state of collection budgets and electronic resource prices is presented prior to proposing a methodology based on business analysis frameworks and techniques. Findings: Electronic resource subscription prices are increasing at a rate significantly higher than inflation, while collection budgets grow slowly, remain stagnant or decrease. Academic libraries have the ability to counteract this trend by creating relative bargaining power through organizational efforts that take advantage of size and concentration (e.g. consortia), vertical integration through practices such as library publishing and open access and through individual efforts using information. This paper proposes metrics and methodologies that librarians can use to analyze their collections, set negotiation priorities and prepare for individual resource negotiations to create relative bargaining power. Practical implications: The proposed methodology enables librarians and buyers of information resources to harness the information available about their electronic resource collections to better position themselves when entering negotiations with vendors. Originality/value: This paper presents metrics, some not commonly used (i.e. average annual price increase/decrease), that aid in understanding price sensitivity. Pareto analysis has been traditionally used to analyze usage, but this paper suggests using it in relation to costs and budgets for setting negotiation priorities.
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    Teaching First-year Medical Students Where to Go First: Connecting Information Needs to e-resources
    (Final, published articles can be found at: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02763860902816909#.Um_SrVMntaU doi: 10.1080/02763860902816909, 2009-04-21) Whipple, Elizabeth C.; Richwine, Margaret (Peggy) W.; Kaneshiro, Kellie N.; Brahmi, Frances A.
    The purpose of this project was to introduce first-year medical students to electronic resources that are best suited for different types of background questions. Specific questions from a case study were presented, and the students generalized them into a ‘‘type’’ of question. They then identified the best e-resources for that type of question. This is their first introduction to the lifelong learning competency in the Indiana University School of Medicine competency-based curriculum.