The Collection Management Section of ALCTS is proud to announce the following Forum at the 2012 ALA MidWinter Meeting in Dallas. The Forum is Alternatives to the Big Deal: Implementing Pay-Per-View Collection Management.

Date: Sunday, June 22, 2012

Location: Dallas Convention Center (DCC), Room D168

Time: 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm

Description: Large aggregated packages of journals that publishers offer to libraries for hefty subscription fees, otherwise known as the Big Deal, have become commonplace in libraries. While they offer the advantage of purchasing large numbers of titles at a discount, librarians have become increasingly disenchanted with them because of their high cost and the inability to add or drop titles from the package. Pay per view subscription models offer an alternative that allows librarians to pay only for those articles that their users view. This program examines the pay per view model from the perspective of both the publisher and of librarians who have implemented it. The advantages and disadvantages of per view are discussed along with an exploration of where the pay per view model is headed and what its long term prospects might be.

The Forum will be moderated by Anne Okerson. Anne Okerson combines experience in academic library management, the commercial sector, and as senior/ founding program officer for Scholarly Communications at the Association of Research Libraries in Washington, DC. In 1996, Okerson organized the Northeast Research Libraries consortium (NERL), a group of 28 large and over 80 smaller libraries negotiating for electronic information and engaging occasionally in other co-operative activities. With special funding, she and her staff mounted Liblicense, an online educational resource about library licensing of electronic content. Its extensive annotations and links are complemented by an international discussion group of over 3,800 librarians, publishers and attorneys. She has done training of librarians around the world, both in forming consortia and in licensing. After 15 years as Associate Director at Yale Library, she took up a position (October1st) as Special Advisor on E-Resource Strategies for the Center for Research Libraries (Chicago). She is active in IFLA, most recently as member of the Governing Board and Chair of the Professional Committee.

Speakers include:

Beth Bernhardt is the Electronic Resources Librarian at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She has her graduate degree in Library and Information Science from the University of South Carolina. Beth has over twenty years of experience working in academic libraries. She is also the current program director for the Charleston Conference.

Chrysanne Lowe currently serves as Vice President, Global Marketing Communications for Academic and Government markets. With over 20 years in the industry, she has been active in the transition from print to electronic dissemination of scholarly information and business model development; and today is focused on the transition from content to solution-based business to support customer outcomes and facilitate value-based decision-making. Chrysanne’s team and portfolio spans community, channel, and customer engagement programs; and include global outreach initiatives fostering communication and partnership with the research and information communities.

Marvin Pollard is the Director of System-wide Digital Library Services at the California State University, Office of the Chancellor. Marvin has been with the California State University since 1997. Prior to joining the California State University system, Marvin held positions at the College Center for Library Automation in Florida, the University of Alaska - Fairbanks and was a Director of a Community College library in Arizona. Marvin received his BA degree from the University of Wisconsin – Madison; his Master of Library and Information Science degree from the Dominican University; Graduate School of Library & Information Science and ABD at the Florida State University; School of Library & Information – PhD Program.

Ryan Weir is the Director of Technical Services at Murray State University. His professional interests include: library budgeting, budgeting by formula, alternative information delivery methods, and access versus ownership.