Re: Use of Ebsco's Rapid Renewal for Elsevier titles? Barbara Pope 07 Oct 2009 15:29 UTC
What is Rapid Renewal exactly? I use online renewal for our print and online journals that we order through Ebsco. Is that the same thing? Barbara Pope Pittsburg State University Pittsburg KS 66762 bpope@pittstate.edu Rais, Shirley (LLU) wrote: > > Last year I used Rapid Renewal for my consortial package renewals for > Sage & Springer. For this year I wanted to expand it and was told that > Elsevier and Wiley-Blackwell agreed to participate but only for a > limited number of customers ( I guess they want to try it out). I’ve > never received a flat out, “No, we won’t participate.” I’m told > everyone I deal with on my e-packages that I want to use Rapid > Renewal: my Elsevier & Wiley-Blackwell reps, the consortia through > which I order most of our packages, and my e-package renewal > specialist at EBSCO. I thought that if Elsevier & W-B were looking for > participants, I wanted to make sure my name got out there! > > Shirley Rais, MLS —/ Chair, Serials & Electronic Resources Dept./ > > Library Liaison to the School of Public Health > LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY | University Libraries > > 11072 Anderson Street, Loma Linda, California 92350 > /office/ (909) 558-4583 *·* /fax (/909) 558-4919 *·* srais@llu.edu > <mailto:aswarm@llu.edu> > > *From:* SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum > [mailto:SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU] *On Behalf Of *Lila Ohler > *Sent:* Monday, October 05, 2009 1:42 PM > *To:* SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU > *Subject:* [SERIALST] Use of Ebsco's Rapid Renewal for Elsevier titles? > > Is anyone else experiencing problems convincing Elsevier to > participate in Ebsco’s new Rapid Renewal Tool for managing and > renewing subscription titles that are part of Big Deal contracts, or > acquired through consortia sponsored Big Deals? > > We are very disspointed today to hear from the publisher that they > will not paricipate in the program, or perhaps that applies only to > us, we’re not sure. > > Libraries use serial vendors for a multitude of reasons. But perhaps > the most important one in this unstable financial environment is to > facilitate the rapid renewal and payment of journal title > subscriptions as early in the fiscal year as possible. This is > especially vital for large state funded libraries who participate in > multiple journal publisher Big Deals which require title > reconciliation before renewals can even be processed. The reality of > our financial environment is that most libraries are experiencing > multiple budget cuts within the same fiscal year, and the truth is > that we are likely to experience this same trend for the next few > years. This means that many libraries will have to face difficult > decisions about any journals not yet renewed or paid further into each > fiscal year. > > Perhaps Elsevier is unaware of this trend? Could it be they do not > realize the potential consequence of insisting on a renewal process > that takes longer and leaves their journal titles still unpaid more > than halfway through the library’s fiscal year? I guess I can’t help > but wonder, how is that a good business decision? > > If there is anyone out there with similar observations and questions, > I would love to hear from you! Or if I’m missing something and you can > convince me of the wisdom of Elsevier’s decision, please feel free to try! > > Thanks, > > Lila (Angie) Ohler > > Head of Acquisitions, McKeldin Library > > University System of Maryland and Affiliated Institutions > > College Park, MD 20742 > > 301 405-9308 (phone) > > 301 314-1200 (fax) > > lohler@umd.edu <mailto:lohler@umd.edu> >