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Consortium Purchasing Directory

Edition Two Now Available

The Second Edition of the Consortium Purchasing Directory is now available. It is the most comprehensive guide to the library consortium market and a directory of consortia that license electronic content. The library consortia selected for inclusion in the Directory actively acquire content for their member institutions, or have announced that they intend to do so. They are primarily academic, medical, public, school and government libraries.

New consortia continue to emerge at a surprising rate; the first edition published in early 2003 comprised 164 entries, while this edition profiles 242 consortia, a 47.5% increase in content.

The directory is devised to assist publishers, vendors and intermediaries in dealing with the library consortium market. It contains information on the key issues of negotiation: pricing, licensing and usage rights. The principal statements of policy and principle from major library groups around the world are included, so that publishers and vendors have proper knowledge of the ethical, financial and practical concerns they will meet in negotiation.

Consortia Profiles
In the body of the Consortium Purchasing Directory, each consortium is profiled to include the following information:

  • Contact details, including names and email addresses.
  • An overview of the consortium.
  • List of members.
  • Content licensed and recent trials.
  • Relevant background information such as organisational structure and content acquisition policy.

Consortia Contact Spreadsheet
A separate Excel spreadsheet is included in the purchase price. The spreadsheet contains all contact information for consortia incorporating: multiple named contacts, email addresses, postal addresses, phone and fax numbers. The Consortia Contacts spreadsheet can be used throughout the sales process, whether it is to produce mailing labels for direct mail campaigns, e-marketing campaigns or for more in depth strategies.

Delivery Methods
The Consortium Purchasing Directory is available in print or via email or CD Rom as a package of documents which contain live links and enable sharing amongst colleagues.

For further information on this service, including pricing, please do not hesitate to contact us.