[Eril-l] open access resources through EBSCO

[Tom Francis [tbf]]

Hi Alice,

We’ve only just noticed this ourselves, when two titles appeared on our 2021 renewal invoice for £15, much, much cheaper than they were in 2020, and when we queried that we were told because “they’ve gone Open Access.” Which led us to ask okay, why are they £15 then if they’re OA? EBSCO replied that it was an error and they’ll issue us a credit. So, interesting to learn that there are reasons for EBSCO charging a nominal fee for OA titles – but yes, we’ve reached the same conclusion as Sally and decided not to pay.

Cheers,

Tom


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Hi Alice,

I have them removed but I believe one reason to keep them on the invoice is to have them included in any EbscoNet lists/reports/automatic integration that you might use to keep track of the journals your library makes accessible to your patrons. They would appear in reports and if you have the Ebsco A-Z list, link resolver, and use the automated integration they offer, I believe they would be automatically added to your tracked titles in your A-Z list. We turned off that automated integration so it didn’t make sense for us to pay the $15 per title. There may be other reasons/advantages too.

Hope this helps,
Sally
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Axinn Library - Hofstra University
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Greetings,

A year or two ago I took on managing our library's electronic resources, and I stumbled across a question that did not have an obvious answer to me. We are 'subscribing' to a few resources that are open access. When I asked our customer service rep with EBSCO about these, she said "The $15.00 is a fee EBSCO charges to keep open access titles on your invoice. You can choose not to have this option if it is not important to you."

My question: Is there a reason why I would want to keep open access titles on our invoice?
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Alice Pearman
Lamson Library
Plymouth State University
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