40 · Survey Results: Survey Questions And Responses
Subject bibliographer groups and system-wide collection officers. Consortium staff participate and make
recommendations from business/pricing/licensing perspective. (2 responses)
17. How important are the following criteria for your institution in evaluating consortial e-resources
for renewal? Please make one choice per row. N=73
N Not at All
Important
N=9
Somewhat
Important
N=38
Important
N=63
Very
Important
N=71
Deal
Breaker
N=48
Uniqueness of content 73 1 2 18 48 4
Cost per use 73 2 4 21 43 3
Relevance to current curricula 73 2 4 19 44 4
Inflation history 73 — 7 22 41 3
Cancellation restrictions 73 3 11 19 32 8
Overall cost 73 — — 1 33 39
Preservation arrangements (e.g., LOCKSS
compatible or participating in Portico)
73 2 10 29 31 1
Compatibility with library systems 73 1 9 22 29 12
Effect of institutional withdrawal on
consortial contract
73 5 12 29 23 4
Relevance to current faculty research 72 1 4 16 47 4
Other criteria 1 — — — 1 —
Please describe other criteria.
Very Important
Value and impact on enhancing research (ROI).
Additional comments
Fundamentally the same evaluation criteria as evaluating electronic resources for purchase, with added metrics such as
usage statistics and citations.
Uniqueness of content is considered in relation to other e-products that the library has rather than absolutely.
E-archiving arrangements only come into play with purchased e-resources: that is, when it is a question of e-ownership
rights/perpetual access they never are a factor with leased products.
Subject bibliographer groups and system-wide collection officers. Consortium staff participate and make
recommendations from business/pricing/licensing perspective. (2 responses)
17. How important are the following criteria for your institution in evaluating consortial e-resources
for renewal? Please make one choice per row. N=73
N Not at All
Important
N=9
Somewhat
Important
N=38
Important
N=63
Very
Important
N=71
Deal
Breaker
N=48
Uniqueness of content 73 1 2 18 48 4
Cost per use 73 2 4 21 43 3
Relevance to current curricula 73 2 4 19 44 4
Inflation history 73 — 7 22 41 3
Cancellation restrictions 73 3 11 19 32 8
Overall cost 73 — — 1 33 39
Preservation arrangements (e.g., LOCKSS
compatible or participating in Portico)
73 2 10 29 31 1
Compatibility with library systems 73 1 9 22 29 12
Effect of institutional withdrawal on
consortial contract
73 5 12 29 23 4
Relevance to current faculty research 72 1 4 16 47 4
Other criteria 1 — — — 1 —
Please describe other criteria.
Very Important
Value and impact on enhancing research (ROI).
Additional comments
Fundamentally the same evaluation criteria as evaluating electronic resources for purchase, with added metrics such as
usage statistics and citations.
Uniqueness of content is considered in relation to other e-products that the library has rather than absolutely.
E-archiving arrangements only come into play with purchased e-resources: that is, when it is a question of e-ownership
rights/perpetual access they never are a factor with leased products.