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Benefits for one-site Academic Libraries |
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Straightforward way to buy content from 49 publishers under one beneficial licence agreement, which has been tried and tested since the launch in 2003 |
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Swets remains your single administration agent for licence, access and payments |
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The collection provides an affordable and flexible solution to purchase a wealth of high-quality content
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Prices can be adjusted to the needs of the consortium; we can provide prices per member or collectively |
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The electronic fee is calculated using a small percentage of the total list prices of the journals included in the Collection |
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Studies in various subject areas have consistently shown that commercial journals can cost 2-5 times as much as their not-for-profit equivalents - the ALJC includes a significant portion of this publishing sector |
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Library is not forced into a ‘big deal’, 9 separate subject-collections are available. ALJC recognizes and facilitates the different content needs of libraries, so libraries can combine different packages, allowing customers the opportunity to create their own particular package, suited to their needs. |
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Access will be activated within 24 hours |
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The Collection is an unique initiative of smaller- and medium-sized publishers to facilitate access |
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How to arrange a multi-site license? |
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We have developed a special pricing model for mulit-site libraries, please contact Swets for further information. |
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Quality of the collection |
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90% of the titles included in the Collection are peer reviewed journals |
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Many are ranked in the top of their group for ISI Impact Factor |
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Many are official journals of the societies |
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Approximately 40% of the collection is indexed in ISI |
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The remaining 60% represent practical application and/or interdisciplinary journals |
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How to access the content |
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