Indispensable or unnecessary?: a data-driven appraisal of post-cancellation access rights

Peter McCracken; Michael Levine-Clark; John McDonald; Jason Price

doi:10.1629/uksg.601

Abstract

When breaking out of ‘big deals’, some libraries and consortia have found that they can save money by negotiating away post-cancellation access (PCA) to subscribed resources after the subscription concludes. Using subscription data regarding major publisher contracts at several US research libraries, this article reviews options around PCA for libraries and presents a model for assigning a value to PCA content when negotiating a renewal contract.

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Indispensable or unnecessary?: a data-driven appraisal of post-cancellation access rights

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