CASPUR/CIBER
2009-2010
Paola Gargiulo, Bordeaux 11 06 2010
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State of the art
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18 contracts with publishers in place
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2 national deals (Elsevier Science and
Springer Business&Media) + Porticco
deal through CARE- Committee set up
by the CRUI- Conference of Rectors of
Italian Universities
Price increase in 2010 (4.7)
National Contract: WOS and
SCOPUS 2010 -2013 signed by
CRUI (Italian Rectors Council)
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Current activities
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Renewal of annual contracts (Nature, Science,
etc)
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No new contracts in 2010
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Study for licensing materials for e-learning
Italian published content (project funded by
CRUI and the Italian collective society- SIAE)
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Comparative analysis of discovery tools
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Economic Crisis and 2011
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Serious budget cuts are expected
National survey on university library
budget in 2011 (to be administered by
CARE)
 university libraries strategies to face
the budget crisis in 2011
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Digital platform: EV
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EV- digital platform run by CASPUR –
aggregates over 5800 journal titles about 8
million full text articles
Web
2.0 compliant (RSS, Social bookmarking
etc) and Shibboleth compliant SFX – consortial
installation (8 subscribers)
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Mobile interface since 2010
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Activities carried out at national level in
2010
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CARE- National Coordination (3
consortia and CRUI)
 Extension for 2010
 evaluation of the current national contracts
national survey on university library budget
in 2011
 possibile licensing model / licensing
principles
 possible deals or at least contact with
Italian publishers
 exstension of e-books survey to e-book
readers
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