The study looks closely at the database licensing practices of major academic and research libraries, examining issues such as disputes with vendors, purchasing plans, spending volume, impact of open access journals, staff time related to database purchases, and many other issues of interest to acquisitions and licensing librarians and others involved in intellectual property purchasing. Among the issues covered are: spending plans for ebooks, electronic directories, electronic journals, index databases; current and projected spending broken down by subject area; use of attorneys in disputes with database vendors, and much more.

This report looks closely at database licensing issues in the USA, Australia, continental Europe, the UK and other countries and areas. The study is based on data from 70 major libraries, predominantly academic and special The report covers spending and procurement trends, use of eBooks and electronic directories as well as major databases, the impact of mobile computing and many other issues. The study looks closely at librarian preferences for the inclusion of various kinds of cyber materials in full text databases.Also covered in great detail are library spending plans, subscription renewal plans and views of price increases for various kinds of electronic content. The report also covers the impact of digital repositories and open access publishing on database procurement, as well as providing detailed data on the prevalence of legal disputes between publishers and libraries. The 115+ page report presents a plethora of unique data on library purchasing practices for databases.

This international study presents data from 29 colleges and universities about their database licensing practices, including spending data on eBooks, databases, and eJournals. The report looks closely at trends in how staff time is consumed on issues such as invoice-checking, contract examination, training patrons in database use and other tasks. In addition we probe librarian feelings on additions to or subtractions from their current database portfolio and their level of interest in novel database such as those of syllabi, open access course materials, textbooks, classroom video and blogs. The report looks at the use of free information resources such as Google Scholar, and tracks librarian assessment of the rate of price increases for online information. The study also probes opinions about the use of file sharing sites that make copyright publications available at no charge without the permission of the publishers. The study also looks at disputes with vendors providing data on the use of lawyers in contract disputes and the frequency of publisher audits and other behavior designed to Some of the survey participants are: Johns Hopkins University Welch Medical Library, the Australian National University, Vanderbilt University, Saskatchewan Polytechnic, University at Buffalo and UCONN Health, among others.Just a few of the report's many findings are that:· 8.52% of the time spent in database research by librarians sampled was spent on Google Scholar.· Public colleges in the sample spent a mean of $82,600 on eBook licenses in the past year.· Laptops accounted for a mean of 42% of database access for the libraries sampled, fixed workstations for 40.33%.· Research university libraries spent an average of more than 2,000 staff hours per year reviewing and paying invoices from database vendors.

This book analyzes scientific problems within the history of physics, engineering, chemistry, astronomy and medicine, correlated with technological applications in the social context. When and how is tension between disciplines explicitly practised? What is the conceptual bridge between science researches and the organization of technological researches in the development of industrial applications? The authors explain various ways in which the sciences allowed advanced modelling on the one hand, and the development of new technological ideas on the other hand. An emphasis on the role played by mechanisms, production methods and instruments bestows a benefit on historical and scientific discourse: theories, institutions, universities, schools for engineers, social implications as well. Scholars from different traditions discuss the emergency style of thinking in methodology and, in theoretical perspective, aim to gather and re-evaluate the current thinking on this subject. It brings together contributions from leading experts in the field, and gives much-needed insight into the subject from a historical point of view. The volume composition makes for absorbing reading for historians, philosophers and scientists.

This report looks closely at the licensing and copyright management practices of leading academic, special and state libraries. Among the organziations profiled are: The University of Idaho, IBM, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, the University of South Carolina, and many others. Issues discussed include: recruitment of group buying partners, terms of consortium membership, authentication, archiving, title record keeping and accounting, the consolidation of buying power, state mandated contract language, changes in pricing over the life of contracts - and many other issues that impact database licensing.

Technical Services Quarterly declared that the third edition “must now be considered the essential textbook for collection development and management … the first place to go for reliable and informative advice." For the fourth edition expert instructor and librarian Johnson has revised and freshened this resource to ensure its timeliness and continued excellence. Each chapter offers complete coverage of one aspect of collection development and management, including numerous suggestions for further reading and narrative case studies exploring the issues. Thorough consideration is given to traditional management topics such as organization of the collection, weeding, staffing, and policymaking;cooperative collection development and management;licenses, negotiation, contracts, maintaining productive relationships with vendors and publishers, and other important purchasing and budgeting topics;important issues such as the ways that changes in information delivery and access technologies continue to reshape the discipline, the evolving needs and expectations of library users, and new roles for subject specialists, all illustrated using updated examples and data; andmarketing, liaison activities, and outreach. As a comprehensive introduction for LIS students, a primer for experienced librarians with new collection development and management responsibilities, and a handy reference resource for practitioners as they go about their day-to-day work, the value and usefulness of this book remain unequaled.