Evolution of the big deals use in the public universities of the Castile and Leon region, Spain

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ID12623835
AuthorsAndrés Fernández-Ramos (0000-0002-6869-602X, Universidad de León, corresponding author), Blanca Rodríguez Bravo (0000-0002-9476-7602, Universidad de León), María Luisa Alvite Díez (0000-0003-1490-8936, Universidad de León), María-Luisa Alvite-Díez, Lourdes Santos-De-Paz (Universidad de León), María-Antonia Morán-Suárez (Universidad de León), Josefa Gallego Lorenzo (0000-0002-5218-517X, Universidad de León), Josefa Gallego-Lorenzo, Isabel Olea (0000-0002-4989-790X, Universidad de León)
Year2020
Volume28
Issue6
Publication date2020-01-09
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEl Profesional de la Informacion (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1386-6710 • E-ISSN: 1699-2407
PublisherEdiciones Profesionales de la Informacion SL (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.3145/epi.2019.nov.19
OpenAlexW2999514846
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited7

The evolution of the use of electronic scientific journals in the 2007-2018 period by the academic communities of the public universities of Castilla and Leon, members of the Bucle consortium, is studied. Downloads of articles distributed by four broad-spectrum providers are analyzed: Emerald, ScienceDirect, SpringerLink, and Wiley. Unexpectedly, in spite of the new ways of accessing content, this analysis shows that the number of downloads in public universities in Castile and Leon has increased. However, it has been found that despite the growth, a few journals concentrate most of the downloads and that a large number of titles are not used. It has been verified that the universities with a higher number of staff and greater diversity of knowledge areas use a wider range of titles and thus obtain a higher benefit from their contracts. All of the above leads us to question the system of contracting big deals, i.e., bundles of hundreds of multidisciplinary journals and other resources. In a moment of change promoted by Plan S, we consider it more necessary than ever to understand the situation of the provision of serial scientific publications and to find the best strategy to have access to them

Business · Diversity (politics · Geography · Library science · Multidisciplinary approach · Plan (archaeology · Political science · Public relations · Computer Science · Law · Library Collection Development and Digital Resources · Research Data Management Practices · scientometrics and bibliometrics research

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