Renewal of the ISI Agreement

London

20 July 1998

Programme

Jenny Pendlebury - a minutes silence Where we are with negotiations Demonstration of Web of Science Results of the survey Comparison of WoS and current service Discussion

In memory of Jenny Pendlebury

Background

ISI 1 agreement started

1990 Substantial

community input replaced by ISI 2 in

1994 runs at BIDS

ISI 2 Started 1994 Overlapped ISI 1 includes abstracts now 117

subscriptions runs at BIDS ends March 2000

Options Do not renew

– existing databases provide > 80% coverage

– libraries could spend on more focused databases

– a viable alternative could be put together from what we have

Buy an alternative Renew with ISI

Options from ISI

Web of Science run by ISI in the USA Web of Science run by a JISC

datacentre Raw Data run by a JISC datacentre with

its own software

What is WoS?

Science Citations Index Social Science Citations Index Arts and Humanities Index ISTP

+ web interface

i.e. same data as we have now

WoS in USA

ISI will provide contractual guarantees on performance to JANET sites.

ISI covers all bandwidth costs to achieve this No equipment or operational staff needed in

UK Some support, promotional, and

administration effort needed in UK Less sense of “ownership” Athens authentication believed possible

WoS in UK

Software provided by ISI ( free ) Hardware and maintenance required Some operational effort required Some support, promotional, and

administration effort needed in UK More under UK control

Raw Data

Data only supplied UK interface and software, hardware,

etc need to be provided and maintained JISC would invite proposals from the

Datacentres UK has control of Interface and service

WoS in USA WoS in Uk Raw Data CurrentISI Datacentre Datacentre Service

Data cost x x x

Service cost +7.5 % +14 %+46 %

see below *Other costs +5 % + 5% +5%Total + 12.5% +19% +51%

Large site £10k £12k £14kVat ? yes yes

Subscription £7,500JISC subsidy £2,000

* Note that this cost is based on current costs and datacentres might well tender for ISI 3 at a significantly lower cost.

Cautions

Nothing finalised Figures are estimates Raw data service based on current costs Assumes current 117 institutions Pricing differentials for small, medium and

large are unconfirmed Vat liability for USA WoS service unclear Current Contents service additional cost

Issues

WoS is different to current service– user interface– no telnet in WoS

Cost vs control Overlap year?

– Start new service March 1999 - finish current service March 2000

– significant cost

What's happening now? JISC ( CEI and CWG ) prepared to

underwrite the renewal, in principle.– best value, lowest risk– fits strategy over the next 6 years– overlap fundable?

Trial service– 3 months– 5 years data – at NISS

Community needs to think about:

cost vs familiarity WoS vs home-grown functionality how long it will continue to need telnet whether it still needs ISI whether all current subscribers will

renew, if substantial numbers don’t, then prices rise for the rest