Thanks Johann

Can you say more about your requirements in relation to Free/Open Access titles?

Is this just for the purposes of enabling discovery (activate in link resolver, add to catalogue) or are there other activities or functions required for this content?

Thanks

Owen

> On 16 May 2018, at 09:04, Rolschewski, Johann <Johann.Rolschewski@sbb.spk-berlin.de> wrote:
>
> Hi Owen,
>
>> * The idea of a 5 year agreement for the Freedom collection being a
>> ‘Subscription’ in that at the end of the 5 year period you expect to negotiate a
>> new deal with the same vendor for substantially the same content
>> * The idea of a 5 year agreement for the Freedom collection being a
>> ‘Subscription’ in that there are annual payments made over the course of the
>> deal, and potentially the option to terminate the agreement early
>> * The idea of a set of journals which are the ‘subscriptions’ in that this subset of
>> content (often as part of a larger set of content you get as a result of your
>> subscriptions) is what your payment is set against
>> ...
>> As a starting point - is this summary a good one - does it make sense, and do
>> people agree that these are overlapping uses of ‘subscription’. If not, what is
>> wrong here?
>> Also are there other aspects of ‘subscription’ that I’ve missed
>
> Thanks for your summary. Just one question: How would I "subscribe" to Free/Open Access resources? There will be no contract or payment and no subscription period.
>
> Johann