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FinELib consortium centrally acquires electronic resources for its member organisations. Consortium members include Finnish universities, universities of applied sciences, research institutes and public libraries (see the list of consortium members). Each member decides independently what resources to subscribe to through the consortium. The consortium’s service unit, the FinELib office, is located in the National Library. The FinELib office negotiates the agreements and pricing, collects orders from consortium members, signs the agreements on behalf of the consortium members and invoices license fees from consortium members.

Important considerations for consortium acquisitions

Note the following  considerations:

  • Each consortium member makes an independent decision about their subscription.
  • Each subscriber acquires the e-resources for the entire organisation, not for eg. single departments.
  • Authentication is based on IP addresses.
  • E-resources acquired by the consortium must fulfil the licensing principles of the consortium.
  • Subscriber specific usage statistics must be provided, preferably according to COUNTER Code of Practice.
  • If so required under the law, an acquisition will be made through a public tendering process. A public tendering process will be held if the e-resource is available from multiple sources and the value of the resource exceeds the threshold value defined in the public procurement law.  

Pricing

The FinELib consortium does not charge commission on e-resources acquired through the consortium. Members pay the price determined by the publisher or the agent for the subscription. With regard to journal packages, the cost division model of the consortium may be used, where the overall price of the e-resource will be redistributed among the subscribers.

You are free to base your product pricing on the consortium members user figures.

The invoicing is done centrally by the FinELib office, so you can send one invoice for FinELib consortium.

New e-resources

 The consortium selects new e-resources for consortium negotiations typically annually. The selection is done by a vote in which all consortium member organisations may participate.