I am so-o-o-o-o-o-o tired of title reconciliations for the Big Deal renewals, and am finding increasingly appealing a model which eliminates annual title reconciliations.

My questions to the list:

Have any of you independently negotiated with any of the major publishers for a deal that gives you access to "all" but with no title reconciliations?  Was it you who went to the publisher, or did the publisher come to you?  What other conditions have you required to make the deal work?  If, under such a deal, you receive a single-line-item invoice for the package, do you see any remaining value to putting it through a subscription agent?

I will compile responses in a post to both this and the SERIALST discussion lists, and maintain anonymity for libraries, publishers, and subscription agents.

Gary Ives
Coordinator of Electronic Resources
Texas A&M University Libraries
5000 TAMU
College Station, TX  77843-5000
Phone: (979) 458-0726
FAX:  (979) 458-1630
Email:  gives@lib-gw.tamu.edu