The Eduserv Chest Data Messenger 12 June 2008

The agreement is for one year only but sites have the option of licensing the product for one year (from when the licence is granted) or for a full three year period (for which payment must be made upfront).  The agreement is heavily discounted (saving approximately 40%) and cannot be bettered by any consortia arrangement worldwide.  In addition this agreement benefits from Other Permitted Users being allowed to use the product including retired members of staff, visiting academics, researchers and research supervisors from other educational or research establishments, visiting students from other educational establishments and students undertaking a course of study leading to a qualification awarded by the Licensee.

If you require further information or cannot access the detailed information upon our web site please do not hesitate to contact

114 institutions subscribe to one or more APA products (PsycINFO, PsycARTICLES, PsycBOOKS, PsycEXTRA and PsycCRITIQUES) through the current Chest Agreement with APA.

We have, on renewal, negotiated preferential rates that mean sites subscribing through Chest will see discounts of up to 23% on the data fee from what they would each pay if they purchased direct.  In addition new subscribers can save another 15% off the already discounted figures in the first year on taking a subscription to PsycARTICLES and PsycBOOKS.

We have competitively tendered the service provision from 5 potential vendors - each offers a guaranteed level of service and fixed, lower pricing throughout the three year term of the agreement, giving institutions real choice in terms of interface for their users. 

We estimate that over the three year term of the agreement potential shared savings of £1.5 million could be achieved. We anticipate that more sites will join the agreement and existing subscribers will add new products - these two factors will see savings increase still further.

Current subscribers have been contacted individually with specific details of their renewal.  10 have already submitted their renewal paperwork; another 70 are required so that we can finalise the price for the data.

If you are interested in a new subscription then please contact

NewsBank provides academic libraries with web-based resources designed specifically for their research containing a wide variety of UK and world newspapers.

Under the Chest Agreement with NewsBank sites can subscribe to the "Access UK & Ireland Newspapers" package which features more than 250 national, local and regional newspapers and the "Non-UK International Titles" package which provides more than 120 major international newspapers from around the world.

All NewsBank content is accessible through a newly designed map-based interface that can be customised in 10 ways. The interface allows searching or browsing of a single title or several titles. Information retrieved is easily viewed by date, newspaper or country. Authentication is easily handled. Content is updated daily, accessible 24/7 from your library or remotely. Usage information is readily available. An extensive tutorial and support materials are included with the product.

Chest and NewsBank are now seeking feedback to ensure the needs of the community are best being met. Please complete our short online survey by following the below link:

Free 30 day trials of NewsBank are available to interested sites. Please contact Nicola Garwood at

ChildData gives online access to:

The overview of the current Chest Agreement can be read on the Eduserv website:

Thank you for taking the time to complete our short online survey. Your feedback is greatly appreciated and will help to benefit those interested in the ChildData resource.

If you have any other comments about this Agreement please do not hesitate to contact Nicola at

Chest is delighted to announce that Nielsen Book is offering its UKMARC and MARC21 record service FREE for the remaining period of the current Chest contract. Users can search and select bibliographic records and then download them in their chosen MARC format direct to their desktop. The Nielsen Book MARC service provides librarians with consistent data throughout the work process combined with a cost efficient service for current and retrospective cataloguing.

Existing subscribers to BookData Online will automatically be able to access the MARC service.

Furthermore the company has kindly agreed to provide its MARC service FREE to any Chest member subscribing to its BookData Online service now – providing its MARC Download service FREE for the remainder of the Chest contract. New users wishing to try BookData Online FREE for 30 days should register at

Agreement details:

We are trying to gauge potential interest in three book series from Emerald.

Access is currently through Elsevier on ScienceDirect but will be available via the Emerald Service from January 2009.

Each collection includes updates and is available on a site licence basis. Pricing, excluding VAT, is likely to be:

Psychology Collection - £3,250

Business Management & Economics Collection - £3,750

Social Science Collection - £3,750

Lists of titles and more details of each of the collections can be found

To register your interest in these collections or request a trial please contact

Adept Scientific and Eduserv are pleased to announce an amendment to the agreement between Eduserv and Thomson Scientific to extend it to 2013

EndNote Web is an intuitive web-based bibliographic referencing tool that is suitable for undergraduate and further education students who do not require the full power and flexibility of a desktop package. It provides the tools to help students to collect references and to cite and format them correctly in their essays, papers and dissertations.

Designed to work with EndNote desktop, EndNote Web has the flexibility of the internet and the reliability its predecessor. References can be transferred between the two packages easily allowing users to continue their work wherever they are.

EndNote Web puts minimal strain on university or college IT resources because, as a web-based research solution, individual user accounts are held on the Thomson Reuters server. When updates are released, they go live immediately and are automatically available when users log in to their accounts - no IT intervention is required.

Agreement details:

If you would like help or advice on joining the UK Access Management federation feel free to contact the Eduserv Help Desk on 01225 474380 or email

If you would like Eduserv Chest to investigate an Agreement for data that would benefit your institution, why not make a wish?  Wishes are the main way for you to tell us which products we should be negotiating on your behalf.

To make a new wish visit our

There are no new wishes since the last publication of the Data Messenger. However, as a result of interest from 10 sites we have managed to secure an agreement for ASTM Digital Library and Standards. We are actively seeking agreement with other publishers represented on the wish list. So please keep sending your wishes in; this is a very important and simple way to keep us informed about potential new Chest agreements.