Benefits 

• savings of up to 75% off the list price
• pro-rata pricing for sites joining partway through a licence year
• full site licence, including walk-in users
  

Key Dates

Agreement start date: 1 August 2010
Agreement end date: 31 July 2013

Eligible Institutions

Higher and Further Education Institutions in the UK and the Republic or Ireland and to Research Councils in the UK

Background Information

The previous Chest Agreement was for the Landolt-Bornstein product.  This product is no longer available and has been replaced with SpringerMaterials.

Supplier Details

Owner: Springer-Verlag London Ltd

Product Description

SpringerMaterials is based on the Landolt-Börnstein New Series, the unique, fully evaluated data collection in all areas of physical sciences and engineering. It is a systematic and comprehensive resource of selected and critically assessed data explained in their scientific context. SpringerMaterials also comprises the Dortmund Data Bank Software & Separation Technology, a database on Thermophysical Properties and the Linus Pauling Files, a database on Inorganic Solid Phases and chemical safety data.

SpringerMaterials consists of:

• 400 Landolt-Börnstein volumes, 250,000 substances and 1,200,000 citations, 44,000 Chemical Safety Documents (REACH Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals, GHS Globally Harmonized System RoHS Restriction of Hazardous Substances, WEEE Waste from Electrical and Electronic Equipment)
• The world's largest Database on Thermophysical Properties, the subset of the DDBST (Dortmund Data Bank Software & Separation Technology) comprising 300,000 data points.
• Linus Pauling Files, the most comprehensive database on inorganic solid phases comprising 190,000 documents

SpingerMaterials is expanded and updated on a quarterly basis and offers advanced search & navigation functionalities.

SpringerMaterials covers the following subject areas:

• Particles, Nuclei and Atoms
• Molecules and Radicals
• Electronic Structure and Transport
• Magnetism
• Semiconductivity
• Superconductivity
• Crystallography
• Thermodynamics
• Multiphase Systems
• Advanced Materials
• Advanced Technologies
• Astro- and Geophysics

Access and Identity Management Solution

Key - Available Not Available

Athens
IP Address range
Shibboleth
Username / Password

Technical Function Specification

Key - Available Not Available Additional Cost

Technical Function	Standard	Availability	Supplier Notes
Full Text Linking	Open URL compliant
Federated Searching	Z39.50 protocol
Metadata Standards	Dublin Core		Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI)
MARC Records	MARC
Embargo Periods	Journal content only	[tickN/A]
Digital Preservation	Not applicable to SpringerMaterials subscription.	N/A	For institutions previously licensed to Landolt-Börnstein access will be granted through either Portico or LOCKSS. If not a member of one of the offered archiving services, individual solutions will be found.
Usage Statistics	COUNTER	Available
Accessibility	Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)
Personalisation features
Service Levels

Updates

New content is added quarterly.

Pricing

The following price reductions are subject to contract but we anticipate finalising this shortly.

Pricing will be pro-rated in the first year so that you only pay for the number of months between joining and the 1 August renewal date.

Prices exclude VAT

For JISC price banding, please visit JISC Collections Banding. 

For price banding for sites in Ireland, please click here (PDF, 235 Kb)  .

Payment Terms

On receipt of a completed Licence, Institutions will be invoiced for the Agreement year in which the Licence is signed.

For the subsequent year, Institutions will be invoiced three months in advance of the anniversary date of the Agreement, on 1 May.
There is monthly prorata charging for Institutions which become licensed partway through a licence year.

All Purchase Orders must be made out to Eduserv and Eduserv's invoices must be paid within 30 calendar days of the date of the invoice.

Agreement Period

Start date: 1 August 2010 End date: 31 July 2013

Institution Commitment Period

This Agreement terminates on 31 July 2013. Institutions may sign to the Agreement at any time, but having signed will be commited until the end of the Agreement.

How to Order

When completed the  Order Form (PDF, 551 Kb)   should be returned using one of the following methods:

As a PDF by email to finance@eduserv.org.uk

By fax to 01225 474 301

By post to:

Eduserv
Royal Mead
Railway Place
Bath
BA1 1SR

Please include an Institution Purchase Order for the full amount due plus VAT, made out to 'Eduserv'.

Licence Type

Site licence with the following conditions: Eduserv General Licence Conditions for Data

Special Licence Conditions - Schedule 4 Part 3 - Springer   

What institutions and library services are allowed to do?

Allowed Not Allowed
Inter-Library Loan
Incorporate parts of the licensed materials in printed or electronic course materials
Include material in Jorum or Institutional repositories
Keep a local cached copy for teaching purposes

Who can use the resource?

'Authorised User' means a type of user who is a currently registered student of the Licensee, a faculty member or an employee of the Licensee, in each case authorised by the Licensee to access the Licensee's library and information services whether from a computer or terminal on the Licensee's Secure Network or offsite via a Secure Access Management System or, in the case of Licensed Materials, access to the Licensee's onsite library facilities.
For full details see: Eduserv General Licence Conditions.

Allowed Not Allowed
Any student studying at another institution who is undertaking a course of study leading to a qualification awarded by the Licensee
Teachers of Authorised Users and librarians involved in their instruction and support who are not employed by the Licensed Institution
Retired members of staff of a Licensed Institution
Bona fide members of a Licensee's Alumni Association
Visiting academics, researchers and research supervisors from other educational or research establishments
Visiting students from other educational establishments
Any person associated with the Licensee but not employed by the Licensee such as pastoral and welfare workers or support people
Walk-in Users (a member of the public permitted by a licensed institution to use the library)

What can authorised users do?

Use is for academic purposes only.

Termination Clauses

Material downloaded under the Agreement before its expiry may continue to be used under the same licence conditions as pertain while the Agreement exists. Once the Agreement has terminated then no further access to the service and to future publications will be possible unless the Agreement is renewed or extended. If the Agreement is renewed or extended then new conditions will apply. If the Agreement is not renewed then renewal is a matter between Institutions and Springer.

Personal Licences

Personal Licences are not available under this Agreement.

Trials

For a 60 day free trial of this service please contact Springer at springerlink@springer.com

Technical Support

Support will be provided by Springer via a single contract or a deputy at the institution. Springer support can be contacted at:

• email: springerlink@springer.com
• phone: +49-6221-345-4306
• fax: +49-6221-345-4229
  

Product Documentation

Document delivery is available via http://www.springermaterials.com/

Training and Training Materials

On-site training is offered to any Licensed Institution which requests it.