The Content Strategy Committee met via teleconference on May 7, 2018. The CSC discussed the 2018 license renewals, key observations from ICOLC, and various other topics.
Attendees: Todd Mundle, Gabrielle Prefontaine, Tanja Harrison, Pamela Jacobs, Sandy Stift, Jennifer Richard, Harriet Rykse, and Arnald Desrochers.
Management Report
A written management report was shared with the committee which included an update on CC-Plus, COUNTER, CNDHI, ORCID-CA, Foreign Exchange services, Membership Bands and Fees for FY2018-19, TDRTG, Audit and Canadiana Combination and an update on the upcoming job postings.
Collection Analysis Community of Practice
An update on the activities of the community of practice, including the last meeting where the OLA presentation entitled “Coping with the Big Deal: Paying, Unbundling, or Walking Away” was shared. The committee discussed possible actions related to the LTTG report.
Serials Management Sub-Committee
An update from the last meeting and current activities of the SMSC was shared with the committee.
2018 License Renewals
An Update on the license renewals for 2018-2019 was provided. Including information on meetings and negotiations with:
- CAIRN
- Coalition Publi.ca
- CRL
- Elsevier
- Oxford University Press
- Royal Society of Chemistry
- Institute of Physics
- AMS-MathSciNet
- Springer Clarivate
- American Chemical Society
- Cambridge University Press
- ProQuest PAO
- IEEE
Meeting recap and next meeting
The next meeting is an in-person meeting on June 13th from 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Eastern.