Jisc Collections
Jisc Collections negotiates with publishers at a national level to procure and license affordable digital content for the UK education and research community.
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About Jisc Collections
Jisc Collections works on behalf of the UK higher education sector, to negotiate and license high-quality digital content that meets the requirements of institutions to support academic research, teaching and learning.
We provide publishers with an efficient, cost-effective way to offer their digital content to the academic and research communities at a national level.
Find out more on the Jisc Collections website.
Benefits for institutions
We represent the interests of all UK higher education institutions by:
- Negotiating the best possible price, terms, and access conditions for licensed digital content
- Supporting the transition to open access through negotiated off-setting arrangements for article processing charges
- Working closely with librarians, and other sector representatives, to identify content that will add value to their collections
- Providing a single online portal to manage subscriptions, acquisitions and invoicing
- Offering a dedicated helpdesk to support institutions with subscriptions and purchasing of Jisc-negotiated content
- Carrying out research into innovative resources, licensing models and evaluation tools
- Sharing knowledge about e-resource acquisition and research
Eligibility
All UK publicly-funded higher education institutions are automatically members of Jisc Collections and are eligible to subscribe to the agreements we negotiate for them.