Timetable – Eira Core-Plus offers
May-June: We contact vendors to let them know that we are interested in their product
August 15th: Last date for vendors to submit the ”Core-Plus” quote, including a filled in ”Eira Standards and
principles” form and a license draft, to Eira
October 1st: Last date for Eira decision on which products are included in ”Eira Core”
October 15th: Last date for Eira decision on which products will be offered as ”Eira Plus”
November 30th: Last date for Eira to inform vendors whose products are selected for ”Eira Plus” which
regions will subscribe to the product for the following year
”Core-Plus” quotes
If there is a perceived demand for your product in Eira we will ask you for an ”Eira Core-Plus” offer.
In the negotiation process it will be decided if the offer is accepted for ”Eira Core” (all 21 regions
subscribing through Inera), or distributed as an ”Eira Plus” offer (optional add-on order through
Inera), or declined.
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the offer needs to be supplemented with a filled in "Eira standards and principles" (latest version)
document for that product. If you send us more than one quote you need to fill in one form for each
product.
• the offer also needs to be supplemented with a license draft.
Please use the Eira template ”Core-Plus pricing offers for Eira Consortium – Template” for the quote.
The decision between which products will be selected as Core and which will be selected to be distributed to
the members as a Plus offer will be based on the results of our discussions with you and factors such as:
• Pricing (estimated cost per download, pricing that acknowledges current development in OA
publishing etc)
• Compliance with "Eira standards and principles"
• Discoverability of content
• Estimated quality of content (for example journal impact factor)
• Relevance for Eira (for example journal subject coverage)
• Feedback and demand from Eira members
About ”Eira Core” products
• All 21 regions subscribe
• Inera signs one license agreement on behalf of all regions
• You invoice Eira Office/Inera one invoice for all regions
• Inera coordinates support issues and training sessions for Eira regions
• Inera updates link resolvers to make content available in all 21 regions
• Inera manages usage statistics
About ”Eira Plus” products
• Optional for regions to subscribe
• For multi year agreements: all regions have the option to join or cancel the agreement each
year
• Inera coordinates orders
• Inera signs one license agreement on behalf of the participating regions
• You invoice Inera one invoice for all participating regions
• Inera coordinates support issues and training sessions for subscribing Eira regions
• Inera updates link resolvers to make content available in subscribing regions
• Inera compile usage statistics for Eira members