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Eira – Effective Information Retrieval and Acquisition – the consortium of all of the regions in Sweden, ensures that all healthcare professionals have access to a common, high quality knowledge base, regardless of where in Sweden they work.
About Eira
Eira negotiates license agreements for electronic information resources on behalf of Sweden’s 21 regions, represented by the hospital libraries in each region.
The primary aim of the Eira consortium is to negotiate a high quality and diverse, common knowledge base, on behalf of all regions. The content is agreed in cooperation with the hospital libraries and mainly based on demand, usage statistics and price. Compliance to Eira requirements on license terms and conditions is also a deciding factor. There are yearly negotiations with the publishers, resulting in both one-year and multi-year agreements.
Eira Core, Eira Plus and Eira Add-on
Content negotiated by Eira is divided into Eira Core, Eira Plus and Eira Add-on. Eira Core is the common, high quality knowledge base available in all Regions. An Eira Core agreement means all 21 regions subscribe. Eira Plus is optional additional agreements, subscribed to by selected regions. For both Eira Core and Eira Plus, ordering, license and invoicing is coordinated through Inera. Eira Add-on is additional offers negotiated by Eira. For Eira Add-on ordering, license and invoicing is handled by vendor and respective region directly.
For Eira Core the license costs are prorated among the members (regions), based on the number of residents.
The Eira network
The nationwide network of hospital librarians is an important intermediary between the users - the healthcare employees - and the Eira office at Inera.
The hospital libraries are the ones primarily responsible for disseminating information and providing training in the use of the electronic resources.
The Eira office
Since 2010 Eira consortium has its own office situated at Inera.
The Eira office manages negotiations, keeps regular contact with publishers and members, administrates the payment and charges of the license costs, analyzes usage statistics, arranges contact meetings etc.
Authorized users and access to content
Usage rights and limitations on use
In Eira licences "Authorized users" are defined as follows:
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