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.
The ”Core-Plus” quote needs to include pricing for two scenarios:
• Core: Total pricing for Eira Consortium, should the product be selected to be included in ”Eira Core”
• Plus: Regional pricing, should the product be selected to be offered as ”Eira Plus”
For an ”Eira Core-Plus” offer to be considered it needs to meet the following requirements:
• Both Core and Plus pricing must be included
• Plus pricing for each region
• Plus pricing distributed by traditional Eira tier (S-XL)
• Plus pricing that is not conditioned on a minimum number of subscribing regions (meaning there can
be no condition such as "This quote is only valid if X number of regions subscribe")
• Plus pricing can include ”multi-discount”, that is a discount in case a certain number of regions
subscribe
• In case all 21 regions join a Plus agreement, offered Core pricing applies
• Plus multi year offers need to allow regions to join or cancel the agreement in the subsequent years.
Therefore pricing for each year has to be fixed (or discounted, if multi-year discounts apply as more
regions subscribe)
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