Deadline Extended to Nov 13 for Fall Group Licensing Offer

Deadline Extended to Nov 13 for Fall Group Licensing Offer

More than 750 electronic resources from 15 vendors are available to all medical librarians in the Middle Atlantic Region (MAR) and Southeastern/Atlantic Region (SE/A) through the Fall 2015 Offer curated by the Health Sciences Library Association of New Jersey (HSLANJ) Group Licensing Initiative (GLI), and now the deadline to participate is extended from October 30 to November 13, 2015.

“There is still time for medical librarians to prepare an order,” explains HSLANJ Executive Director Robert T. Mackes. “I encourage anyone with questions to contact me—I am happy to work with them to see if the GLI can enhance their collections and save them money.”

Two factors allow participants to realize a costs savings of 15-70% off resources’ regular pricing:

• Negotiations by the HSLANJ GLI
• The leveraging of group purchasing power since more than 120 medical and hospital librarians regularly participate

To receive a copy of the Fall Offer, please contact Robert T. Mackes (570-856-5952 or email).

The National Network of Libraries of Medicine, MAR and SE/A, fully recognize and endorse the HSLANJ Group Licensing Initiative as the lead organization capable of assisting libraries in their efforts to utilize multi-dimensional electronic resources. The HSLANJ Group Licensing Initiative is known as the first consortium of its kind in the nation.

The HSLANJ Group Licensing Initiative is funded in part with Federal funds from the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, under Contract No. HHS-N-276-2011-00003-C with the University of Pittsburgh, Health Sciences Library System. This project is also funded in part with Federal funds from the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, under Contract No. HHS-N-276-2011-00004-C with the University of Maryland Baltimore.