Multinational Licence Agreement
BioOne
BioOne is a XML-based aggregation of essential bioscience research journals. BioOne is a not-for-profit organization founded by a partnership of SPARC, the American Institute of Biological Sciences, the Greater Western Library Alliance, the University of Kansas, and Allen Press. For students and researchers, BioOne is a robust, easy-to-use platform with critical bioscience content.
BioOne now includes 143 publications from 102 publishers across three collections. All journals include at least two years of backfile, with many available back to 2000. At present, 66% of BioOne titles are ISI-ranked, and 40% are available in electronic format exclusively on BioOne.
1. Content Description and title list
2. Subscription and Licensing Terms
3. Offer including pricing
4. Functionality and Standards Compliance
5. Library Support Information
1. Content Description
A complete list of BioOne titles and publishers, including ISSN numbers and total pages/articles in the database, is available at http://www.bioone.org/perlserv/?request=get-journals-list.
Main Subject Areas
Biological, organismal, environmental, natural, and general sciences.
Academic Level of Service
Undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral.
Timeline of offer
The agreement will be for three years, starting from 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2011.
Updates
BioOne is an aggregation of current content, and as such is updated daily with new content. Current journal issues for active publications are released on BioOne shortly after print release. The most recent available issues for all BioOne publications are available at: http://www.bioone.org/perlserv/?request=get-current-issue. New titles are also being added to BioOne on an annual basis.
Testimonials, Case Studies or User Reviews
BioOne is a product of the scholarly community and is fully vetted by its constituents. BioOne’s Board of Directors and Community Advisory Council are made up of key individuals from the library, publisher, and user communities. A complete list of members is available at: http://www.bioone.org/perlserv/?request=get-static&name=get-contacts#4. All members may be contacted for a reference or testimonial.
BioOne has also undergone two critical business model studies, the first in 2004 and one more recently in 2007. Executive summaries of or data from these studies are available upon request.
More information about BioOne and its current and future activities is available in the Press Release and News section of our website at: http://www.bioone.org/perlserv/?request=get-static&name=get-news.
Publisher's Selection Policy
BioOne encourages interested not-for-profit and society publishers to apply for BioOne inclusion, with process and benefits outlined on our website at: http://www.bioone.org/perlserv/?request=get-static&name=get-publish.
Specific selection criteria used by our content development team include ISI-ranking, international focus/appeal, prestigious editorial board/leadership, bioscience content fit, and existing online presence and circulation. BioOne attempts to bring together esteemed, well-known synthesis titles with niche publications that represent the building blocks of science. Together, these publications provide users with a well-rounded aggregate resource for all of their research needs.
Other Institutions that have expressed interest in or who are subscribing to this agreement
KE will update this section.
2.Subscription and Licensing Terms
The agreement will be for three years, starting from 2 January 2009 to 31 December 2011. Institutions can subscribe at any time, and can opt-out annually with no penalty on the anniversary of the starting date.
For instructions on how to subscribe, the pricing and to access the licence agreement, please see the subscription page on the local websites:
The agreement complies with the terms of the Knowledge Exchange Model Licence.
4. Functionality and Standards Compliance
Full Text Linking
OpenURL Framework.
Federated Searching
Z39.50 protocol for computer-to-computer information retrieval.
MARC Records
Participating institutions will have the ability to obtain MARC records for publications to which they have access through BioOne.
Metadata Standards
Dublin Core Metadata Initiative, Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OMI-PMH).
Search Options
Quick and Advanced search options, Boolean searching, wildcards, stemming, session search history, related content search, highlighting search terms, saved search alerts, RSS alerts.
Post Search Options
Export to citation manager, saved searches, email links to colleagues.
Usage Statistics
COUNTER Release 2, Journal Report 1. Reports can be viewed online or delivered via email.
Authentication
The platform does not support Shibboleth authentication, but it does support Athens authentication. BioOne will be Shibboleth compliant with the launch of a new platform in January 2008.
Personalisation of the Online Resource
Manage favorite titles and articles, sign up for alerts, view saved searches, RSS alerts, email to colleagues, download to citation manager
Accessibility
BioOne will conform to Level 2 of each of the following accessibility guidelines:
W3C Web Accessibility Guidelines: http://www.w3.org/WAI/
Section 508 (29 U.S.C. 794d): http://www.section508.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Content&ID=11
RSS feeds of new articles are provided for each journal, as well as for citation tracking and saved search alerts.
5. Library Support Information
Login URL
www.bioone.org
Library and consortial administrators will have UN/PW access to administrator pages.
Product Documentation
Documentation regarding library administration & statistics, institutional access, holdings records, and archiving protocols will be provided on the “Resources / Institutions” pages. Indexed Help pages will provide additional documentation.
Training Materials
Training materials are being developed and will be posted on the “Resources / Institutions” pages.
Technical Support
Technical support will be available via email and telephone 5 days a week, Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM CST to 5:00 PM CST, excluding holiday.
Administrative Support
Administrative support will be available via email and telephone 5 days a week, Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM CST to 5:00 PM CST, excluding holiday.
User Support
Documentation regarding features for end users, including tools, individual access, and rights & permissions, will be provided on the “Resources / Researchers & Students” pages. Indexed Help pages will provide additional documentation.
Trial Access
Free trial access for 30 days will be provided to libraries for the purposes of evaluation.
Knowledge Exchange contacts
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