Information for Publishers and Vendors
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Information for Publishers and Vendors
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FTE enrollment for each campus in the University of Maine System: see the Summary of Fall Enrollments.
FTE enrollment by college, major, department, etc. at the Orono campus (Fogler Library): see http://www.umaine.edu/ois/fact_book/enrollment/enrollment.htm.
Advertisements and "sales calls"
Send ads by U.S. mail, or via informational e-mail that does not request a response; please do not "cold call." This will save your time and ours.
We will contact publishers and vendors if we would like to meet with a representative in person.
PRICING: We appreciate and are more likely to buy from publishers and vendors who provide readily available information about resource costs on their websites and in their communications. A "good practice" example is that of JSTOR: http://www.jstor.org/page/info/participate/new/index.jsp
A not so good example from the American Psychological Association appears to be clear, but doesn't reveal an additional 15%-of-cost "technology" fee for access via their own platform, APA PsycNET: http://www.apa.org/psycinfo/pricing.html.
Please be sure that correspondence about advertised products includes all pricing options specific to our institution, or a link to an online price chart. Generic ads asking us to contact a sales representative for "customized pricing" will usually be ignored.
CONSORTIUM PRICING: Fogler Library and The University of Maine are active purchasing members of NERL (Northeast Research Libraries)and NELINET. We also purchase and manage selected resources on a consortium pricing basis for the State of Maine and the University of Maine System Libraries.
Online resource trials
We will contact publishers if we would like to have trial access to an online resource. We delete unsolicited "free trial" advertisements.
Preview copies
Fogler Library does not accept preview copies of materials for purchase consideration, even if the publisher claims that a staff member has approved delivery of preview copies. Materials sent as "preview copies" will be treated as unsolicited materials.
Unsolicited materials
Under Maine state law, unsolicited materials received from authors, publishers, or other entities will be treated as gifts. The library is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of, make payments for, or return unsolicited materials. Those who wish to donate materials for consideration should read the library's Gift Policy.
Deborah Rollins | Revised: 02/04/2009
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