InC-Lib-Vendor

["David Kennedy" <>]

Just thought I would recap some of the interactions I've had with vendors lately, since most have been offline.

 

BioOne (Foster started conversation with them a while back) - they are in the process of joining InCommon

Thomson Reuters (Adam started conversation with them a while back) - they are in the process of joining InCommon

 

Alexander Street Press - initial contact letter sent, no response, will follow up

 

Cambridge University Press - exchange with Heather Otrando and Andrea Cerniachiri.  Heather will likely be the point person for Cambridge and InCommon.  Scheduled a phone call for Feb 8th.

 

American Chemical Society - a couple of back and forth emails, talked today with Steve Hensen, high up in sales.  They are just getting started with Shib in the UK.  Next phase would be US and InCommon.  Their new web platform supports shib, but they have concerns (mainly security) because to them this is a new technology.  He will discuss internally, will touch base again mid-february.

 

Springer/MetaPress - Ulrike Lengwenat is point person.  They are doing shib with UK and Japan, and some other european federations.  As I understand, their platform in US, MetaPress, is different platform, that they are working on Shibbolizing.  Internal conversations to ensue to figure out next steps, but looking good so far.

 

That's all for now.

 

Have a pleasant weekend

 

Dave

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