Canadian Newsstream Renewal 2017-2018 [1]
To RENEW Major Dailies or Canadian Newsstream, no response is required from current subscribers as listed above. To CANCEL or to CHANGE OPTIONS, libraries should contact BC ELN by the response deadline.
Late joins are permitted and prices will be prorated from the point of access.
Pricing is now available for Canadian Newsstream renewal. As was announced last year, three-year pricing has been negotiated. We are in year 2 of that 3 year pricing. In summary:
- Institutions that continue to subscribe to Canadian Newsstream Complete (and have done so since 2015 or earlier) will see a 0% increase over last year's price.
- Institutions that chose to "ramp up" to get access to Canadian Newsstream Complete will be charged the amount to agreed upon last year, which is detailed below.
- Institutions that chose to remain on Canadian Major Dailies will see a 0% increase over last year's price.
By way of background ... last year, Proquest began a rationalization process that affected a number of products that BC ELN offered, including Canadian Newsstream. Before last year, most BC ELN customers subscribed to Major Dailies or Canadian Newsstream Complete, but there were a number that subscribed to the Pacific Collection, which was eliminated as a standalone product during the rationalization process. Since the Pacific Collection content is available in Canadian Newsstream Complete, BC ELNĀ negotiated significant reductions to the 2015 Newsstream pricing model, stable 0% increases for 3 years for existing subscribers of Major Dailies and Newsstream Complete, as well as 3-year transitional pricing for Pacific Collection subscribers in order to provide Partner Libraries an option for retaining Pacific Collection content at the best price via Newsstream Complete.
