15 January 2018
ProQuest has been designated as a preferred supplier in Jisc’s digital archival collections group purchasing scheme, giving academic institutions improved access to primary-source databases. Following a two-year pilot which ProQuest helped shape and participated in, the purchasing programme has been extended for an additional four years.
In 2017, Jisc initiated a group purchasing pilot for digital archival collections. The pilot built on the power of collective purchasing with the goal of lowering customer costs.
After the pilot’s conclusion, Jisc accepted ProQuest as a preferred supplier until 2022. Members will continue to acquire ProQuest databases using the same purchasing model used in the pilot. Currently, 20 ProQuest databases are available through the programme.
ProQuest databases were selected for the Jisc purchasing scheme based on curriculum analyses conducted for the UK higher education community, as well as consideration for the ProQuest content Jisc members have already invested in. They include:
- British History: House of Lords Parliamentary Papers, 1800-1910; Public Petitions to Parliament, 1833-1918; British Periodicals, Collection 3; British Periodicals, Collection 4; Colonial State Papers
- US and International History: American Periodicals Series; Historical Newspapers: Times of India, 1838-2008; Historical Newspapers: South China Morning Post, 1903-1998; History Vault: Slavery and the Law; Women’s Magazine Archive 2
- Social Movements: History Vault: Black Freedom Struggle in the 20th Century: Federal Government Records; History Vault: Struggle for Women’s Rights, 1880-1990: Organizational Records; Women and Social Movements, Modern Empires Since 1820
- Social Sciences: Counseling and Therapy in Video: Volume IV; Ethnographic Video Online Vol. 1 and 2: Foundational Films (ANTP-PK); Human Rights Studies Online
- Performing Arts, Music and Film: Music Online: Classical Scores Library, Volume II; American Film Scripts: Film Scripts Online Volume I; Dance Online: Dance in Video Volume II; Drama Texts Collection
Under the scheme, Jisc Collections works in collaboration with nine publishers to make digital archive collections more affordable for HE organisations. Libraries can choose from 110 primary source digital archival collections across the nine publishers: Brill, British Online Archives, De Gruyter, EBSCO, Irish Newspaper Archives, ProQuest, Public Information Online, Taylor & Francis and Wiley.