Reduction of subscription costs. Publishers shall reduce the prices of individual subscriptions, subscription packages and other subscriber licenses (e.g. “big deals”) in order to facilitate the redirection by SCOAP3 Partners of funds from subscriptions to SCOAP3. Annex I contains examples of such reductions. Reductions shall be applied for all subscribers, regardless of their participation in SCOAP3. In all cases, a “no double-dipping” principle shall apply, meaning that content paid for by SCOAP3 shall not be charged twice (once to SCOAP3 and once to other customers). For Journals for which services are compensated by SCOAP3 in their entirety (Model 1 in Section 2 above), the “no double-dipping” requirement extends to all document types published in those Journals (i.e. no charges shall be levied to any customers for any content in those Journals). Price reductions will be made without any obligation to subscribe to alternative journals or to make use of an agreed cancellation limit, and any fixed expenditure commitments that form part of an existing subscriber’s contract will be reduced accordingly. Publishers shall not raise the price of journals not participating in SCOAP3 in order to compensate for the redirection of subscriptions to SCOAP3. In order to monitor the implementation of these reductions, a brokering facility will be developed by SCOAP3. After the adjudication phase and prior to the conclusion of the Contract, the following process will take place. First, the SCOAP3 Partners will have access to this facility and, either directly or through a national or consortial contact point, will enter their expected reduction for each publisher and combination of Journals offering the Services to SCOAP3, as per one or more of the examples presented in Xxxxx X. In case of countries where SCOAP3 participation is administered through a single contact point or through one or more library consortia, these will have access to information for all the institutions they represent. In a subsequent phase, publishers will have access to the tool and be able to see the proposed reductions for only their own titles for each of the individual SCOAP3 Partners. In case the publisher cannot accept the proposed reductions, it will propose reasonable reductions. The SCOAP3 office at CERN, in liaison with the national or consortial contact points where these exist, will monitor this process and organize reconciliation as needed. As part of this process, and by submission of its bid, the publisher agrees...
