NESLi2 is our national initiative for licensing online journals on behalf of the higher and further education and research communities in the UK. NESLi2 was established in 2004 as a successor to earlier consortial initiatives that emerged with the arrival of online journals in the mid-1990s.
The content from 17 leading scholarly publishers are covered by our NESLi2 agreements which typically span 1-3 years in duration and over 7,000 online journals are available to authorised users. Financial savings on the content purchased, as a result of focused negotiations by our staff, amounted to £13.5 million in 2010 and we estimate that NESLi2 has saved the community over £40 million since its inception in 2004. The content itself is made accessible directly from publishers’ bespoke web platforms
Our specialist team of negotiators manage all aspects of the NESLi2 offers, including our Helpdesk, who are always on hand to answer queries and questions from eligible institutions.
Key benefits of the NESLi2 initiative are as follows:
- use of the Model NESLi2 Licence for Journals that allow staff and students to make effective use of the online journals included in the offers
- a clearly defined list of publishers, based on feedback from the community ensures that journal titles are selected in response to institutional demand
- highly experienced licensing staff who are are committed to negotiating the most favourable pricing, terms and conditions possible
- pre-defined criteria to assist the negotiation process
- simplified administration for participating publishers and institutions
In 2007 we launched the NESLi2 SMP initiative in reponse to demand from the academic community and as part of our committment to widening access to high quality content. This programme extends the NESLi2 initiative to include online journals from from small and medium sized publishers.
You can find the full list of NESLi2 offers from our Catalogue.
