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Global economic knowledge at your fingertips. The IMF eLibrary offers the entire IMF catalogue and a comprehensive archive of nearly 20,000 publications and one million data series in searchable digitised formats. This impressive depth and breadth of information is accessed in an integrated environment, supported by user-friendly navigation, intuitive search, and personalisation features.
The IMF eLibrary is free for all users from 1 January 2020.
Agreement start: 1 March 2018
Agreement end: 31 December 2019
Licence start date: from the date of joining until the end of the Agreement.
Invoice date: 1 October
Site licence.
This Agreement is of thirty-four months' duration. Institutions may join the agreement at any time during the agreement period. They will then be committed until the end of the Agreement Period.
30 day free trial available. Please contact Chest Help for more information.
Higher and Further Education and Research Councils in the United Kingdom, and Universities and Colleges of Further Education in the Republic of Ireland.
Other organisations aligned with Jisc’s charitable objectives of supporting education, research bodies and the public sector may ask to participate in the Agreement. Chest will liaise with the Supplier about any such requests.
This Agreement was negotiated with the IMF following consultation with the academic community.
Licensor: IMF (International Monetary Fund). IMF is an intergovernmental institution having its headquarters at 700 19th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20431, US
Service Provider(s): Wize Nordic (an agent for the IMF)
With an eLibrary subscription, you will have the IMF’s extensive archives of valuable research material at your fingertips. Subscribing is an efficient, convenient, and cost-effective way to access the entire collection of economic studies, books, and data.
There is no more trusted or respected authority than the IMF for vital global economic
information and thought leadership. The IMF eLibrary puts this expertise at your fingertips.
An eLibrary subscription gives you direct access to the full range of IMF content with the functionality to simplify research:
| OpenAthens | No |
| IP Address range | Yes |
| Shibboleth | No |
| Username / Password | Yes |
| EZProxy | Yes |
| Referring URL | No |
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Standard |
Compliance |
Supplier Notes |
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Full text linking |
Yes |
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Federated searching |
No |
No, may occur on the Library side | |
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Harvesting |
SRW/SRU |
Yes |
SRU |
| OAI-PMH |
Yes |
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| RSS or Atom |
Yes |
RSS | |
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Metadata standards |
Dublin Core |
No |
Being worked on at present |
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Yes |
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No |
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Months embargo period |
N/A |
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Digital preservation |
Lockss |
No |
The IMF uses an in-house archiving strategy |
| Clockss |
No |
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| Portico |
No |
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Usage statistics |
Yes |
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Yes |
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| JUSP | No | ||
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Accessibility |
Yes |
The interface is, some of the content displayed (older content) is not | |
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Personalisation features |
Yes |
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Service levels |
No |
The supplier confirms that throughout the term of the agreement the products will comply with the standards indicated.
New content is added daily, as available.
All additions and new functionality will be incorporated at no additional charge.
Free 30 day trials are available – please contact Chest Help
Support will be provided via a single contact or his/her deputy at each Institution. Contact details:
User guides and video tutorials are located under Help at http://www.elibrary.imf.org/help.
There are FAQs at http://www.elibrary.imf.org/page/11/faqs. Copying and circulating are permitted.
Support information for librarians and administrators is at http://www.elibrary.imf.org/page/Librarians/para-bibliotecarios
The brochure is available electronically at http://www.elibrary.imf.org/fileasset/misc/pdf/elibrary_brochure_english.pdf
Video tutorial available here
The Chest Order, together with the Licence Terms and Conditions, and any exceptions listed below, create a legally binding contract between your institution, organisation or company and the Licensor. Therefore please read the terms and conditions carefully and only submit a Chest Order if its terms and conditions are acceptable to your institution, organisation or company and you have the authority to make the financial commitment shown.
This Site licence is subject to the terms and conditions for the Standard Chest Licence for Online Resources but with amendments as laid out at the bottom of the page.
This Agreement is of 34 months duration, commencing 1 March 2018 and terminating 31 December 2020. Institutions may sign to the Agreement at any time during that period.
On receipt of a completed Licence, Institutions will be invoiced for the Agreement year in which the Licence is signed.
For the subsequent years, unless cancellation notice is received by Eduserv, institutions will be invoiced three months in advance of the anniversary date of the Agreement, on 1 October 2018 and 2019.
There is monthly pro-rata charging for Institutions which become licensed partway through a licence year.
Chest is an Enterprise of Jisc. All Purchase orders must be made out to JISC, One Castlepark, Tower Hill, Bristol, BS2 0JA
Payments are due within thirty days of invoice date; recipients of late payments are entitled to interest in accordance with UK statutory provisions.
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Keep a local cached copy for Educational Purposes |
Yes |
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Incorporation of parts of the Licensed Material |
Yes |
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Deposit learning and teaching objects in repositories |
Yes |
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Interlibrary loan |
No |
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User |
On site |
Remote access |
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Students |
Yes |
Yes |
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Staff |
Yes |
Yes |
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Walk-in users |
Yes |
No |
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Alumni members |
Yes |
No |
The resources can be used for Educational Purposes – defined as:
Exclusions: [Delete or amend as appropriate]
The Fee for early termination in accordance with clause 10.4 of the Terms and Conditions for the Standard Chest Licence for Online Resources is nil. Please note that this clause has been amended for this Licence Agreement. The written notice period is now 120 days, and not 60. Therefore, written notice of early termination should be served on or before the 1 November prior to the Licence Term end date of 28 or 29 February. Further, such early termination is allowable only if the Licensee’s library’s online resource purchasing budget has suffered a year-on-year decrease of 10 per cent (10%) or more. Early termination for convenience is not allowed.
The Fee for retention rights upon termination in accordance with clause 10.5 of the Terms and Conditions for the Standard Chest Licence for Online Resources is nil.
The Licensee may retain an electronic copy of the Licensed Material in its archives for reference only. Copies of parts of the Licensed Material already made and/or used by the Licensee or Authorised may be retained and used in accordance with the terms of this Licence Agreement.
Once the Agreement has terminated then no further access to the service and to future publications will be possible unless the Agreement is renewed or extended.
If the Agreement is renewed or extended then new conditions will apply. If the Agreement is not renewed then renewal is a matter between Institutions and the IMF.
Institutions have the right to opt out of the agreement each year in exceptional circumstances only by giving notice on or before 1 November to cancel with effect from 1 March the following year. Further, such early termination is allowable only if the Licensee’s library’s online resource purchasing budget has suffered a year-on-year decrease of 10 per cent (10%) or more. Early termination for convenience is not allowed.
Personal licences are not available under this Agreement.
Changes to the Standard Chest Licence for Online Resources:
Currency: All prices are in US Dollars, although institutions may choose to be invoiced in UK pounds. Prices exclude VAT.
Bands are based on student FTE numbers as per the table below.
Payment terms are shown on the terms and Conditions tab.
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