Meeting with Clarivate Analytics representatives

On September 18, 2019, representatives of Clarivate Analytics company visited the Russian National Public Library for Science and Technology
On the part of Clarivate Analytics, the meeting was attended by Mr. Tor Bengsson, Senior Vice President, Global Sales (London, UK), Mr. Nick Turner, Sales Director Emerging Markets, and Oleg Utkin, Director for Russia and CIS. On the part of RNPLS&T, Dr. Yakov Shrayberg, Director General, Galina Evstigneeva, Deputy Director General for Library Services, and Svetlana Silaeva, Head of International Relations Department, attended.

At the meeting, the parties discussed their further cooperation, in particular, extending the license agreement for 2020, the structure of the information resources under the agreement, the issues of funding the national subscription from the federal budget, and Clarivate’s pricing policy as related to potential changes in the list and number of subscribers. Besides, the parties discussed the possibility for Clarivate Analytics to take part in LIBCOM-2019 Conference.
The guests were taken to the guided tour of the Library and were handed out the RNPLS&T’s materials, souvenirs, and the invitations to take part in the Twenty Third International Conference LIBCOM-2019.