Survey on Electronic Resources of Higher Education and Research Institutions

This dataset presents the results of the ERE survey of higher education and research institutions. This survey is conducted for the Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation (MESRI) by the Couperin Consortium (https://www.couperin.org/) among French higher education institutions whether or not they are members of this consortium. This survey makes it possible to identify the means (in EUR) used by the higher education and research documentary system for the acquisition of electronic documentary resources. This census is subject to different biases: reporting biases (non-response from some institutions, lack of a comprehensive view of purchased resources, input errors), biases related to Couperin’s cross-checks with negotiators’ information, and biases related to the procurement process. It is estimated that the expenditure census produced by the Electronic Resources Survey covers more than 90 % of the expenditure on electronic resources. Data from 11 institutions are grouped within the same group “Other institutions” (University of Corse Pasquale Paoli, Agrosup Dijon, Université Paris-Sud (Paris 11), Institut national des sciences Appliiques de Lyon (INSA de Lyon), Université Panthéon-Assas, Université Paris Dauphine — PSL, École nationale supérieure des sciences agronomiques de Bordeaux Aquitaine (Bordeaux Sciences Agro), American university of Paris, Institut Pasteur, National Office for Aerospace Studies and Research (ONERA), Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)).