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RVM Products and Services

RVM offers a vast range of products and services, in continuous development, to meet your indexing needs for all types of documents on all subjects.

  • RVM products

    RVMWeb

    RVMWeb offers subscribers the following features

    • daily updates to the thesauruses
    • a powerful search engine
    • navigation through the semantic network of the authorities
    • numerous specialized indexes for each thesaurus
    • a set of filters for fine-tuning search results
    • user-friendly and relevant results display
    • ability to display, download, email, and print records in thesaurus, MARC 21 or public display
    • ability to download one by one or by batch in different linked data format format
    • My RVM: to customize your search and display environment
    • Default search mode (basic, browse, advanced)
    • Search history
    • Filters automatically on or off
    • Go to My RVM (subscribers only) 

     

    The thesauruses

    RVM offers 5 thesauruses to meet your specific indexing needs

    • RVM (Topics): subject headings and subdivisions 
    • RVMGF: genre/form terms
    • RVMMEM: medium of performance terms for music
    • RVMGD: demographic group terms
    • RVMFAST: faceted post-coordinated vocabulary without free floating subdivisions

     

    Learn more

     

    Subscription plans

    RVM offers various subscription plans as well as the option of choosing products and services à la carte. 

    Acquisition

    This plan includes

    • The purchase and import of RVM thesauruses
    • Monthly updates to RVM thesauruses

     

    Purchase this plan 

     

    Basic acquisition and subscription

    This plan includes

    • The purchase and import of RVM thesauruses
    • Monthly updates to RVM thesauruses
    • Annual subscription to RVMWeb

     

    Purchase this plan 

     

    Advanced acquisition and subscription

    This plan includes

    • The purchase and import of RVM thesauruses
    • Annual subscription to RVMWeb
    • Subscription to automated translation by batch and one by one

     

    Purchase this plan 

     

    À la carte

    Ability to pick and choose the products and services you want from the following

    • The purchase and import of RVM thesauruses
    • Monthly updates to RVM thesauruses
    • Annual subscription to RVMWeb
    • Subscription to automated translation
    • by batch
    • one by one
    • Free trial: one week of access to the search engine for the 4 thesauruses 

     

    Purchase an à la carte subscription 

  • RVM services

    New and modified authorities

    With RVM you can consult new or modified in the 4 thesauruses

     

    Requests for the creation, equivalence, or modification of authorities

    RVM subscribers can submit requests for the creation, equivalence, or modification of authorities for their own specific indexing needs.

    Make a request to RVM 

     

    Automated translation of authorities

    The automated translation of authorities service allows subscribers to translate RVM (Topics) authorities found in the bibliographic records, from English to French or French to English

    • one by one
    • by batch
    • by retrospective batch

     

    Subscribe to automated translation 

     

    Training

    The RVM team offers self-training tools designed for indexers. You will find them here (in French only). 

     

  • Pricing

    RVMWeb pricing 2023

    The following subscription options are available

    • 1-month nonrenewable subscription: 112 $
    • 3-month subscription: 30% of the annual subscription price
    • 12-month subscription
      • Rate A - for
      • school, college and academic libraries, according to the number of pupils or students enrolled
      • specialized documentation centers, depending on the number of employees or members of the parent organization
      • Rate B - for
      • municipal libraries, according to the population of the municipality
      • regional services centers for public libraries, according to the population of the region
      • national and provincial libraries, according to the population of the province or country

     

    Renewal rate applies only to existing customers subscribed to RVM online for at least one year and ceases to apply if the subscription is interrupted.

    Rate A Rate B Subscription Renewal
    1 to 2 499 1 to 4 999 1 287 $ 1 053 $
    2 500 to 3 999 5 000 to 9 999 1 622 $ 1 281 $
    4 000 to 5 999 10 000 to 24 999 1 928 $ 1 545 $
    6 000 to 9 999 25 000 to 49 999 2 257 $ 1 806 $
    10 000 to 19 999 50 000 to 99 999 2 544 $ 2 052 $
    20 000 to 29 999 100 000 to 149 999 2 882 $ 2 305 $
    30 000 to 39 999 150 000 to 199 999 3 541 $ 2 690 $
    40 000 to 49 999 200 000 to 299 999 4 166 $ 3 196 $
    50 000 and over 300 000 and over 4 997 $ 3 800 $

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

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    • commercial services for document processing
    • subscription 4 701 $
    • renewal 3 575 $ per year

     

    RVM acquisition pricing 2023

    Before purchasing thesaurus files, users must sign a license agreement authorizing the use of RVM thesauruses. To establish the basic file acquisition and updating fee, Université Laval must know how many records are contained in your library or documentation center catalogue as well as how many new records are added each year. A proposal including rates is then submitted for your approval.

     

    Automated translation pricing 2023

    The automated translation of authorities service only applies to RVM (Topics) authorities. Only subscribers can use this service. A base rate and use fee, either per record (batch translation) or per authority (piecemeal translation) will be billed annually. Special rates are available for retrospective translation of authorities already in your catalogue.

     

    Rates for Academic Institutions

    Annual base subscription

    • fee per Full-time student equivalent (Équivalent Étudiants Temps Complet (EETP)) 0,10 $/EETP

     

    PLUS

    • service fee
      • routine operations - by batch translation : 0.60 $/record processed
      • routine operations - one by one translation: 0.25 $/heading translated
      • routine operations - by batch translation: 0.60 $/record processed
      • retrospective operations - by batch translation: 0.50 $/record processed MINUS discount after 25,000 records per year

     

    DISCOUNT

    Records for translation   % discount

    25 000 to 49 999                  5 %

    50 000 to 74 999                  10 %

    75 000 to 99 999                  20 %

    100 000 to 199 999             30 %

    200 000 to 299 999             40 %

    300 000 to 399 999             50 %

    400 000 to 499 999             60 %

    500 000 to 599 999             70 %

    600 000 to 699 999             80 %

    700 000 to 799 999             80 %

    800 000 to 899 999             80 %

    900 000 and over                80 %

     

    Municipal, Government, and other rates

    Annual base subscription

    • based on total number of records processed

     

    Records / year       Base price   

    1 to 2 499                 250 $

    2 500 to 9 999         500 $

    10 000 to 19 999     1 000 $

    20 000 to 24 999     1 500 $

    25 000 to 29 999     2 000 $

    30 000 to 34 999     3 000 $

    35 000 to 39 999     4 000 $

    40 000 to 49 999     5 000 $

    50 000 to 74 999     8 000 $

    75 000 to 79 999     9 000 $

    80 000 to 99 999     10 000 $

    100 000 and over   10 000 $

     

    PLUS

    • service fee
      • routine operations - by batch translation: 0.60 $/record processed
      • routine operations - one by one translation: 0.25 $/heading translated
      • retrospective operations - by batch translation: 0.50 $/record processed MINUS discount after 10,000 records per year

     

    DISCOUNT

    Records for translation   % discount

    10 000 to 14 999                 5 %

    15 000 to 19 999                 10 %

    20 000 to 24 999                 15 %

    25 000 to 29 999                 20 %

    30 000 to 34 999                 25 %

    35 000 to 49 999                 30 %

    50 000 to 74 999                 35 %

    75 000 to 99 999                 40 %

    100 000 and over               40 %