Licensing and Managing Electronic Resources

✍ Scribed by Becky Albitz (Auth.)

• Publisher: Chandos Publishing
• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 195
• Series: Chandos Information Professional Series
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Libraries are licensing information resources in greater numbers then ever before.In order to negotiate and manage an ever-increasing number of licenses, libraries are either establishing Electronic Resource (ER) Librarian positions, or have been assigning these responsibilities to current staff. In both cases, few resources are available to acclimate new ER librarians to the diverse responsibilities associated with their position. An introduction and practical guide to the standard responsibilities ER librarians address daily. These include: knowing the rights libraries have as consumers of information under United States copyright law, understanding licensing terms and conditions, negotiating licenses to support the specific needs of the subscribing institution, and managing these resources once subscribed. Although every college and university is different, this book provides a framework within which the new ER librarian can learn the basics behind negotiating and managing their information resources effectively.

• Offers practical advice for the new electronic resources librarian
• Easy for the lay-person to understand
• Useful as a reference to specific terms, concepts, and issues related to electronic resource licensing

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Front matter, Pages i-iii
Copyright, Page iv
List of tables, Page vii
About the author, Page ix
Acknowledgements, Page xi
List of acronyms, Pages xiii-xiv
Legal note, Page xv
Introduction, Pages xvii-xxi
1 - Know your copyrights, Pages 1-21
2 - Who are you? Identifying your institution and its needs, Pages 23-35
3 - The license, Pages 37-81
4 - Successfully negotiating an agreement, Pages 83-120
5 - Selecting and managing titles in your electronic resources portfolio, Pages 121-146
6 - Model licenses and license alternatives, Pages 147-150
7 - Conclusion, Pages 151-152
Appendix I - Sample license: American Society of Basketry and Knitting, Pages 153-172
Appendix II - Conference on Fair Use - guidelines for educational multimedia copying limitations by media type, Pages 173-176
Appendix III - Institutional checklist, Pages 175-176
References, Page 177
Index, Pages 179-182