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-## Licensing Basics
-**Date: Mon 17 Mar 2019**
-This week we start our two week coverage on licensing issues, and this
-is because licensing is at the top of the list of most important aspects
-of electronic resource management.
-The readings are pretty straightforward, but let's preview some of the basics,
-which are nicely outlined in Weir (2016) (not in the reading):
-- There is a difference between copyright law and contract law, and in short,
-  contract law overrides copyright law. This is how, for example, authors may
-  sign over their copyrights to publishers, among other things.
-- There are two general types of licensing agreements:
-    - End user agreements are generally the kind that people accept when they
-      use some kind of software or some service.
-    - Site agreements are the kinds of agreements librarians get involved in
-      when they negotiate for things like databases. Here, site refers to the
-      organizational entity.
-- There are several important parts of a standard license. They include:
-    - Introductions: this includes information about the licensee and the
-      licensor, date information, some information about payments and the
-      schedule.
-    - Definitions: this section defines the major terms of the contract. Weir
-      (2016) includes, as examples, the licensee, the licensor, authorized
-      user, user population, and whether the contract entails a single or
-      multi-user site.
-    - Access: This may cover topics such as IP authentication and proxy access.
-    - Acceptable use: Include here issues related to downloading, storage,
-      print rights, ILL, preservation.
-    - Prohibited use: What can't people do -- download restrictions, etc.
-    - Responsibilities: What is the licensee (the library) responsible for. Be
-      careful about accepting responsibility for actions that the library would
-      have a difficult time monitoring. Then also, what is the licesor
-      responsible for. This might include topics such as 24 hour access and
-      like.
-    - Term and terminations: Details about the terms of the contract and how
-      the contract may be terminated. Be aware that many libraries are attached
-      to either municipal, county, or state government and must adhere to
-      relevant laws as such.
-    - various provisions
-As an example, the California Digital Library, via the University of
-California, provides a [checklist][1] and a copy of their standard license
-agreement.
-[1]:https://www.cdlib.org/gateways/vendors/checklist.html
-The checklist covers four main sections and is well worth a read:
-- Content and Access
-- Licensing
-- Business
-- Management
-We also have three additional readings this week. One of the readings covers
-SERU: A Shared Electronic Resource Understanding, by NISO. We also have a short
-article by Regan that provides some guidelines on becoming competent on
-licensing.
-[SERU][2], Shared Electronic Resource Understanding, is another NISO
-collaborative document that helps standardize some aspects of the licensing
-process and also can be used as "an alternative to a license agreement" if
-a provider and a library agrees to its use. Like the standard licensing
-structure that Weir (2016) outlines, SERU also includes parts that describe
-use, inappropriate use, access, and more, but also posits other stipulations,
-such as confidentiality and privacy.
-[2]:https://groups.niso.org/apps/group_public/download.php/8593/RP-7-2012_SERU.pdf
-The other reading is the [NASIG Core Competencies for Electronic Resources
-Librarians][3]. This doesn't specifically cover licensing, but I added it to
-this week's reading list for a couple of reasons. First, it's a reminder that
-when we talk about electronic resource management, we talk about
-a comprehensive list of responsibilities, skills, technologies, and more, and
-I need to keep reminding you of this. Second, because the Regan reading
-specifically mentions these competencies, and I thought it would good to
-introduce them here, even though many of you have already commented on them in
-previous discussion forums.
-[3]:https://www.nasig.org/site_page.cfm?pk_association_webpage_menu=310&pk_association_webpage=7802
-This week, after reading the material, I want you to focus on the Regan article
-and some of the questions raised there. Regan raises important questions about
-the licensing process and about effective communication and advocacy. This
-week, I want you to comment on these things, and I want you to answer some of
-the questions that Regan raises. You can do that by searching the web and
-library websites. In fact, at the beginning of the semester I asked you to
-subscribe to the SERIALST email list. It's now time to draw upon that and any
-discussions you've seen in those lists that are related. You can usually search
-the archives of those lists, if you want. Regan also mentions some other
-sources, such as [LIBLICENSE][4] and [copyrightlaws.com][5]. Any of these are
-fair game for discussing, but the latter is a commercial entity that provides
-material and tutorials for a kind of tuition. It might be useful to know about
-but explore only if you want. However, LIBLICENSE provides model licenses as
-well as links to [additional model licences][6], including the above mentioned
-California Digital Library Standard License Agreement. The LIBLICENSE model
-license includes even more details, such as types of authorized uses, and the
-new ones include:
-- course reserves
-- courepacks
-- electronic links
-- scholarly sharing
-- scholarly citation
-- text and data mining
-[4]:http://liblicense.crl.edu/
-[5]:https://www.copyrightlaws.com/
-[6]:http://liblicense.crl.edu/licensing-information/model-license/
-## References
-Regan, S. (2015). Lassoing the Licensing Beast: How Electronic Resources
-Librarians Can Build Competency and Advocate for Wrangling Electronic Content
-Licensing. The Serials Librarian, 68(1–4), 318–324.
-https://doi.org/10.1080/0361526X.2015.1026225
-Weir, R. O. (2012). Licensing Electronic Resources and Contract Negotiation. In
-R. O. Weir (Ed.), Managing electronic resources: a LITA guide. Chicago: ALA
-TechSource, an imprint of the American Library Association.
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