ALA Midwinter Meeting Announcement (ALA/ALCTS-SS RLDG)

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Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006
From: Laura Kane McElfresh (Emory Univ.) <lmcelfr_at_emory.edu>
Subject: ALA Midwinter Meeting Announcement (ALA/ALCTS-SS RLDG)

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Dear Colleagues,

You are invited to attend the ALCTS-SS Research Libraries Discussion 
Group session at the 2006 ALA Midwinter Meeting in San Antonio, TX.  
Our discussion, "Breaking Up the Licensing Logjam", will explore 
standardization and best-practices that can help ease licensing of 
electronic resources, particularly from small publishers.

The meeting will take place from 10:30 am - 12:30 pm on Saturday, 21 
January in the St. Anthony Hotel, Georgian Room.  On behalf of the 
panelists, we hope to see you there for an interesting and informative 
session!

Sincerely,

Laura Kane McElfresh, Chair
Selden Durgom Lamoureux, Vice-Chair/Chair Elect
ALCTS-SS Research Libraries DG

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BREAKING UP THE LICENSING LOGJAM
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Panelists:
 - Judy Luther, Informed Strategies LLC, and President Elect of the 
Society for Scholarly Publishing
 - Selden Durgom Lamoureux, Electronic Resources Librarian at UNC Chapel

Hill


Description:

Since journals and databases became available on the Web, librarians and

publishers have gone through the learning curve on licensing.  While 
there are generally acceptable terms, every publisher and library has 
potentially unique requirements. 

For large publishers the cost to negotiate terms separately with each 
library can be spread across hundreds of titles.  However, there are 
hundreds of small publishers making a few electronic titles available 
and in many cases, the cost of handling the license exceeds the cost of 
the product. 

For publishers, the current model does not scale down.  For librarians, 
there is an increasing backlog of licenses.  In an industry desperate to

reduce prices, and in libraries eager to supply access, it may be time 
to rethink our approach to small publishers whom librarians especially 
want to support.  In an effort to find a solution and break through the 
licensing logjam, two approaches will be presented for discussion.
 
The first is a proposal from Judy Luther for a "Best Practices" document

that replaces a negotiated contract, modeled after successes of library 
/ publisher initiatives like Project COUNTER.  The second is a pilot 
study and follow up research on use of a library "Standard" license.

ALCTS-SS Research Libraries DG
"Breaking Up the Licensing Logjam"
Sat. 21 Jan. 2006
10:30 am - 12:30 pm
St. Anthony Hotel, Georgian Rm.

-- 
Laura Kane McElfresh, Chair, ALCTS-SS Research Libraries DG	
Serials Cataloger
Mathematics & Computer Science Librarian
Dance Librarian

Emory University                   Phone: 404-727-1613
Woodruff Library                   Fax:   404-727-0053
Atlanta, GA 30322                  Email: lmcelfr_at_emory.edu

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