From: Ann Okerson <aokerson_at_pantheon.yale.edu>
10 January 1997
The Yale University Library, Commission on Preservation & Access, and the
Council on Library Resources are pleased to announce the creation of
LIBLICENSE-L, an internet discussion list on the topic of Electronic
Content Licensing for Academic & Research Libraries. This list will be
of value to librarians, information providers, publishers, attorneys
in the field, and other interested parties.
To join the list, which will become active as of 15 January 1997, please
do the following:
Send a message to:
listproc_at_pantheon.yale.edu
Leave the subject line blank.
In the body of the message, type:
subscribe LIBLICENSE-L Firstname Lastname
The list's owners are Rodney Stenlake, Esq. (rodney.stenlake_at_yale.edu)
and Ann Okerson (ann.okerson_at_yale.edu), both of Yale University.
You should contact them if there are any problems.
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This list is moderated. The list moderator is Rodney Stenlake, Esq.,
Consultant to the Yale Library/Commission on Preservation and Access's
Electronic Content Licensing Project. All messages will automatically be
sent to Mr. Stenlake for vetting for the list.
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ABOUT THE LIBLICENSE-L FORUM:
LIBLICENSE-L is an outgrowth of the Electronic Content
Licensing Project, whose URL is:
http://www.library.yale.edu/~Llicense/index.shtml
LIBLICENSE-L is a moderated list for the discussion of issues
related to the licensing of digital information by academic and research
libraries. Increasingly, libraries are being inundated with information
created in digital format and transmitted and accessed via computers. This
list is designed to assist librarians and others concerned with the
licensing of information in digital format in dealing with some of the
unique challenges faced by this new medium. Information providers
(creators, publishers and vendors) who deal with libraries are welcomed as
members of liblicense-l. Potential areas of discussion include:
* Drafting library and educational license agreements for digital
information content
* Insuring that license agreements do not inordinately restrict
the use of digital information
* Reconciling license agreements with the fair use provisions of
the U.S.Copyright Act
* International agreements relating to the copyright of databases
and other digital information in their relationship to content licenses
* Modifications of the U.S. Copyright Act as this relates to
digital content licenses
* Privacy and security issues relating to the use of licensed
digital information via license
* Interlibrary loans of digital information in the way these
relate to library content licenses.
We welcome your contributions and discussion.
Received on Tue Jan 14 1997 - 09:27:51 EST