Open Access Journal Collections

1. Negotiations Mechanisam for Hosting PDF on License tracking
responsibilities Single most important license topic of concern informing users server capability applications
No Price No Yes Seerials Solutions
Sample clauses into the contract,for interlibrary loan walk-in user,
Yes access, off campus usage etc. No Yes No, but soon
Getting a handle on the current licenses in force and how they might
be improved with current vendors and how those relate to future
negotiations with the same and new vendors. This responsibility is Yes, but could be
Yes newly acquired and there are many gaps in the documentation. improved Yes No
When vendors/publishers like Sage & Wiley-Blackwell change their Yes..but I do not think
Yes invoicing models! No we do it No
It feels like more of a chess match or a poker game than library work Basics on blog and
No sometimes! wiki Do not know No
Crerating license
database, after
entering URLs, will No. Thinking about
Being able to spot everything that needs to be changed and putting be able to inform building something in-
From this month together the best language to change it. users Yes house.
Yes Ensuring that we get the best possible deal No Yes No
New to job, no experience, looking for components of the agreement
Yes and what to look for in each secrtion. No No No
No since we are a
publisher we track via
Yes, work for a The effect of price increases on research journals’ renewals, if user customer
publisher base is small and it appears usage is low Yes, website Yes management systems.
Finding a way to ensure our users are aware of the relevant language
relating to fair use of the product. Language that allows remote access Sort of. We could be
Yes to our products. No Yes doing it better.
Negotiate and
mangee but do not
sign it Indemnification No Yes No
It’s a toss up between bundling of large numbers of journals into a
single license and non-disclosure clauses in licenses (including, the
No fact that you can’t disclose the terms of the license). Yes Not Applilcable Not applicable
No single topic: evenly distributed are questions related to PDF of agreement
Yes Indemnification clause, and hosting of our content on our web site No certain No

2. Fair usage rights for using, printing, downloading, copying, e-mailing,
ILL, course packs, course reserves, electronic links, and persistent
No URLs No Yes Yes
Contact for
departmental
library, rest Included in the
handled cetrally Access by IP address range, not by username and password OPAC record No idea Yes, Centrally.
How to get better price deal. do vendors have a legal right to make
offers to institutions which are undisclosable/private? The year FTE
is based on? How to counteract arbitrary policies? How do I make Consortium does Yes, but we do not
Yes sure that I have a place at the table? not inform (but we need to do it) yes
We make licenses
I am on publishing downloadable. No
side, sign the When institutions was to make location specific changes. SERU idea if librareis do yes..on the publishing
licenses should be a good option for small contracts/institutions. that. site Not applicable
Yes, along with Add notes to the
other members of records in our
the mgmt.team Not allowing electronic ILL or having to print copy before sending catalog yes No
Recently inherited ERM used
the position. Do Information stored minmally…rely on
not negotiate at in ERM, but hard copies that are
all…want to learn accessible only by overflowiing in the
the process Interlibrary loan few people Yes cabinet.
Not current …are in Yes…currently files
the process of are saved on a Currently in the
Understanding and interpreting legal langueage correctly..what to entering data into network drive..hope process of
Yes negotiate at the point of order or renewal the ERMS to migrate soon implementation