This document provides an overview of key aspects of e-resource license agreements, including users and access, permitted content usage and redistribution, content ownership and usage reporting, performance and payments. It recommends reading many licenses to familiarize yourself with terms, following copyright developments, and getting professional help. License agreements should specify authorized users and access methods, permitted uses of content like course packs and text/data mining, perpetual access rights, downtime compensation, and usage reports. Ambiguous terms and auto-renewals should be avoided.

1. Overview of license agreements of e-resources
Navnath Pawar, Assistant Librarian, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad
Email: navnathp@iima.ac.in
Day 4, Group 1

2. Users and mode of access
¬ Authorised users (Students of long-duration and short duration programs, Faculty,
Staff, Walk-in users, Alumni)
¬ Mode of access (IP, Credential based)
¬ Remote access : Proxy, OpenAthens Single Sign On
¬ Concurrent users, Core users
¬ Authorised sites (Institutions with many campuses)
¬ Dashboard access
¬ User privacy

3. Permitted content usage and redistribution
¬ Use in course packs (Print and digital), electronic reserves
¬ Use in academic research publications with attribution
¬ Non-commercial
¬ Scholarly sharing among peers
¬ ILL
¬ No restrictions on browsing, downloading and printing
¬ Text and data mining / bulk download
¬ MARC records for integration to Discovery

4. Content ownership and usage reporting
¬ Perpetual access rights (Subscribed year / copyright year / back volumes)
¬ Upgrade Fee for new editions / Content addition
¬ Transferred titles archival access
¬ Platform maintenance or Annual maintenance charges
¬ CLOCKSS assurance
¬ Usage reporting as per COUNTER / SUSHI

5. Performance and payments
¬ Permitted duration of downtime and compensation for it
¬ Advance notifications for upgrade
¬ On-site / online training and support
¬ Local taxes (GST), TDS calculation
¬ Force majeure clause
¬ Jurisdiction

6. Say no to:
¬ Auto-renewal clause
¬ Multi-year commitments and deals
¬ Vague / ambiguous terminologies
¬ Restricted usage

7. Few tips
¬ Read as many license agreements as possible to familiarize yourself with legal terms
¬ Follow latest developments in the field of copyright and DRM
¬ Take help from professionals (Inside / outside the organization) if required
¬ Annexure to Standard Agreement wherever possible

8. References
¬ Claire Dygert & Jeanne M. Langendorfer (2014) Fundamentals of E-Resource
Licensing, The Serials Librarian, 66:1-4, 289-297, DOI: 10.1080/0361526X.2014.881236
¬ Patnaik, Rama K. (2014) Redefining users, access and rights of use: a new paradigm
in electronic libraries, Economic and Political Weekly, 49:51, 54-61
¬ http://liblicense.crl.edu/
¬ https://www.copyrightlaws.com/simple-guide-licensing-electronic-resources/