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Master of License Negotiations Your Three Hour Degree for Learning Practical Strategies and TipsPre-Conference Workshop29th Annual Pre-conference and Conference: Issues in Book and Serial AcquisitionsNovember 4, 20099:00 A.M. – 12:00 P.M.PresenterAnjana H. BhattE-Resources LibrarianFlorida Gulf Coast UniversityE-mail: abhatt@fgcu.eduPhone: 239-590-7634References ARTICLES & BOOKS Alford, D. E. (2002). Negotiating and analyzing electronic license agreements. Law Library Journal, 94(4), 621-644. Anderson, R. (2006). Got a simple and innovative pricing model? you can keep it. Against the Grain, 18(3), 22, 24. Anderson, S. (2001). Statewide database licensing: Past life and future focus. Alki, 17(2), 16-17. Anglada i de Ferrer,Lluis M., & Comellas, N. (2002). What's fair? pricing models in the electronic era. Library Management, 23(4/5), 227-233. Baker, A. (2000). The impact of consortia on database licensing. Computers in Libraries, 20(6), 46-50. Bebbington, L. W. (2001). Managing content: Licensing, copyright and privacy issues in managing electronic resources. Legal Information Management, 1(2), 4-12. Best, R. D. (2007). The network of Alabama academic libraries and the consortial licensing of electronic databases. Against the Grain, 19(3), 16, 18, 20. Blosser, J. (2000). Vendors and licenses: Adding value for customers. The Serials Librarian, 38(1/2), 143-146. Brown, K.C. (2008). Tactics and terms in the negotiation of electronic resource licenses.  Book Chapter. Electronic Resource Management in Libraries; Research and Practice. Edited by Holly Yu & Scott Breivold. Pp 174-192.Carpenter, T. (2007). Standards column--ready to work without a license? NISO's shared E-resource understanding (SERU) working group. Against the Grain, 19(2), 92. Chamberlain, C. K. (2008). Breaking the bottleneck: Using SERU to facilitate the acquisition of electronic resources. College & Research Libraries News, 69(11), 700-702. Chandler, A. (2003). An application profile and prototype metadata management system for licensed electronic resources. College & Research Libraries News, 64(11), 705. Collins, M. (2007). SERU: An alternative to licensing--an interview with selden durgom lamoureux. Serials Review, 33(2), 122-128. Cox, J. (2009). As I see it!--to license or not to license? SERU's the question. Against the Grain, 21(1), 79-80. Davis,T.L. & Feather, C. (2008). The evolution of license content.  Book Chapter. Electronic Resource Management in Libraries; Research and Practice. Edited by Holly Yu & Scott Breivold. Pp 122-144.Duranceau, E. F. (2000). License tracking. Serials Review, 26(3), 69-73. Durrant, F. (2003). Negotiating an online contract. Legal Information Management, 3(1), 10-12. Elam, D. (2008). Negotiating contracts. AIIM E-Doc Magazine, , 34-35. Eschenfelder, K. R. (2008). Every library's nightmare? digital rights management, use restrictions, and licensed scholarly digital resources. 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The Serials Librarian, 52(1/2), 29-36. Johnson, J. L. (1999). License review and negotiation: Building a team-based institutional process. Library Collections, Acquisitions, and Technical Services, 23(3), 339-341. Kim, S. (2005). The pay-per-use revolution in the internet world. Online Information Review, 29(4), 419-421. Lawrence, E. (2000). Licensing: A publisher's perspective. The Serials Librarian, 38(1/2), 147-153. Learning to read licenses.(2002). The School Librarian's Workshop, 22(10), 2-3. Leiding, R. (2000). Understanding the licensing landscape: Highlights of the ACRL preconference. Library Collections, Acquisitions, and Technical Services, 24(2), 285-287. Masango, C. A. (2005). Digital licence agreements and their effects on acquisitions and academic library users. South African Journal of Library and Information Science, 71(2), 127-135. McGrath, M. (2003). The consortium site licence: Is it a sustainable model? 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Licensing in an electronic world: A word of advice. Against the Grain, 19(4), 18, 20. Pike, G. H. (2002). The delicate dance of database licenses, copyright, and fair use. Computers in Libraries, 22(5), 12-14, 63-4. Richards, R. C. (2000). Licensing agreements: Contracts, the eclipse of copyright, and the promise of cooperation. Publishing and the law. (pp. 89-107) Haworth Press; Haworth Press. Rolnik, Z., Lamoureux, S., & Smith, K. A. (2008). Alternatives to licensing of E-resources. The Serials Librarian, 54(3/4), 281-287. Rossignol, L. R. (2000). Realistic licensing or licensing realities: Practical advice on license agreements. The Serials Librarian, 38(3/4), 357-361. Rupp, N., & Mobley, L. (2007). Use of technology in managing electronic resource workflow. Against the Grain, 19(5), 18, 20, 22. Russell, C. (2003). Reading the fine print. School Library Journal, 49(1), 39. Ruth, L. B., & Collins, M. (2008). License mapping for ERM systems: Existing practices and initiatives for support. Serials Review, 34(2), 137-143. Schachter, D. (2006). The rules of negotiation. Information Outlook, 10(9), 8-9. Smith, S. (2008). Brewing the perfect blend of free and fee. EContent, 31(3), 20-24. Soules, A. & Ferullo, D.L. (2008). Copyright implications for electronic resources. Book Chapter. Electronic Resource Management in Libraries; Research and Practice. Edited by Holly Yu & Scott Breivold. Pp 145-173..Srivastava, S. D. (2002). Licensing electronic resources. The Serials Librarian, 42(1/2), 7-12. Srodin, S. (2004). \"
Let's make a deal!\"
 tips and tricks for negotiating content purchases. Online (Weston, Conn.), 28(4), 16-19. Teaster-Woods, G. (2002). Tackling the monolith: Licensing management at the consortial and local levels. The Serials Librarian, 42(3/4), 275-280. Tenopir, C. (2008). SERU: A licensing advance. Library Journal (1976), 133(10), 26. Yu, H. & Breivold, S. Eds. (2008) Electronic Resource Management in Libraries. Research and Practice. New York, Information Science, Reference, 2008.Watson, M. R. (2008). Licensing electronic resources: Is a lawyer in your future? Technicalities, 28(4), 1, 11-13. Wetzel, K. A. (2008). ONIX for publication licenses (ONIX-PL): Simplifying license expression. D-Lib Magazine, Will, L. G. (2008). Piercing the vendor veil. AALL Spectrum, 12(8), 24-5, 31. Woodberry, E. (2002). Copyright vs contract: Are they mutually exclusive? Australian Academic & Research Libraries, 32 part i.e.33 no4, 269-274. Wright, D. A. (2005). Library consortia: Do the models always work? Resource Sharing and Information Networks, 18(1/2), 49-60. WEB SITESMODEL LICENSES & LAWSGuide to Model Licenses http://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/model_licence/coll_guide_jiscmodel.aspx
Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998  http://www.copyright.gov/legislation/dmca.pdf
Liblicense: Licensing Digital Resources: a resource for Librarians: Model License, License Vocabulary, Licensing terms and descriptions, and bibliography.  http://www.library.yale.edu/~llicense/
Licensing Models (academic, consortia, public and special libraries).  http://www.licensingmodels.com/GUIDELINES AND SAMPLE CLAUSESNortheast Research Libraries Consortium Licensing Guidelines http://www.library.yale.edu/NERLpublic/licensingprinciples.html
American Association of Law Libraries Guidelines on the fair use of copyrighted works by Law Libraries.  http://www.aallnet.org/about/policy_fair.asp
Check list of points to be addressed in a CDL License Agreement. http://www.cdlib.org/vendors/checklist.html
Florida Center of Library Automation Consortium Guidelines  http://fclaweb.fcla.edu/uploads/cdygert/Licensing_Guidelines.pdf
Guidelines for Statistical Measures of Usage of Web-Based information Resources http://www.library.yale.edu/consortia/2001webstats.htm
IFLA Licensing Principles http://archive.ifla.org/V/ebpb/copy.htm.CONTU Guidelines, http://www.cni.org/docs/infopols/CONTU.htmlInternational Coalition of Library consortiums. http://www.library.yale.edu/consortia/ICOLC Privacy Guidelines. http://www.library.yale.edu/consortia/2002privacyguidelines.htmlSTANDARDS, CODES AND OTHER INFORMATIONSERU http://www.niso.org/committees/SERU/