Reminder: ARL Advanced Licensing Workshop

[Mary Case <marycase@arl.org>]

Please excuse the duplication.

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Association of Research Libraries
Advanced Licensing Workshop
June 14-16, 2004
Hotel Grand Pacific
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Sponsored by COPPUL (Council of Prairie and Pacific University 
Libraries)

Schedule:   The workshop begins at 1:00 p.m. on Monday, June 14
(registration will begin at 12:30 p.m.) and concludes at noon on
Wednesday, June 16.

Purpose and Overview:

This workshop, which will include copyright and legal information 
specific to Canada, will:

1. deepen participants' understanding of license terms and conditions 
  through several hands-on license review exercises;
2. help participants understand, evaluate, and minimize the risks in 
  licensing electronic resources;
3. provide strategies to participants on how to protect their legal and 
  business interests when working with consortia; and
4. review strategies for getting past no in difficult negotiations.

Topics covered will include:

            Risk Assessment - The Perspective of Licensees
            Risk Assessment - The Perspective of Licensors
            Working with Consortia
            Understanding Legal Language
            Legislative Update
            Pricing Models and Strategies
            Getting Past No

Optional group discussion sessions with the trainers will be offered on
Tuesday evening.   Session topics will be:

A. Consortia
B. Legal Issues
C. Process and User Issues

Target Audience:

The workshop is open to librarians who have participated in ARL's License
Review and Negotiation workshop or who have had a minimum of one year's
experience reviewing and negotiating license agreements for their library
or consortium.

Workshop Leaders:

* Angee Baker-McAfee, President, The McAfee Group
* Trisha Davis, Head, Serials and Electronic Resources Department, The 
 Ohio State University Libraries
* Samuel Trosow, Assistant Professor, Law and Information Media 
 Studies, University of Western Ontario
* Lee Anne George, Publications Program Officer, Association of 
 Research Libraries

For registration and hotel information, see 
<http://www.arl.org/scomm/licensing/advlic.html>

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Mary M. Case
Director, Office of Scholarly Communication
Association of Research Libraries
Suite 800
21 Dupont Circle, NW
Washington, DC  20036
202-296-2296 x112
202-872-0884 (fax)
marycase@arl.org
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