Licensing Courses by ARL

[Ann Okerson <ann.okerson@yale.edu>]

http://www.arl.org/training/licensing.html0

Licensing Review and Negotiation 

Course Dates 
This course is offered three times in 2005: 

April 4-May 6, 2005 
July 11-August 12, 2005 
September 19-October 21, 2005 
Registration Information

Cost: $500 ARL members / $575 nonmembers 
Deadline: Registration closes ten days prior to the course's start date. 
All online workshops are capped at 30 participants. 
Register Online 

Course Description

This Online Lyceum course was created in 2002 in response to the ongoing
demand for an introductory course that covers the basics of licensing
electronic information products for libraries. The course content
designers and facilitators are the same expert faculty who conducted this
popular workshop in person for over five years, and the course content is
continuously updated to reflect current licensing issues.

In this course you will: 

o Gain an understanding of the U.S. legal environment that affects the 
  licensing of electronic information products. 
o Explore the roles and needs of the various licensing stakeholders, from 
  user to library to licensor. 
o Become familiar with typical electronic product license terms and 
  conditions and what they really mean. 
o Learn to reduce risk for your institution, library, users, and yourself 
  during the license review and negotiation process. 
o Learn how to make the license negotiation go smoothly. 
o Develop a toolkit of materials to bring to your real-world licensing 
  work. 

This Online Lyceum course incorporates elements of both synchronous
(real-time) and asynchronous interaction with course facilitators and a
global peer network of up to 30 learners via a course bulletin board, chat
rooms, and regular e-mail. This course also includes interaction with
course facilitators via the submission of assignments which will be
reviewed and returned with feedback.

Visit the course homepage for a full introduction, course schedule, and
Quick Tour.

Target Audience

Librarians and other institutional staff who are relatively new to the
process of reviewing and negotiating licenses for electronic resources on
behalf of the library, the institution as a whole, or a consortium. Staff
who are involved in all aspects of license review and negotiation will
benefit from this course, including:

o Acquisitions and electronic resource librarians with responsibility for 
  reviewing and negotiating licenses for the library 
o Bibliographers, subject specialists, and others responsible for 
  recommending electronic resources 
o Information technology staff responsible for determining, implementing, 
  and supporting the technical requirements for electronic resources 
o Staff responsible for reviewing and signing licenses for electronic 
  library resources in the legal counsel's office 

Instructors/Course Creators 

o Becky Albitz, Electronic Resources and Copyright Librarian, Pennsylvania 
  State University (course instructor) 
o Angee Baker-McAfee, President, the McAfee Group (course creator) 
o Trisha Davis, Head, Serials and Electronic Resources Department, The 
  Ohio State University Libraries (instructor and course creator) 
o Karen Hersey, Senior Counsel for Intellectual Property, Massachusetts 
  Institute of Technology (Retired) (course creator) 

Time Commitment

A participant should plan to dedicate between 25 and 35 hours to this
course over the full five-week period. This will allow enough time to
review the course content and readings, participate in online asynchronous
discussion, attend weekly chat office hours, and complete course
activities and assignments.

Mark Your Calendar!  The April 4-May 6, 2005 course is still in the 
process of scheduling weekly office hours. 

Since we understand that not everyone may be able to make all the chat
sessions, these are an optional part of the Online Lyceum courses. Chat
sessions are recorded and copies of the transcripts are provided on the
discussion board, where the conversation can continue.
 
Certificates of Completion & CEUs 

Certificates of Completion will be issued to those participants who submit
all course assignments and a final online course evaluation form.  
Certificates will be mailed to participants within one month of completing
their course.

Eight (8) MLA continuing education contact hours are awarded upon the
successful completion of this course.

Technical Requirements

In order to participate in this online course, participants must have
access to a computer running:

Netscape Navigator 4.x or newer; or Internet Explorer 4.x or newer; 
Windows 95/98/NT 4.0 or newer; or Macintosh OS 7.x or newer, in order to 
properly support Java/Java Script; and 
RealPlayer 7.x or newer in order to run multimedia (HTML alternatives are 
available). To download the free RealOne Player, visit 
http://www.real.com/. 

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For more information, please contact the Online Lyceum
E-mail lyceum@arl.org - Phone 202-296-8656 - Fax 202-872-0884