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[Liblicense-L Listowner <liblicen@pantheon.yale.edu>]

From: lamours@email.unc.edu
To: liblicen@pantheon.yale.edu
Subject: Alternatives to licensing

[MOD NOTE:  See also the "short form" license on the LIBLICENSE 
web site, at: 
<http://www.library.yale.edu/~llicense/modlic.shtml>

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I wonder if you could post the following survey for me.

(Please excuse cross posting)

I'd like to invite you to participate in a very brief survey on 
licensing:

Librarians - http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=684101858013

Publishers http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=74911857394

The survey should take only 5 to 10 minutes.  There are two 
sections:  a 9-question section for Librarians, and a 7-question 
section for Publishers. The deadline for completion is Friday, 
March 17, 2006.

Results will be discussed in the session "Alternatives to 
Licensing: Re-Imagining Agreement" presented during the upcoming 
Electronic Resources and Libraries Conference (March 23-25: 
http://www.electroniclibrarian.org/conf2006/schedule.htm)

Judy Luther, of Informed Strategies, and I have been in 
conversation with publishers and librarians about the feasibility 
of developing a Best Practices document that could, at least in 
some circumstances, substitute for a site license.  This short 
survey is designed to provide some background information on how 
libraries and publishers regard licenses, and how much of a 
bottleneck to access licensing might be.

We hope you are able to take a few minutes to complete the 
survey.  If you have a continuing interest in the topic, we 
invite you to contact us and join in the conversation.

-Selden

Our Contact Information:

Judy Luther MLS, MBA
www.InformedStrategies.com
610-645-7546 EDT

Selden Durgom Lamoureux
Electronic Resources Librarian, Acquisitions Department
CB#3938, Davis Library, University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890 U.S.A.
phone: (919) 962-1067   Fax: (919) 962-4450
email: Selden_Lamoureux@unc.edu
url: http://www.lib.unc.edu/acq/