Costs and funding for electronic reserve materials

["Carl Johnson" <carl_johnson@byu.edu>]

I have been assigned the responsibility of providing some answers 
to the following questions and to recommend the "best" 
funding/budgeting/payment approach for library reserve licensing 
costs.

Fundamentally, what type of expense is this?

1.  University?

2.  Library?

3.  Bookstore?

4.  Student?

5.  Other?

What is the most efficient way to pay for this expense?

1.  Centrally---single entity?

2.  Shared with many entities?

What entities should be responsible for budgeting and paying for 
this expense?

1.  Library?

2.  Copyright Licensing Office?

3.  Colleges/Departments?

4.  Students?

What are the related issues/questions that need to be addressed?

1.  Implications for and effect on other similar costs?

2.  Is this issue interrelated to other issues/questions that 
need to be resolved?

3.  Will the present rate of growth for this activity continue or 
decline?

If anyone is willing to share your information or respond to these and
any related thoughts/questions, please contact me on or off this list.

Carl Johnson
Director, Copyright Licensing Office
Brigham Young University
801 422-3821 (O)
carl_johnson@byu.edu