Re: university of chicago new license scheme

[Matt Person <mperson@mbl.edu>]

The terms are similar to any reasonable license.

I should also add that they have a two tier access option - the 
first tier is for a single concurrent user: in this situation you 
are only offered the "Terms and Conditions"; in the second tier 
you have campus wide + remote access: in this instance you still 
have "Terms and Conditions", and you are given the opportunity to 
negotiate a further license, if that is what your institution 
needs.

Matt Person

Joseph Esposito wrote:

> I would be interested to learn more about this.  Are the terms 
> in "Terms and Conditions" the same as in a "signed license" 
> except for the absence of a signature?
>
> Joe Esposito
>
> On 11/21/06, Matt Person <mperson@mbl.edu> wrote:
> > I have just received notice from the University of Chicago Press
> > that they no longer require a formal signed license from an
> > institution, replaced by "Terms and Conditions of Use of
> > Electronic Journals." I find this a very interesting development.
> > Is this a new trend (or one solution) to licensing challenges? (I
> > am new to handling licenses at my institution).
> >
> > Matthew Person
> > Serials Librarian
> > MBLWHOI Library
> > MBL Biological Discovery in Woods Hole
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