Clarification on SERU proposal

["Judy Luther" <judy.luther@informedstrategies.com>]

Buddy,

While that sounds like an easy approach, there is a significant 
difference between SERU as a common understanding jointly 
developed by librarians and publishers and a click-through 
agreement that is considered one-sided.  Some libraries must 
treat click-throughs as a standard agreement which means they 
must still handle legal documents.  To avoid confusion we 
distinguish SERU as a "common understanding" rather than "terms 
and conditions" or an "agreement" which have a legal connotation. 
We suggest that publishers reference SERU and prefer that they 
link to it.

Judy Luther MLS, MBA
www.InformedStrategies.com
610-645-7546 EDT
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*To: < <mailto:liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu>
*Subject: RE: Clarification on SERU proposal
*From: "Pennington, Buddy D." < <mailto:penningtonb@umkc.edu>
*Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 18:33:31 EDT

Wouldn't it be possible for publishers who agree with the SERU
terms and conditions to simply use that for their click-through
agreements?

Buddy Pennington
Serial Acquisitions Librarian
University of Missouri - Kansas City
University Libraries
www.umkc.edu/lib