Re: Clarification on SERU proposal

[Karla Hahn <karla@arl.org>]

Perhaps it can't be said frequently enough that SERU is not 
intended to banish licenses or license negotiations. We do 
believe that both libraries and publishers suffer if we believe 
that we must have a uniquely negotiated license for EVERY 
e-resource transaction, no matter how small or how willing the 
parties are to rely on trust and existing law so they can invest 
their resources in other activities.

I think Sally's question is interesting, but agree with Ivy that 
it isn't really relevant to SERU beyond perhaps informing the 
decision every publisher (and library) makes in deciding whether 
they feel a license is necessary for any particular transaction. 
We say in our background documents and on our web site in several 
places that we believe many publishers and libraries will 
continue to want to negotiate licenses for many of their 
e-resource purchases. We're only trying to address the instances 
where it isn't.

We do know that OECD is far from alone in working without 
licenses even lacking a set of common understandings. We hope 
that SERU can enhance these transactions and increase their 
appeal for like-minded parties to other transactions.

Karla Hahn, Director
Office of Scholarly Communications
Association of Research Libraries
Washington, D.C. 20036
email: karla@arl.org

On Apr 25, 2007, at 9:26 PM, <Toby.GREEN@oecd.org>
<Toby.GREEN@oecd.org> wrote:

> I've never heard of anyone getting involved in legal proceedings,
> nor cutting off access. Our position is the same as Chicago's: we
> post some terms and conditions on our site, click-through is not
> required, we only negotiate licenses when our clients request
> one.
>
> Toby Green
> Head of Publishing
> OECD Publishing
> Public Affairs and Communications Directorate
> http://www.oecd.org/Bookshop
> http://www.SourceOECD.org  - our award-winning e-library
> http://www.oecd.org/OECDdirect  - our new title alerting service
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu
> [mailto:owner-liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu] On Behalf Of Sally
> Morris (Morris
> Associates)
> Sent: 25 April, 2007 1:45 AM
> To: liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu
> Subject: RE: Clarification on SERU proposal
>
> I'd love to know if anyone on this list, whether publisher or
> librarian, has ever been involved in legal proceedings because of
> infringement of an e-journal licence?  The publisher always has
> the 'ultimate sanction' of cutting off access - indeed, how many
> of you have even encountered this?
>
> Consultant, Morris Associates (Publishing Consultancy)
> Email:  sally@morris-assocs.demon.co.uk