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| Format: | Recurso educativo Open Access |
| Language: | en |
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1999
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| Online Access: | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED428777 |
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- Interpreting and Negotiating Licensing Agreements: A Guidebook for the Library, Research, and Teaching Professions. Bielefield, Arlene Cheeseman, Lawrence Access to Information Check Lists Computer Software Contracts Copyrights Elementary Secondary Education Evaluation Criteria Fair Use (Copyrights) Federal Legislation Glossaries Guidelines Higher Education Information Technology Internet Laws Legal Responsibility Libraries Library Materials This guide is designed to help librarians, researchers, and teachers understand and negotiate licensing agreements for electronic resources. Chapter 1 is an introduction to contract law. Chapter 2 describes the various types of licensing agreements, including shrink-wrap, Webwrap, and custom licenses that are negotiated clause-by-clause; examples are provided to illustrate common uses of these types of licenses and their ramifications for schools and libraries. A clause-by-clause examination of licenses is presented in chapter 3, including a chart offering examples of each clause, explaining its meaning, and noting what cautions should be exercised in interpreting it. Chapter 4 is designed to help prevent the signing away of special rights accorded to institutions by copyright law. Chapter 5 addresses how to determine which licenses are likely to be negotiable and which are not; the negotiation process and ways to use it effectively are described. Appendices include: (1) a checklist for evaluating licenses; (2) the text of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998: Provisions Relating to Libraries and Archives; (3) and the text of the International Coalition of Library Consortia's "Statement of Current Perspective and Preferred Practices for the Selection and Purchase of Electronic Information." Contains a glossary and an index. (AEF)