Dear Colleagues,

You are cordially invited to the ALCTS Electronic Resources Interest
Group meeting at ALA Annual in New Orleans.

When: Saturday, June 24th, 2006, 10:30AM-12:30PM
Location: New Orleans Marriott, Mardi Gras D

Title: Current Developments in E-Resource Licensing and Rights: What
You and Your Institution Need to Know

Abstract: Electronic resources, whether commercially licensed or
created in-house, carry with them a myriad of complex issues.
Deciphering the legal terminology found in contracts between libraries
and vendors can be a daunting task. In addition, born digital created
projects and digitization projects and programs implicate copyright as
well as other areas of the law including privacy, the right of
publicity and donor or author agreements.
Merely understanding the basic rights to use licensed resources poses
a challenge. Our speakers will shed some light on deciphering and
recording necessary licensing and rights metadata in local systems. We
will get up-to-date information on developments in licensing and
rights at the California Digital Library and as well as news about the
ongoing work being done by the ERMI/ONIX/NISO joint effort to develop
an XML license expression format.

Speakers:

Dr. Sharon E. Farb, Director, Digital Collection Management and
Licensing, UCLA Library

Karen Coyle, Digital Libraries Consultant

Nathan D. M. Robertson, Electronic Resources Librarian, University of
Maryland Law Library

There will be plenty of time for Q and A. Please join us!

Angela Riggio
Chair, Electronic Resources Interest Group ariggio@library.ucla.edu

Allene Hayes
Vice-Chair, Electronic Resources Interest Group ahay@loc.gov