Re: Good news from Nature re: pricing confidentiality Sally Conard 28 Aug 2006 13:15 UTC

Don't know if we have any licenses with confidentiality agreements, but
does Kansas have this requirement?

Sally

>>> Jacquie Samples <jacquie_samples@NCSU.EDU> 8/25/2006 4:21 PM >>>
I am glad to hear that they are willing to negotiate on this point.  I

know that in some states, or at least NC, public law mandates that
these
confidentiality clauses be removed for licenses for state institutions.

We wouldn't have been permitted to sign a license with Nature had they

not removed the clause.

Good news for everyone,
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Rick Anderson wrote:
> I have just received a message from my sales rep at Nature telling
me
> that the negotiated version of our license will no longer include
> language about pricing confidentiality -- and that, furthermore,
Nature
> will be posting its prices publicly as of September 1 of this year.
>
> Anyone who is planning to attend my SOLINET class on license
negotiation
> in Atlanta next month can expect this issue to be on the agenda.
:-)
>
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> Rick Anderson
> Dir. of Resource Acquisition
> University of Nevada, Reno Libraries
> (775) 784-6500 x273
> rickand@unr.edu
>