ABOUT THE COMMERCIAL DIGEST

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This week's digest contains 2 messages:
1) E-Resources Licensing Webinar - Still Time to Register
2) Upcoming classes from Lyrasis

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Message #1

Subject: E-Resources Licensing Webinar - Still Time to Register
From: "Cynthia Hodgson" <chodgson@niso.org>
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2009 10:45:16 -0400

Don't miss NISO's two-part webinar on E-Resources Licensing: The Good, The
Bad, The Ugly to be held on September 9 and 16, 2009. Register for both
webinars and receive a 25% discount!

Part I of the webinar will provide an introduction to the basics of a
license agreement as a legal contract. Participants will learn about basic
legal terminology common to most licenses and what terms should be included
or excluded as part of the negotiation. Mapping of the license terms to an
ERM will be reviewed along with an introduction to the ONIX for Publication
Licenses (ONIX-PL) schema as the mapping standard.

Part II of the webinar will review key terms in an agreement as highlighted
in a sample license. The NISO Shared E-Resource Understanding (SERU)
recommended practice will be introduced and compared to the sample license.
The terms from the sample agreement that need to be mapped to the ERM will
be highlighted. Two different agreements will be compared to show the
differences or overlap in license terms.

Speakers for both parts of the Licensing webinars will be:

    *  Trisha L. Davis, Associate Professor, Rights Management Coordinator,
and Head, Serials & E-Resources Department, The Ohio State University
Libraries

    *  Clinton Chamberlain, Professional Librarian, University of Texas
Libraries

You can register for either webinar or both. Register for both webinars
<https://www.regonline.com/2parts> and receive a 25% discount! Registration
is per site (access for one computer) and includes access to the online
recorded archive of the webinar. NISO and NASIG members receive a discounted
member rate. A student discount is also available. Can't make it on the
webinar date? Register and gain access to the recorded archive for one year.

For more information and to register, visit the event webpages:

Part 1: http://www.niso.org/news/events/2009/eresources09

Part 2: http://www.niso.org/news/events/2009/licensing09

This message has been cross-posted.

Cynthia Hodgson
NISO Technical Editor Consultant
National Information Standards Organization
Email: chodgson@niso.org
Phone: 301-654-2512

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Message #2:

Subject: Upcoming classes from Lyrasis
From: Marlee Givens <marlee.givens@lyrasis.org>
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2009 14:49:56 -0400

Please excuse cross-posting.

The following classes will be brought to you soon by Lyrasis, online and
around the region. For more information or to register, please visit
www.lyrasis.org. Keyword: Classes and Events. Please keep an eye out for
our weekly discount codes as part of our educational stimulus program
and save when you register for certain classes.

These classes are also posed to the Check It Out! Blog (www.libraryblog.net)

Practical Approaches to Information Literacy (Live Online)
09/29/2009 - 10/01/2009, 10:00am-12:00pm EST, three consecutive days
SAVE $25 when you register. Enter discount code PAIL090929

OCLC WorldCat Resource Sharing Beyond the Basics (Live Online)
09/29/2009 - 09/30/2009, 2:00pm-4:00pm EST, two consecutive days
SAVE $25 when you register. Enter discount code WCRS090929

Introduction to Scanning (Live Online)
09/29/2009, 2:00pm-4:00pm EST

Digital Library Program Development (Live Online)
09/29/2009 - 10/01/2009, 2:00pm-4:00pm EST, three consecutive days

Foundations of Reference Service for Non-librarians (Live Online)
09/29/2009 - 09/30/2009, 2:00pm-4:00pm EST, two consecutive days

Disaster Recovery for Museum Collections
09/30/2009, 2:00pm-4:00pm EST

Government Resources on the Web and Beyond (Live Online)
09/30/2009 - 10/01/2009, 2:00pm-4:00pm EST, two consecutive days

Lyrasis also has a selection of On Demand classes which may be purchased
for download at any time:
http://www.lyrasis.org/Products%20and%20Services/Catalog.aspx?Department=On%20Demand%20Class&Tab=2

Please contact Lyrasis at 1-800-999-8558 if you have any questions. Thanks!