Date: Wed, 30 Oct 1996 11:10:55 -0500
From: Mary Case <marycase@CNI.ORG>
Subject: ARL/CNI Licensing Electronic Resources

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dulication.

LICENSING ELECTRONIC RESOURCES:  THE STATE OF THE EVOLVING ART

   This workshop is co-sponsored by the Office of Scholarly Commun-
ication of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the
Coalition of Networked Information (CNI), and it focuses on the
wide-range of complex issues surrounding the licensing of electronic
resources in the networked environment from the perspectives of librarians,
lawyers, publishers, vendors, and information technologists.  The
program will be held on Sunday, December 8 and Monday, December 9 in San
Francisco at the Crowne Plaza Parc Fifty Five Hotel, as a post-conference
the Fall 1996 CNI Task Force meeting.

   The program is intended to provide senior-level library and
information technology managers, publishers and vendors with an overview
of the complexities involved in negotiating licenses and the need for an
informed and high-level process to address the legal and technical
details.  Topics to be covered include: the terms used in licenses;
reading the fine print; the issues involved in consortial licensing; the
legal impact of dealing with contracts and the implications for managing
the process; the perspectives of vendors and publishers on licensing;
the technology being developed to support negotiations and manage
intellectual property; principles for licensing; model contract
language; and a view toward the future.

   Among the speakers will be: Barbara Allen, Assistant Director, CIC;
Trisha L.  Davis, Head, Continuation Acquisition Division, Ohio State
University Libraries; Georgia Harper, Office of the General Counsel,
University of Texas System; David Millman, Manager of Research &
Development, Academic Information Systems, Columbia University; Ann S.
Okerson, Associate University Librarian, Yale University; and Dr.
Robert P.  Weber, Intertrust Technologies Corporation.

   The program will begin with registration at 8:30 a.m.  on Sunday,
December 8 and run through noon on Monday, December 9.  Registration is
$300 and includes a continental breakfast on both mornings, lunch on
Sunday, and a reception on Sunday evening.  Full prepayment is
preferred, but an institutional purchase order or a nonrefundable
deposit of $50 will be accepted with your registration form.  To
register, please contact Allyn Fitzgerald, ARL, (202) 296-2296 or
allyn@cni.org before November 4.  Confirmations will be made by
November 8.  No refunds for cancellation received after November 22.

   Hotel accommodations are available at the Crowne Plaza Parc Fifty
Five Hotel for $125 single or double.  To receive the conference rate,
please identify yourself as a CNI ATTENDEE.  Parking at the hotel is $25
with in/out privileges.  The hotel is located at 55 Cyril Magnin, San
Francisco, CA 94102.  Phone: 800-650-7272 or (415) 392-8000, and Fax:
(415) 403-6602.  The conference rate is guaranteed through November 8.

Program Information Contact:
Mary Case,Director, Office of Scholarly Communication
marycase@cni.org

Registration Information Contact:
Allyn Fitzgerald
allyn@cni.org

See the ARL Web site to register online
<URL:http://arl.cni.org/scomm/licpr.html>.

The ASSOCIATION OF RESEARCH LIBRARIES is a not-for-profit membership
organization comprising 120 libraries of North American research
institutions.  Its mission is to shape and influence forces affecting
the future of research libraries in the process of scholarly
communication.  ARL programs and services promote equitable access to
and effective use of recorded knowledge in support of teaching,
research, scholarship, and community service.  The Association
articulates the concerns of research libraries and their institutions,
forges coalitions, influences information policy development, and
supports innovation and improvement in research library operations.  ARL
operates as a forum for the exchange of ideas and as an agent for
collective action.

The COALITION FOR NETWORKED INFORMATION was founded in
March 1990 to promote the creation and use of networked
information resources and services that advance scholarship
and intellectual productivity.  The Coalition was
established and is sponsored by three associations:  the
Association of Research Libraries (ARL), CAUSE, and Educom.
ARL promotes equitable access and effective use of recorded
knowledge in support of teaching, research, and scholarship.
CAUSE and Educom are dedicated to different aspects of
introducing, using, and managing information technology and
related resources in research and education communities,
particularly higher education communities.  A task force of
over two hundred (200) institutions and organizations
provides the Coalition with many of the insights,
initiatives, and resources it needs to pursue its mission
Members of the Task Force include higher education
institutions, publishers, network service providers,
computer hardware, software, and systems companies, library
networks and organizations, and public and state libraries.
It is a truly diverse partnership of institutions and
organizations with a common interest in realizing the
promise networked information resources and services.

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