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Date: Sat, 19 Jul 1997 19:35:44 -0400
From: Mary Case <marycase@CNI.ORG>
To: SEREDIT@LIST.UVM.EDU
Subject: Licensing Workshops

ARL Announces...
Workshops On Licensing Electronic Information Resources

The ARL Office of Scholarly Communication is offering two licensing
workshops in 1997.  The first is to be held in Boston September 18-19
(hosted by the Boston Library Consortium) and another in Chichago
November 20-21 (hosted by the CIC). Full details are attached
and online registration is available at:
http://arl.cni.org/scomm/licensing/lworkshop.html

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                License Review And Negotiation
        Building A Team-Based Institutional Process

Purpose and Overview:

This two-day workshop will:

1.  review the legal foundations of license agreements;

2.  engage the participants in a review of license terms and conditions;

3.  highlight the importance of and present strategies for developing an
institutional process for license review, negotiation, and
administration; and

4.  provide participants with an opportunity to assess and practice
negotiation skills.

    The first day of the workshop will provide an overview of the legal
foundations of license agreements and an in depth look at typical
license terms and contract language for electronic information resource
agreements.  Included will be an introduction to and analysis of
contract law, copyright and other intellectual property law relevant to
licenses, as well as discussion of the proposed revisions to the Uniform
Commercial Code.  In addition, participants will examine and discuss
definitions of license language including "users", "use", and "access",
as well as legal, and business terms.  The second day will develop the
concept of building a process that includes institutional, library, and,
where appropriate, consortial level participants, drawing on their
expertise to develop policies and procedures as a team.  Participants
will then have an opportunity to assess and practice their negotiation
skills, followed by a discussion of negotiation strategies.  The
workshop will conclude with a review of license m anagement activities
that are necessary once the agreement is signed.

Target Audience:

    The workshop is open to librarians and other institutional staff
engaged in the process of reviewing and negotiating licenses for
electronic resources with information providers on behalf of the
library, the institution as a whole, or a consortium.  Individuals might
include those who are responsible for:

*       reviewing licenses in the library;

*       recommending, acquiring, or servicing electronic resources;

*       determining and implementing the technical requirements for electronic
        resources;

*     reviewing licenses for electronic library resources in the
        legal counsel's office;

*       negotiating and/or signing licenses for electronic resources on behalf
        of the institution.

Institutional teams representing, for example, the library, computing
center, and the legal counsel's office, are encouraged.

Workshop Leaders:

Trisha Davis
Head, Continuation Acquisition Division,
The Ohio State University Libraries

Karen Hersey
Intellectual Property Counsel,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mary Case
Director, Office of Scholarly Communication,
Association of Research Libraries

Dates and Locations:

September 18-19, 1997:
Boston Area (hosted by the Boston Library Consortium)

November 20-21, 1997:
Chicago Area (hosted by CIC)

[Note:  A third workshop is being plannd for early 1998 in California.]

Registration Fees:

Attendance is limited to 75 participants.  The registration fee includes
resource materials, meals, and breaks.  Prepayment is required.

ARL and Hosting Consortia member libraries:        $300
Nonmember libraries:                               $400

Fax or mail the form below to register for the Boston and Chicago
workshops.  Information regarding the California workshop will be
available later this summer.  E-mail Mary Jane Brooks at ARL
(maryjane@cni.org) to have information sent to you when it is available.

Online Registration available at:
http://arl.cni.org/scomm/licensing/lworkshop.html
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Boston Workshop, Sept.  18-19 ARL or BLC member         Nonmember

Chicago Workshop, Nov. 20-21
ARL or CIC member
Nonmember

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Phone                Fax                Email

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Amount Enclosed

Prepayment is required.  Checks should be payable in U.S.  funds to the
Association of Research Libraries and mailed to:

Signature
    Association of Research Libraries
    Mary Jane Brooks - Licensing Workshop
    21 Dupont Circle, NW
    Washington, DC  20036
    phone:  (202) 296-2296        fax:  (202) 872-0884
    email:  maryjane@cni.org

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   Mary Case, Director
   Office of Scholarly Communication
   Association of Research Libraries
   21 Dupont Circle, N.W., Suite 800
   Washington, D.C.   20036
     (202) 296-2296 X112
     Fax:  (202) 872-0884
     Internet: marycase@cni.org