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ARL Announces...
Upcoming Workshop On Licensing Electronic Information Resources

Thursday-Friday, February 17-18, 2000, Washington, DC
   Doubletree Hotel Park Terrace on Embassy Row
   1515 Rhode Island Avenue, NW
   Washington, DC  20005

Additional workshops for 2000 and dates for a NEW advanced licensing
workshop will be announced soon!

Full details and registration information are available at:
http://www.arl.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:
1.  reviews the legal foundations of license agreements;
2.  engages the participants in a review of license terms and conditions;
3.  highlights the importance of and present strategies for developing an
institutional process for license review, negotiation, and
administration; and
4.  provides participants with an opportunity to assess and practice
negotiation skills.

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:

Angee Baker
Director, Electronic Information Services
SOLINET

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

Karen Hersey
Intellectual Property Counsel,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Registration

Attendance is limited to 60 participants.  The registration fee includes
resource materials, breakfast, lunch, and breaks.

ARL member libraries:        $350
Nonmember libraries:         $450

Register at http://www.arl.org/scomm/licensing/lworkshop.html

   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@arl.org