NISO Webinar: Streamlining and Simplifying: Advances in Consortial Licensing

Date: August 13, 2014

Time: 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. Eastern time

Event webpage: http://www.niso.org/news/events/2014/webinars/licensing/

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ABOUT THE WEBINAR

The process of license negotiation has always been a tortuous one for both publishers and librarians. Librarians have begun to leverage their strength in numbers and to simplify the process of license negotiation through the use of consortial licenses that cover more than a single institution. The use of consortial licensing, the terms and conditions, and the ease in which they can be negotiated and implemented continue to evolve.

This webinar from the National Information Standards Organization (NISO) will explore some of the developments in consortial licensing and will look at new directions and ways to improve the processes.

TOPICS AND SPEAKERS

• Starting Point: Using Model License Templates to Streamline License Negotiation and Contracting – Christine Stamison, Director at Northeast Research Libraries Consortium
• Using SERU (Shared Electronic Resources Understanding) in Lieu of a License – Anne E. McKee, M.L.S., Program Officer for Resource Sharing, Greater Western Library Alliance (GWLA); Co-chair of the NISO SERU (Shared Electronic Resource Understanding) Standing Committee
• The Publisher-to-Consortia Relationship – David Celano, Vice President, Library Sales, Springer

REGISTRATION

Registration is per site (access for one computer) and closes at 12:00 pm Eastern on August 13, 2014 (the day of the webinar). Discounts are available for NISO and NASIG members and students. NISO Library Standards Alliance (LSA) members receive one free connection as part of membership and do not need to register. (The LSA member webinar contact will automatically receive the login information. Members are listed here: http://www.niso.org/about/roster/#library_standards_alliance. If you would like to become an LSA member and receive the entire year’s webinars as part of membership, information on joining is listed here: http://www.niso.org/about/join/alliance/.) All webinar registrants and LSA webinar contacts receive access to the recorded version for one year.

Visit the event webpage to register and for more information:
http://www.niso.org/news/events/2014/webinars/licensing/

Cynthia Hodgson

Technical Editor / Consultant

National Information Standards Organization

chodgson@niso.org

301-654-2512