RE: Certifying access

["Peter V. Picerno" <ppicerno@utmem.edu>]

Hi Ros --

I remember you from some time ago ... when you were having another access
problem. I would be tempted to simply cross out that offending passage in
the contract and send it back (without making payment, of course) and see
what sort of response you get .... if you have a campus purchasing agent,
talk it over with them as well. But the response you got from the vendor
is certainly, in my opinion, unsatisfactory!

Peter Picerno

Dr. Peter V. Picerno
University of Tennessee Health Sciences Library
877 Madison Avenue
Memphis  TN 38162
(901) 448-5634
(901) 448-7235 - Fax

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu
[mailto:owner-liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu]On Behalf Of M Ros Doig
Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2001 5:21 PM
To: liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu
Subject: Certifying access


Dear All

I have a license here which says:

"The subscriber shall .....monitor and exercise control over (no problems
with that) and certify access to XXX database."

What do any of you take to mean by ' certify access to'?

When queried with the supplier I got this rather cryptic answer:

"As for the word "certify", by signing the agreement you are certifying
access to the XXX databases."

I'm sadly none the wiser - can anyone out there enlighten me? Thanks for
your help

Best wishes to everyone on liblicense-l


Ros Doig
Serials & Inter-lending Librarian
University of Derby
Learning Centre
Kedleston Road
Derby
DE22 1GB