Re: License Agreements for Nature Monthlies and Reviews available

[David Goodman <dgoodman@Princeton.EDU>]

I have received the following explanation from our Nature representative
of the use of "Department". It seems to me that their intent is the same
as before.

"Pricing for the NMonthly and NReviews for Academic Institutions is based
on the institution's FTE count of Life and Physical Sciences of students,
faculty, and researchers.

On the Nmonthly/NReviews academic agreement, on page two of the Schedule
in the box LICENSE DETAILS reads DEPARTMENT (Insert Name of Departments).
The institution would list here those departments that fall under their
Life and Physical Science count. For instance, Physics, Engineering,
Biology, etc.  In the same box, then reads "Licensee Average number of
Staff and Students (as defined in the attached Terms) in the Department
during the 12 month period prior to the Commencement Date: not more than [
]." Here the institution would be down their FTE count for these 'Life and
Physical' Science departments."


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David Goodman
Biology Librarian
and Digital Resources Researcher
Princeton University Library
Princeton, NJ 08544-0001
phone: 609-258-3235
fax: 609-258-2627
e-mail: dgoodman@princeton.edu

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kaemper@ub.uni-stuttgart.de wrote:
> 
> Yesterday, the missing license agreements - Academic and Government - for
> the Nature Sister Journals (= Nature Monthlies) and Nature Reviews
> Journals have been posted on the Nature website, cf.
> 
> http://www.nature.com/help/sitelicences/licence_agreements/index.html
> 
> ...
> 
> The old and new versions differ only in the Schedule, i.e. in the Licensed
> Material (for the Monthlies, former references to a restriction of
> licensed content to the 'Research article section' have been removed) and
> in the replacement of the term 'Site' (meaning more a physical location)
> by the somewhat ambiguous notion 'Department'. (It seems that the wording
> has been chosen to guarantee continuity and close correspondence between
> previous and present license agreements for the Monthlies and Reviews.)
> 
> Furthermore, "Staff and Students" are introduced as relevant parameters
> (cf. also the added paragraphs 5.3 and 5.4), here defined as 'the full
> time students enrolled or accredited to the Department and the full time
> teaching and research staff employed within or otherwise accredited to the
> Department'. --Perhaps this is a misunderstanding, but it could indicate
> that it is possible to ignore the overall (Life and Physical) Sciences FTE
> and just restrict access to a specific department if that is wanted. (Once
> again, the license summaries provided by the NPG here are different from
> the actual license agreements.) If you really want a campus-wide license
> you probably will have to include several departments, resp. all "Sciences
> departments".
> ...
> 
> Best Regards,
> Bernd-Christoph Kaemper, Stuttgart University Library