Re: "Walk-in use" for Proteome

[David Goodman <dgoodman@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>]

We added  "authorized library users" to the list:
This was apparently acceptable to them.

They themselves list "visiting researchers" which is a very broad category
indeed.

I wish that those entrprises that are not primarily publishers would take
advantage of the experience that has been accumulated, and use one of the
model licenses found (for example) on liblicense, instead of trying to
invent everything from scratch.

Dr.  David Goodman
Research Librarian and
Biological Sciences Bibliographer
Princeton University Library
dgoodman@princeton.edu            609-258-7785

On Mon, 15 Jul 2002, Karl Debus-Lopez wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> The University of Wisconsin-Madison is about to enter into negotiations
> with Incyte to establish an institutional site license for the Proteome
> BioKnowledge database.
>
> While I realize that this database would not normally be accessed by our
> walk-in users, UW Madison attempts to negotiate walk-in use for all of our
> licensed electronic resources.  I am wondering if any of you have had
> success in adding "walk-in" use to the license.  I am also wondering if
> the resource *requires* individuals to register in order to use it.  We
> have noticed that at least one institution has established a protocol
> whereby individuals register to use the database.
>
> Many thanks to those who have posted information on Proteome.  Your
> comments will assist us in our negotiations with Incyte.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Karl E. Debus-Lopez
> E-mail: kdebus@library.wisc.edu