Re: Confidentiality language and the netLibrary license

[David Goodman <dgoodman@princeton.edu>]

As my experience is with private institutions, I'd like some information
on how public institution librarians in such states deal with this.
Obviously, you try to negotiate them out of the contract as a first step.

But if the publisher insists, do you regard this as a reason not to sign,
or do you sign anyway knowing that the provision is invalid? Does state
law sometime require you to make the first choice by making it illegal for
_you_ to sign?

Or do you insert the wording that has been several times suggested in this
list "to the extent provided by applicable law"? Do publishers ever object
to _that_ phrase? On what basis?

Dr. David Goodman
Princeton University Library
and
Palmer School of Library & Information Science, Long Island University
dgoodman@princeton.edu

----- Original Message -----
From: James Tobin <RJT@gml.lib.uwm.edu>
Date: Tuesday, April 1, 2003 6:01 pm
Subject: Re: Confidentiality language and the netLibrary license

> Some states, such as mine, have sunshine/freedom of information laws
> which, for public institutions, can defeat such attempts to impose 
> secrecyor make them deal breakers.
> 
> R. James Tobin
> Collection Development Manager
> U. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries