Reminder: ARL Advanced Licensing Workshop

[Mary Case <marycase@arl.org>]

Please excuse the duplication.

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Association of Research Libraries
Advanced Licensing Workshop
June 14-16, 2004
Hotel Grand Pacific
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Sponsored by COPPUL (Council of Prairie and Pacific University 
Libraries)

Schedule: � The workshop begins at 1:00 p.m. on Monday, June 14
(registration will begin at 12:30 p.m.) and concludes at noon on
Wednesday, June 16.

Purpose and Overview:

This workshop, which will include copyright and legal information 
specific to Canada, will:

1. deepen participants' understanding of license terms and conditions 
  through several hands-on license review exercises;
2. help participants understand, evaluate, and minimize the risks in 
  licensing electronic resources;
3. provide strategies to participants on how to protect their legal and 
  business interests when working with consortia; and
4. review strategies for getting past no in difficult negotiations.

Topics covered will include:

����������� Risk Assessment - The Perspective of Licensees
����������� Risk Assessment - The Perspective of Licensors
����������� Working with Consortia
����������� Understanding Legal Language
����������� Legislative Update
����������� Pricing Models and Strategies
����������� Getting Past No

Optional group discussion sessions with the trainers will be offered on
Tuesday evening. � Session topics will be:

A. Consortia
B. Legal Issues
C. Process and User Issues

Target Audience:

The workshop is open to librarians who have participated in ARL's License
Review and Negotiation workshop or who have had a minimum of one year's
experience reviewing and negotiating license agreements for their library
or consortium.

Workshop Leaders:

* Angee Baker-McAfee, President, The McAfee Group
* Trisha Davis, Head, Serials and Electronic Resources Department, The 
 Ohio State University Libraries
* Samuel Trosow, Assistant Professor, Law and Information Media 
 Studies, University of Western Ontario
* Lee Anne George, Publications Program Officer, Association of 
 Research Libraries

For registration and hotel information, see 
<http://www.arl.org/scomm/licensing/advlic.html>

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Mary M. Case
Director, Office of Scholarly Communication
Association of Research Libraries
Suite 800
21 Dupont Circle, NW
Washington, DC  20036
202-296-2296 x112
202-872-0884 (fax)
marycase@arl.org
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