NISO Two-Part September Webinar: E-Resources Licensing: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly

["Cynthia Hodgson" <chodgson@niso.org>]

NISO Two-Part September Webinar: E-Resources Licensing: The Good, 
The Bad, The Ugly

Not many librarians are also lawyers, but they often need to have 
an understanding of legal issues to succeed in their jobs. 
Licensing, contract, and copyright law all have significant 
impacts on our community. NISO's September two-part webinar, to 
be held on September 9 and 16 from 1:00 - 2:30 p.m.  (Eastern 
time), is your solution to the dilemma.

Part I of the webinar will provide an introduction to the basics 
of a license agreement as a legal contract. Participants will 
learn about basic legal terminology common to most licenses and 
what terms should be included or excluded as part of the 
negotiation. Mapping of the license terms to an ERM will be 
reviewed along with an introduction to the ONIX for Publication 
Licenses (ONIX-PL) schema as the mapping standard.

Part II of the webinar will review key terms in an agreement as 
highlighted in a sample license. The NISO Shared E-Resource 
Understanding (SERU) recommended practice will be introduced and 
compared to the sample license. The terms from the sample 
agreement that need to be mapped to the ERM will be highlighted. 
Two different agreements will be compared to show the differences 
or overlap in license terms.

Speakers for both parts of the Licensing webinars will be:

     *  Trisha L. Davis, Associate Professor, Rights Management
       Coordinator, and Head, Serials & E-Resources Department,
       The Ohio State University Libraries

     *  Clinton Chamberlain, Professional Librarian, University of
       Texas Libraries

You can register for either webinar or both. Register for both 
webinars <https://www.regonline.com/2parts> and receive a 25% 
discount! Registration is per site (access for one computer) and 
includes access to the online recorded archive of the webinar. 
NISO and NASIG members receive a discounted member rate. A 
student discount is also available. Can't make it on the webinar 
date? Register and gain access to the recorded archive for one 
year. For more information and to register, visit the event 
webpages:

Part 1: http://www.niso.org/news/events/2009/eresources09

Part 2: http://www.niso.org/news/events/2009/licensing09

This announcement has been cross-posted.

Cynthia Hodgson
NISO Technical Editor Consultant
National Information Standards Organization
Email: chodgson@niso.org
Phone: 301-654-2512