RE: strange licensing experience

["Cole, Louise" <Louise.Cole@kingston.ac.uk>]

I would always negotiate or query any clause I find ambiguous, 
and I think you have just found one, Matthew.  And in your case I 
would try to find someone else other than your initial contact to 
answer the query.

Best wishes

Louise Cole
Senior Information Advisor (Collections)
Nightingale Centre, Kingston Hill Campus
Kingston University
Kingston upon Thames
Surrey
KT2 7LB
Email louise.cole@kingston.ac.uk


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu
[mailto:owner-liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu] On Behalf Of Matthew Person
Sent: 11 March 2011 21:50
To: liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu
Subject: strange licensing experience

A major publisher sent me a license for an electronic resource, 
and asked me to sign the fields they had highlighted for me, and 
stated in writing that their licenses are non-negotiable.

I sent them a note asking them to clarify what they meant by 
stating their licenses are non-negotiable, because the license 
itself has clauses which speak of the negotiating process.

Am I missing something here? Should I try and contact someone 
else at the publishing house, as maybe a single representative 
does not understand the process. Have not yet heard from the 
publisher, now five days since my response.

Any advice appreciated.

Matthew Person
Technical Services Coordinator
MBLWHOI Library
MBL Center for Library and Informatics
www.mblwhoilibrary.org