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Model Licences
I agree with Ann that Edward Barrow's approach is very interesting. On what is happening in the UK, the JISC/PA discussions are continuing. The Model Licence and Fair Dealing reports are being re-visited in the light of comments received, and a new Working Party is being set up to attempt to resolve the problem of electronic ILL. The re-visitation of the Fair Dealing Report is taking the form of drafting guidelines which libraries could use on a day-to-day basis. I am not on the Model Licence group so I am not up-to-speed on what is happening there, but my impression is that the model licence will not be used as it is but will be used to influence later developments. For example the drafting of the licence for NESLI, the National Electronic Site Licence Initiative, is being informed by the JISC/PA model licence, but it is also being informed by the ICOLC Principles and the JISC/PA Fair Dealing Report. Although we have gone about it a different way, I think this has resonances with the Liblicense template approach, in that we are no longer thinking of one model licence which suits all needs but a number of sources which can be used to build up a licence for a particular purpose. The NESLI licence will be used by the Managing Agent we are appointing (public announcement on this next week) to negotiate with publishers. In that sense it follows Edward Barrow's approach, in that the draft NESLI licence sets out what the libraries will be expecting to receive for whatever price is negotiated. On the other hand we do not want to tie the Managing Agent's hands completely, and some aspects of the NESLI licence will be negotiable. The important point I think is that publishers and librarians are learning more about how to handle agreements on licences. Hopefully we are getting a more flexible approach from all parties while also achieving more uniformity. We have moved away from the concept of each licence being different, but we have also moved away from the "take-it-or-leave-it" approach of only one possible licence, whether publisher-originated or librarian-originated. Fred Friend xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Frederick J.Friend, Director Scholarly Communication, c/o Graduate School, North Cloisters, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, England. Telephone +44 171 380 7090 Mobile phone 0385 921 774 Fax +44 171 380 7043 E-mail ucylfjf@ucl.ac.uk or f.friend@ucl.ac.uk xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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