Usage Statistics

["Sally Morris" <sally@morris-assocs.demon.co.uk>]

Members might be interested in the wording which has been included in the
(unfinalised draft) model licence produced by the joint publishing/
universities working party in the UK.  The clause can appear as an
obligation either of the publisher or the licensee, depending on the
method of access/distribution and, therefore, where the information is
captured.  Comments on this wording would be extremely helpful, and the
response to Claire's question about what information is wanted would help
us to fill in the details!

"[5.5 The Publisher shall [provide on a [frequency] basis] [or] [enable
the Licensee to collect] usage information for the Licensee's private
internal use only.  The anonymity of individual users and the
confidentiality of their searches shall be fully protected.  In the case
that the Publisher assigns its rights to another party under Clause 7.1
herein, the Licensee may at its discretion require the assignee either to
keep such usage information confidential or to destroy it.]

Helpful to specify in more detail what information to be collected.  See
matching clause 5.9"

and

"5.9 The Licensee shall [provide on a [frequency] basis] [or] [enable the
Publisher to collect] usage information for the Publisher's private
internal use only.  The anonymity of individual users and the
confidentiality of their searches shall be fully protected.  In the case
that the Licensee assigns its rights to another party under Clause 7.1
herein, the Publisher may at its discretion require the assignee either to
keep such usage information confidential or to destroy it.]

Helpful to specify in more detail what information to be collected.  See
matching clause 5.5."

Sally Morris


-----Original Message-----
From: Claire Jones <cjones@mcb.co.uk>
To: liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu <liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu>
Date: 26 August 1998 05:11
Subject: Usage Statistics


>Dear List Members
>
>This is an interesting message that was posted to the Library Link
>discussion forum recently - I thought that members of this list might =
also
>find it useful:
>
>"A number of publishers are interested in usage statistics for =
electronic
>journals and databases as they have been asked for by a number of
>librarians - I have a few questions and would be interested to hear the
>views in terms of whether (and to whom) they would be useful:
>
>1. Who within your organisation would be interested in usage statistics
>and what are their roles within your organisation?
>
>2. Would librarians want to control who has access to this information? 
-
>and how often would update your records in terms of the individuals who
>have access?
>
>3. How often would you like to receive them?
>
>Obviously if you could provide any further information about usage
>statistics I would also be very interested.
>
>Many thanks in advance for your help.
>
>Gill Crawford
>Vice President of Library Link
>Library Link: http://www.mcb.co.uk/liblink
>Discussion Forum:
>http://www.mcb.co.uk/services/conferen/webforum/mcb-liblink-forum/"
>
>
>--
>Claire Jones         tel:   44 (0) 1274 785132
>Internet Free-Press  http://www.free-press.com
>