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Workshop Announcement

Cross-posted; please excuse any duplications.

ARL ELECTRONIC LICENSING WORKSHOP, NOVEMBER 5-6
KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI

The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) will hold another of 
its highly successful workshops on licensing electronic information 
resources on November 5-6, 1998 in Kansas City, Missouri.  The 
workshop is hosted by the Big 12 Plus Libraries Consortium.

This two-day workshop will:

1.  Review the legal foundation of license agreements;
2.  Engage participants in a review of license terms and conditions;
3.  Highlight the importance of and present strategies for developing 
	  an institutional process for license review, negotiation, and 
	  administration;
4.  Provide participants with an opportunity to assess and practice
     negotiation skills.

Workshop leaders are:

Trisha Davis, Head, Continuation Acquisitions Division, Ohio 
State University Libraries

Karen Hersey, Intellectual Property Counsel, Massachusetts 
Institute of Technology

Mary Case, Director, Office of Scholarly Communication, ARL

Venue:  Embassy Suites Hotel, 220 W. 43rd. St., Kansas City 
MO, 64111, 816-756-1720. A conference rate of $102/night 
is available until October 4, 1998.  Please mention the ARL 
Licensing Workshop when making reservations.

Registration:  Attendance is limited to 60 participants, so sign up 
soon! Registration fee is $300 for ARL member libraries, $400
for nonmember libraries, and includes resource materials, break-
fast, lunch, and breaks.  Prepayment required.

For additional information, contact ARL headquarters at 202-296-
2296 or visit the workshop website at:

http:wwwl.arl.org/scomm/licensing/workshop.html

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Adrian W. Alexander, Executive Director						      
Big 12 Plus Libraries Consortium	              
Linda Hall Library
5109 Cherry St. 
Kansas City MO  64110-2498
VOICE:	816-926-8765		                                                        
FAX:	816-926-8790 
EMAIL:	AlexanderA@lhl.lib.mo.us 

http://www.library.okstate.edu/big12/
"Where is the knowledge that is lost in our information?" - T.S. Eliot
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