Rand California terms

[Christa Easton <ceaston@stanford.edu>]

Recently, the Library of California Board allocated funds for the purchase
of the RAND California database under the Library of California Statewide
Information Database Licenses Program.  Access is free after a
self-certification process.

However, the terms of the free access
(http://ca.rand.org/subscribe.libca.html) concern me.  

In particular, I find the Indemnity clause (Section 10) too broad. RAND
has not been willing to accept a modified indemnity clause.

My question:  have other California institutions taken advantage of the
free access?  Did you accept the terms as offered, or were you able to
negotiate?

Thanks,
Christa

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Christa Easton
Coordinator, Serials Group and
Government Document Serials
Stanford University Libraries
Stanford, CA 94305-6004
(650) 723-7907
(650) 723-4775 (fax)
ceaston@stanford.edu