Re: Fwd: Publishers' licenses for e-journals accessed throughCatchword, Ingenta et al.

[<Frances.ONeil@vu.edu.au>]

Hello Michael, 

in response to your enquiry:

How common is this? seems to depend on the publisher, at the same time 
it also seems to be an increasing trend.

Is it incumbent upon the person arranging access with Catchword (or 
whomever) to determine whether a license must be signed? see below.

Is there any convenient way of determining whether a license is 
required? short answer seems to be no, and it does seem to be a "buyer 
beware" culture ie one needs to make it part of the routine process to 
check if licence is required to be signed.

Frances O'Neil
Campus Librarian 
and Coordinator, Library ELectronic Information Services
Victoria University Library M044
PO Box 14428 MCMC
Melbourne 8001
AUSTRALIA

----- Original Message -----
From: Michael Young <youngm@albany.edu>
Date: Thursday, August 9, 2001 9:54 am
Subject: Fwd: Publishers' licenses for e-journals accessed through 
Catchword, Ingenta et al.

> Good Afternoon:
> 
> I am seeking to benefit from the knowledge and experience of colleagues 
> who have arranged access to e-journals through intermediaries such as 
> Catchword and Ingenta. A colleague here went to MIT Press's Web Site to 
> get a number required by Catchword for registration for electronic access 
> to one of MIT's journals. There she discovered that there was a license 
> agreement for this and other titles, although there had been no hint from 
> Catchword of the necessity for such an agreement. MIT Press confirmed that 
> the license had to be signed within three months of the beginning of 
> access. How common is this? Is it incumbent upon the person arranging 
> access with Catchword (or whomever) to determine whether a license must be 
> signed? Is there any convenient way of determining whether a license is 
> required?
> 
> Any assistance with this will be greatly appreciated.
> __________________________
> Michael Young
> Head of Acquisitions Services
> University at Albany Libraries, UL B 34
> 1400 Washington Avenue
> Albany NY 12222
> 
> youngm@albany.edu
> 518/442-3626
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