RE: UN Treaty Collection

["Ingrassia, Barbara" <Barbara.Ingrassia@umassmed.edu>]

We have not negotiated with the UN, but in cases like this when the vendor
won't budge, we quote from the Massachusetts law which prohibits us from
indemnifying.  We put that quote on the signature page, so it can't be
"lost" or "overlooked."

Good Luck!

Barbara C. Ingrassia, MLS, AHIP
Assoc. Director for Technical Services
The Lamar Soutter Library
University of Massachusetts Medical School
55 Lake Avenue N.
Worcester, MA 01655

508-856-1041 (phone)
508-856-8363 (fax)
Barbara.ingrassia@umassmed.edu
library.umassmed.edu 

-----Original Message-----
From: Cox, Bonnie [mailto:bjcox@email.uky.edu]
Sent: Friday, February 06, 2004 12:21 PM
To: liblicense-l@pantheon.yale.edu
Subject: UN Treaty Collection

I'm faced with a license for the UN Treaty Collection which has a clause
requiring us to indemnify the UN! As a state university library, we of
course can't sign this. I'm in contact with a person at the UN, but things
are moving slowly. Has anyone negotiated this particular point with the
UN. If so, could you share your experiences and [I hope] successes with
the list.

Bonnie Jean Cox
Collection Services/ Licensing
William T. Young Library
1000 University Drive
Lexington, KY 40506-0456
Telephone: 859-257-0500x2053
FAX  859-257-8379
EMail: bjcox@uky.edu