Re: questions regarding American Medical Association online access via user name/password

[Carl Anderson <ca25@drexel.edu>]

This one really is rather clear, since it says that the number of users
who receive passwords should not exceed the number of users paid for.
I.e., not concurrent users, but individuals possessed of knowledge of
passwords.  We bit the bullet and paid for the site license - an expensive
choice. 

Carl A. Anderson
Director of Electronic Resources
Drexel University Libraries
215-895-2771
Carl.Anderson@drexel.edu


On Wed, 5 May 2004, Abbott, Bruce wrote:

> I have copied below a portion of the license for online access to the AMA
> Publications.
>
> I have a couple of questions which I would like to direct to those of you
> who interpret and sign licenses for your institutions.
>
> I find the language regarding the distribution of user names/passwords to
> be open to interpretation.  In our case we have four user names/passwords.
> The AMA does require that the PDF license be filled out and sent to the
> AMA office.
>
> 1. Would you interpret this section to mean that only four persons may
> have the user names/passwords--or that there are four concurrent users
> allowed at a time--and that the library should not distribute the user
> names/passwords to a large group on campus?
>
> 2. In your normal procedures, would you refer this on for further
> interpretation--or would you make a judgement based on your reading of the
> license?
>
> Any other comments you have on this would be of interest.
>
> from: https://subs.ama-assn.org/ama/inst_actv.pdf
>
> Institutional Conditions of Use:
>
> All access to and use of the AMA Publications Web site is conditioned on
> compliance with the following terms and conditions. Please read the
> following carefully and indicate whether the institution you represent
> agrees to comply.
>
> In the event that access to the AMA Publications Web Site is made
> available via user name(s) and password(s) (rather than via dedicated IP
> address(es)), the Licensee agrees to limit the distribution or knowledge
> of such user name(s) and password(s) so as to limit access to the Site to
> the number of online users purchased by the Licensee. In no event shall
> such user name(s or password(s) be published, for example, on the
> Licensee's intranet site.
>
> Bruce Abbott
> babbot@lsuhsc.edu