Re: De Gruyter and online journals

["Dave Fisher" <Dave@library.ucsd.edu>]

Hello Mildred,

I find it easier sometimes to just adopt a "let's start over" approach
with the publisher rather than trying to re-write and cut and paste into
an especially problematic license. If your organization doesn't already
have a model license agreement, find one that you can easily adapt to your
own needs and suggest to the publisher that it might be easier for both of
you to work from your model rather than the original. I've done this
several times with success, including the deGruyter instance, and have
consistently obtained almost everything we've asked for in the process.

I use a model license provided by the University of California which
closely follows that of the CLIR/DLF Model License agreement found on the
Liblicense web site at

http://www.library.yale.edu/~llicense/modlic.shtml .  

David L. (Dave) Fisher
Electronic Resources Coordinator
UCSD Libraries
University of California, San Diego
dfisher@ucsd.edu
858-822-1004

>>> merz@oakland.edu 12/08/04 03:17PM >>>

We have been looking at the terms and conditions for online access to de
Gruyter journals.  These terms seem very different from other publisher
online licenses, and some restrictions/requirements are a bit difficult to
understand.  What have you done with the de Gruyter agreement--accepted or
negotiated a more individualized (and user friendly) agreement?  Millie
Merz, Coordinator for Collection Development, Oakland University

Mildred H. Merz
Coordinator for Collection Development
Kresge Library
Oakland University
Rochester, MI 48309-4484
Phone: 248-370-2457; Fax: 248-370-2474
E-mail: merz@oakland.edu