RE: Question about license tracking systems

["John Cox" <John.E.Cox@btinternet.com>]

Lucy,

Why not use an Excel spreadsheet?  This could list all the substantive
issues involved in a license, and be marked accordingly.  Then there is no
need to buy an expensive piece of software.

The number of variables, apart from the list of licensed material and the
fee, is really quite limited and can be set up on a spreadsheet with ease.

John Cox
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John Cox Associates Ltd
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-----Original Message-----
[mailto:owner-liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu] On Behalf Of Moss, Lucy
Sent: 14 December 2004 22:24
To: liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu
Subject: Question about license tracking systems

Can anyone suggest a license tracking system suitable for a library at a
smaller institution? We need to keep track of license terms for databases
from about 30 vendors, and the systems used by some of the large
university libraries are beyond our budget and the staff time available to
maintain them. If anyone out there is willing to tell us how you do it and
what you consider necessary for a smaller school, please reply to me
directly and I'll summarize for the list.

We are the library for the graduate law and business schools at Illinois
Institute of Technology.

Lucy Moss
Reference Librarian
Chicago-Kent Law Library
565 West Adams Street
Chicago, IL 60661
312-906-5676