RE: LIS educational issues

["David Goodman" <David.Goodman@liu.edu>]

I teach a course at Palmer on "Electronic Library Materials: Collection
and Acquisition" . It's been taught twice times, the spring of 2002 and
the spring of 2003. It will be taught again this winter.

The two times it was taught before, 3 of the 10 sessions, and 2 of the 6
exercises, were devoted to matters of licensing, contracts, and
negotiation.

This time, I expect to have fewer sessions and exercises on that topic,
because licensing terms are much more standardized, and there is not
usually that much to negotiate except for matters such as distance
learning and multiple sites (and sometimes pricing).  But it is still
necessary to watch out for something peculiar from those outside the
mainstream of academic publishing.

The credit for this, as we all know, goes to this list in general, and the
moderator in particular.

However, the sessions on copyright will still be needed. If anything, the
details of this subject have become yet more complicated.

Dr. David Goodman
Associate Professor
Palmer School of Library and Information Science
Long Island University
dgoodman@liu.edu


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu on behalf of Sloan, Bernie
Sent: Thu 9/1/2005 9:42 PM
To: liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu
Subject: RE: LIS educational issues

Believe it or not, I agree with you.

I am very concerned with LIS education issues. And I don't think we should
cut off discussions like this. That wasn't my point...my point was that
when someone makes accusations like this, he/she should provide
documentation.

This might be a really good opportunity to broaden this discussion...if
the LIBLICENSE moderator agrees...

Bernie Sloan

[MOD. NOTE:  Of course, education about topics such as copyright and
licensing are appropriate for the list and are most welcomed!]