Revised University of California Libraries Principles for Acquiring and Licensing Information in Digital Formats

[<Ivy.Anderson@ucop.edu>]

Colleagues,

Several of you have written to me that you have been unable to 
access the UC Principles at the url below.  I hope this version 
will be translated more successfully by the Liblicense software, 
with apologies to others for re-posting.  - Ivy

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Dear Colleagues,

I'm pleased to inform readers of this list that an updated 
version of the University of California Libraries Principles for 
Acquiring and Licensing Information in Digital Formats is now 
available.  Building upon principles originally established by 
the UC Libraries in 1996, the July 2006 revision jointly 
developed by UC collection development and scholarly 
communication officers includes new principles that highlight the 
University's interest in fostering a more open and sustainable 
scholarly communication environment.  Specific principles set 
forth in this version include support for open access and other 
transformative publishing models, the right of academic authors 
to retain copyright to their works, and the use of multiple 
indicators of value as a basis on which to evaluate pricing. 
Other principles articulated here for the first time include 
support for the digitization of out-of-copyright material as an 
alternative to licensing where appropriate and an affirmation of 
the important role of third-party trusted archival repositories 
in the long-term preservation of digital information.

The revised principles can be found at
http://libraries.universityofcalifornia.edu/cdc/principlesforacquiring.html

Best wishes,

Ivy Anderson
Director of Collections
California Digital Library
University of California, Office of the President
ivy.anderson@ucop.edu