Re: Library subs for works licensed under Creative Commons

[Peter Picerno <ppicerno@fiu.edu>]

This is indeed a refreshingly different situation from most! If 
the publishing agency is interested in expediency, which their 
adherence to Creative Commons seems to indicate, they might be 
able to be persuaded to subscribe to SERU which is equally 'no 
muss no fuss' in terms of its clarity and economy of language 
while at the same time offering both publisher and institution 
more coverage and security than Creative Commons seems to do.

Peter V. Picerno
Serials & Electronic Resources Librarian
Asst. Head of Resource Development
Green Library
Florida International University
11200 SW 8th Street
Miami, FL 33199
ppicerno@fiu.edu


Okerson, Ann wrote:

> My colleagues at Yale Library have a license related question for
> the collective wisdom of the group.
>
> One of our subject specialists is interested in setting up online
> access to a particular resource. Our Order Support Team contacted
> the publisher about their license and it seems they do not have
> anything. I.e., staff also searched the resource's web site to
> see whether there is a Terms and Conditions statement we may
> accept by simply filling out the online form and doing the
> necessary links and catalog entries here in the library.  She
> found out that the "work" is licensed under Creative Commons.
>
> The publisher provides users a link at:
>
> http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/
>
> But is there anything more we need to do for materials with
> Creative Commons user language?  Creative Commons tells the
> readers how they may re-use the materials (which of course
> assumes the readers will look at the CC link); but
> library-publisher agreements do more than just tell us what users
> may do.  These agreements, even when very simple and brief,
> establish a subscription relationship (this resource is paid)
> between the two parties, with known business terms and conditions
> for access, archives, and so on -- none of these other aspects
> are addressed by Creative Commons.
>
> Thoughts?  Ann Okerson/Yale Library