Re: Any libraries subscribed to SERU?

[Pippa Smart <pippa.smart@googlemail.com>]

My understanding is that you still raise a Purchase Order for the 
journals as you would for buying a book for the library, but SERU 
avoids having to negotiate and agree the underlying terms (by 
signing up to the agreement all parties have already agreed to 
the terms as set out by SERU) - so you would still have a 
"contract" to prove purchase

Pippa Smart
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PSP Consulting - www.pspconsulting.org
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2009/1/16 Karl <karl.bridges@uvm.edu>

> I have doubts that this would fly in many institutions. I cannot
> see our lawyers letting us buy things without a written contract.
>
> Karl Bridges
>
> On Jan 14, 2009, at 4:26 PM, Lesley Harris <lesleyeharris@comcast.net>
> wrote:
>
>> I recently heard one of SERU's board members speak and was very
>> interested in SERU.  Basically, it is a list of terms and
>> conditions that owners and consumers may agree when licensing
>> digital content, rather than sign a written agreement.  So it is
>> more like principles to follow to avoid a legal contract and all
>> that involves.  Sounds like it would work well in specific
>> circumstances tho certainly not all.
>>
>> Lesley Ellen Harris
>> lesley@copyrightlaws.com
>> www.copyrightanswers.blogspot.com