RE: Peggy Hoon on licenses

["Okerson, Ann" <ann.okerson@yale.edu>]

Dear Peter:  There are several "standard reality-based library 
licenses," to my knowledge.  One that works well for us is our 
NERL template license, which grew out of the original DLF model 
license:

http://www.library.yale.edu/NERLpublic/NERLGenericLicjeRev092410.pdf

Others can probably point to their own similar useful standard 
contracts.

Cordially, Ann Okerson

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu
[mailto:owner-liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu] On Behalf Of Peter B. Hirtle
Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2011 8:25 PM
To: liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu
Subject: Peggy Hoon on licenses

Peggy Hoon has an important post on the current state of library licensing at

http://www-apps.umuc.edu/blog/collectanea/2011/02/running-in-circles-copyright-l.html

Entitled "Running In Circles: Copyright, Licensing, and the 
Educational Environment," Hoon notes that in spite of decades of 
work, "libraries are still slogging through, license by license, 
the same terms, over and over, that are either legally prohibited 
or reflect an unrealistic view of a university library 
environment."  She concludes that "there simply has to be a 
better way," and argues that we need to try again to create "a 
standard reality-based library license."

Peter B. Hirtle
Senior Policy Advisor
Digital Scholarship Services
Cornell University Library
Ithaca, NY  14853
peter.hirtle@cornell.edu