Re: non-negotiation license question

[David Prosser <david.prosser@rluk.ac.uk>]

I feel that I am with Scott on this.  I'm not sure what duty we 
have to spare the modesty of those vendors who are behaving in a 
manner that we find unacceptable.

(Of course, the vendors will say that their non-negotiable 
licenses, or 300% price increases, or non-disclosure causes are 
perfectly reasonable.  And they should be free to make their 
cause in a variety of fora.)

David

David C Prosser
Executive Director, RLUK


On 3 May 2011, at 23:21, Scott Stangroom wrote:

> Judy - Thank you for your comments. I appreciate what you're 
> saying, and perhaps what I asked of Matt was crass. 
> Nevertheless, what he reports speaks of the increasing 
> arrogance and unprofessional nature of some companies who do 
> business with libraries. I am not at all empathetic towards 
> businesses whose practice it seems is to highjack copyright, 
> and control our purses.  Yes, I agree, praise when praise is 
> earned, but I think we should also call out when responsibility 
> is warranted. Otherwise we will continue to face more and more 
> restrictive use terms, promises of confidentiality, and the 
> deterioration of rights of fair use and the like.
>
> Scott
>
> ______________________
> Scott Stangroom
> Acquisitions Coordinator
> University of Massachusetts, Amherst
> W.E.B. Du Bois Library
> Acquisitions Dept.
> Amherst, MA 01003-9275
> stangroom@library.umass.edu
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu [mailto:
> owner-liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu] On Behalf Of Schwartz, Judy
> Sent: Friday, April 29, 2011 6:48 PM
> To: liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu
> Subject: RE: non-negotiation license question
>
> Scott - probably if each one of us responded individually to
> Matt, he'd say. However it is always a tricky business to call
> out a particular vendor on any professional list - unless of
> course it's a positive response.
>
> Judy Schwartz
> Director of Library Services
> Trocaire College
> http://library.trocaire.edu
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu
> [mailto:owner-liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu] On Behalf Of Scott Stangroom
> Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2011 7:21 PM
> To: liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu
> Subject: RE: non-negotiation license question
>
> We have not at UMass Amherst. I think you should cancel and I
> also think you should tell us who the publisher is - we should
> not let these people bully us the way they try to do.
>
> Scott
>
> ______________________
> Scott Stangroom
> Acquisitions Coordinator
> University of Massachusetts, Amherst
> W.E.B. Du Bois Library
> Acquisitions Dept.
> Amherst, MA 01003-9275
> stangroom@library.umass.edu
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu
> [mailto:owner-liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu] On Behalf Of Matthew Person
> Sent: Monday, April 25, 2011 9:20 PM
> To: liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu
> Subject: non-negotiation license question
>
> A major publisher from whom we purchase 15% worth of our serials has
> told us that our single non-serial purchase from them will be covered by
> a new non-negotiation policy license which will only require our
> signature.
>
> This "non-negotiation" license is indeed the publisher's standard
> license. The license itself references nothing having to do with
> "non-negotiation"
>
> The publisher won't answer questions about their policy, so we find
> ourselves considering cancellation of this valuable resource, because of
> such low quality customer support and awareness.
>
> Has anyone recently encountered any similar situation?
>
> Thanks,
> Matt Person
>
> Matthew Person
> Technical Services Coordinator
> MBLWHOI Library
> MBL Center for Library and Informatics