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Re: Chemistry Journal License
In similar instances, I have contacted the publishers first to negotiate changes to allow our users the same rights with the electronic versions as they enjoy with the print. I have referred the publishers to their own use statements printed in every issue of the paper copies. While these are usually not perfect, they are normally much better than the statements relating to the electronic versions. My success has been mixed. One refused to make a single change but promised that the coming year's license, which should be sent soon, would incorporate suggestions made by other librarians and me and hinting that we would like the changes. I then agreed to the license because to do otherwise would deprive our users of access to something for which we had already paidd. We have no good way of enforcing the "abnormal use" terms, which bothers me because we did agree to the license. A second vendor publisher agreed to the changes I suggested after only two phone calls. I was pleasantly surprised. A third said that different lawyers had composed the print and electronic statements and supposedly referred my concerns to its legal staff. That was six months ago. Follow-up phone calls have elicited the sympathy of the customer relations staff but still no response. In the meantime, we have not agreed to the original terms, and our subject librarians in that discipline are not happy with me. John Webb Assistant Director for Library Automation Washington State University Libraries Pullman, WA 99164-5610 jwebb@wsu.edu 509-335-9133 FAX 509-335-6721
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