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Perpetual access
Do I sense that the Perpetual Access topic on Liblicense may be coming to an end of at least its current phase? If that proves to be the case, can I thank the Moderators and those who have contributed for a very valuable discussion. While there has been discussion before about the importance of archiving electronic publications from a preservation angle, the Liblicense discussion brought out other access issues which I do not remember being explored before. I and other librarians have glibly spoken to publishers about the importance of continued access to electronic publications we have paid for, but the Liblicense discussion made me realise that we need to move beyond that question of principle to work out how continued access is best achieved. That is partly a licensing issue, so I hope the Moderators will continue to allow contributions on that aspect, but the discussion shows that there are a whole range of other questions to which we have to find answers (and by "we" I mean librarians and publishers together). On the technical aspects, for example, perhaps the discussion has to be continued between particular publishing groups and particular library consortia, because much may depend on local capability. I think we are all feeling our way, not only on finding the answers to a lot of questions, but also on the fora in which to debate the possible answers. Liblicense has given us an excellent start. Fred Friend xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Frederick J. Friend, Librarian, University College London, Gower Street, London, England WC1E 6BT. Direct dial telephone: +44 171 380 7090 Fax: +44 171 380 7373 E-mail: ucylfjf@ucl.ac.uk xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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