[Fwd: ARL Licensing Workshops] Stephen D. Clark 12 Dec 2000 16:37 UTC
-------- Original Message -------- Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 11:55:40 -0500 From: Mary Case <marycase@arl.org> Subject: ARL Licensing Workshops Please excuse the duplication. ARL LICENSING WORKSHOPS FOR FIRST QUARTER 2001 Basic Workshop: License Review and Negotiation Atlanta, Georgia, March 29-30, 2001 Advanced Licensing Workshop Long Beach, California, January 31-February 2, 2001 Publishers' Workshop: Licensing Electronic Resources to Libraries Washington, DC, January 11, 2001 FOR MORE INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION DETAILS, SEE http://www.arl.org/scomm/licensing/ ************************************************************************ BASIC WORKSHOP: License Review and Negotiation Building a Team-Based Institutional Process This workshop: 1. reviews the legal foundations of license agreements; 2. engages the participants in a review of license terms and conditions; 3. highlights the importance of and present strategies for developing an institutional process for license review, negotiation, and administration; and 4. provides participants with an opportunity to assess and practice negotiation skills. ADVANCED LICENSING WORKSHOP This workshop: 1. deepens participants' understanding of license terms and conditions through several hands-on license review exercises including a session with a legal drafting expert; 2. helps participants understand, evaluate, and minimize the risks in licensing electronic resources; 3. provides strategies to participants on how to protect their legal and business interests when working with consortia; and 4. reviews strategies for getting past no in difficult negotiations. LICENSING ELECTRONIC RESOURCES TO LIBRARIES Understanding Your Market An ARL Workshop for Publishers The workshop provides: 1. a review of the legal landscape of the academic library and how it effects the licensing process and licensing terms; 2. a discussion of the mission and value of libraries as they relate to users, access, and uses and how these influence licensing terms and negotiations; 3. an explanation of consortia and how they work; and 4. an opportunity for questions and discussions. WORKSHOP LEADERS Angee Baker, Vice President Planning and Strategic Alliances, SOLINET Trisha Davis, Head, Serials and Electronic Products Department, The Ohio State University Libraries Karen Hersey, Senior Counsel for Intellectual Property, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Mary Case, Director, Office of Scholarly Communication, Association of Research Libraries Lee Anne George, Program Planning Officer, Association of Research Libraries