License agreement policy
Many publishers of digital information (serial and monographic formats) require a licensing agreement for access to their electronic publications. As the licensee, the Libraries will not receive or pay for digital information from any publisher/licenser until the Director of Collection Management (DCM) has approved the licensing agreement and the contract is on file.
- Licensing agreements, whether for single use or multiple user access, are contracts and, as such, must be negotiated through the official library representative, the Director of Collection Management. Any re-negotiations or subsequent additions or deletions or access changes to an existing agreement must be approved through the DCM. Responsibility for approving resides with the DCM. Official copies of the agreements will be kept in the Electronic Resources Unit.
- Electronic resources will be ordered and received as directed in the "Electronic Resources Order Procedures."
- Selectors initiating orders for electronic resources should be aware that the DCM will review licensing agreements and serials titles prior to order and payment processing.
