Licensing Review and Negotiation
ARL/OLMS Online Lyceum Course
February 23-March 26, 2004
http://www.arl.org/training/licensing.html

The Association of Research Libraries is pleased to offer the Online
Lyceum course, Licensing Review and Negotiation. In this exciting but
uncertain environment of electronic information resources, in addition
to copyright, libraries must now manage the use of their information
resources under the terms agreed to in a license. Because licenses are
standard business practice for providing access to and use of electronic
information in library settings, we must pay attention to both the
details and the cumulative effect of these agreements on users,
institutions, and the process of scholarly communication.

This Online Lyceum course will:

+ Introduce you to the legal underpinnings of the licensing of
electronic information resources;
+ Alert you of the players and factors at your home institution that
affect licensing;
+ Walk you through specific terms and conditions and areas that make up
a license;
+ Give you hints on how to negotiate the terms you need; and
+ Tell you what needs to be done after the license is signed.

During this course, you will also build a toolkit of materials that will
help you understand licensing as it directly relates to your
institution. You will be able to refer to the toolkit as you progress
through the course modules and it will serve as a useful resource in the
future during real-world licensing situations. The toolkit includes not
only important factual information but also questions you need to ask
before entering into any license agreement.

Licensing Review & Negotiation incorporates elements of both synchronous
(real-time) and asynchronous interaction with course facilitators and a
global peer network of up to 30 learners via a course bulletin board,
chat rooms, and regular e-mail. This course also includes interaction
with course facilitators via the submission of assignments that will be
reviewed and returned with feedback.

Target Audience
Librarians and other institutional staff who are relatively new to the
process of reviewing and negotiating licenses for electronic resources
on behalf of the library, the institution as a whole, or a consortium.

Register Now!
Registration Deadline: Friday, February 13, 2004
$500 for ARL members/$550 for nonmembers

For more information about this or other ARL/OLMS Online Lyceum courses,
please visit our Web site at: http://www.arl.org/training/lyceum.html or
contact Karen A. Wetzel, ARL Program Officer for Distance Learning by
phone at 202-296-8656 or via e-mail at karen@arl.org.

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Karen A. Wetzel
Program Officer for Distance Learning
Association of Research Libraries
21 Dupont Circle, Suite 800
Washington, DC 20036
Tel.: 202-296-8656
Fax: 202-872-0884
karen@arl.org