Re: NISO Issues Best Practices for Shared E-Resource Understanding (SERU) Daisy Waters 10 Feb 2008 21:06 UTC
Thank you to those who are working to make SERU happen! This creative approach promises to benefit librarians and publishers in reducing the labor-intensive process of license negotiations. --Daisy **************************************** Daisy P. Waters Assistant Librarian for E-Resources Electronic Periodicals Management Department University Libraries, 134 Lockwood Library Buffalo, NY 14260-2210 p. 716-645-2784 f. 716-645-5955 e-mail: dpwaters@buffalo.edu --On Friday, February 08, 2008, 8:08 AM -0600 Joanne Romano <joanne.romano@EXCH.LIBRARY.TMC.EDU> wrote: > Absolutely needed...I've (along with the rest of us, probably) > have spent a good deal of time these last weeks following up with > publishers, having to confirm that -- A) we already paid them, or that, > B) we did send them the required license -- to get our online access > started or re-established. > > So glad SERU is addressing this issue...now maybe at least > one major hurdle to obtaining online access will be removed... > > Joanne V. Romano, MLS > Serials and Electronic Resources Librarian > HAM-TMC Library > > -----Original Message----- > From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum > [mailto:SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU] On Behalf Of Deeken, Joanne > Sent: Friday, February 08, 2008 6:44 AM > To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU > Subject: Re: [SERIALST] NISO Issues Best Practices for Shared E-Resource > Understanding (SERU) > > This is great news! Hopefully, we can suggest SERU INSTEAD of > individual licenses. > > JoAnne > -----Original Message----- > From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum > [mailto:SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU] On Behalf Of Cynthia Hodgson > Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2008 1:11 PM > To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU > Subject: [SERIALST] NISO Issues Best Practices for Shared E-Resource > Understanding (SERU) > > Slightly more than one year after the Shared E-Resource Understanding > (SERU) Working Group was formed, the National Information Standards > Organization (NISO) has issued "SERU: A Shared Electronic Resource > Understanding" as part of its Recommended Practice series > (NISO-RP-7-2008). The SERU document's publication follows a six-month > trial use period, during which time librarians and publishers reported > on their experiences using the draft document. > > SERU offers publishers and librarians the opportunity to save both the > time and the costs associated with a negotiated and signed license > agreement by agreeing to operate within a framework of shared > understanding and good faith. > > "SERU is a wonderful example of librarians and publishers working > together to create a new option for electronic resource transactions > that is convenient and legal," said Working Group co-chair Karla Hahn, > Director, Office of Scholarly Communications, Association of Research > Libraries. "Small publishers, especially, will be able to use SERU to > reduce licensing costs making them more competitive and easier for > librarians to work with." > > Co-chair Judy Luther, President of Informed Strategies, added, "Based on > > a decade of licensing experience, SERU represents widely adopted > practices already in place in North America, and is both library and > publisher friendly." > > "The SERU Working Group developed a document that addresses the key > issues in a manner that is nuanced and creative, and they did it in > record time," said Todd Carpenter, NISO's Managing Director. "The > feedback we received during the trial use period was uniformly > positive." The trial use period ran from June 20 through December 20, > 2007. > > The Recommended Practice and a SERU FAQ are available from the SERU > webpage (http://www.niso.org/committees/SERU/). In accordance with plans > > laid out by the SERU Working Group, which concluded its work with > publication of the Recommended Practice, NISO will produce additional > materials to help publishers and libraries adopt a SERU approach, > maintain a registry of participants, and continue to promote, educate, > and plan for regular review and evaluation of SERU. > > Note: This announcement was cross-posted to multiple lists. > > > Cynthia Hodgson > NISO Technical Editor Consultant > National Information Standards Organization > Email: chodgson@niso.org > Phone: 301-654-2512 > >