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Non-membership rate: £82.00+VAT

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Event Summary

Designed for librarians new to licensing, this course will provide a practical introduction to resource licensing from an academic library perspective. Attendees will develop the knowledge, understanding and skills required to review licence agreements and discuss licensing issues confidently with colleagues, suppliers and publishers.

Attendees will explore copyright and the role of eResource licences, standard and non-standard licence terms, open access (OA) licensing, approaches to extending access to partners, and emerging topics such as AI licence clauses. The course will feature contributions from librarians, Jisc and publishers, offering a range of perspectives on current licensing practice.

Who should attend

Electronic publishing has brought huge changes to learned information provision and to the role of librarians and other information professionals.  ‘Ownership’ of content is no longer a simple matter of receiving and storing print copies on a shelf.  Publishers and intermediaries license access to electronic resources, and so the licence has become a feature of most sales agreements. Information professionals consequently need to become familiar with the terms and conditions of licences, their meaning and their implications. 

For this reason, the course is designed for librarians involved in e-resources and/or licensing in academic institutions.  Participants will gain a good understanding of publisher licensing and discussion , as well as practical skills and insights through real-life examples and case studies that can be applied directly in the workplace.

Please note that this course is primarily focused on UK law, policy, and practice relating to copyright, intellectual property, and licensing.

Learning Objectives

At the end of the course participants will:

• Understand licensing in the context of copyright and intellectual property, the key elements surrounding publisher licensing, and how these impact libraries
• Be familiar with the concept of a Model Licence and the important clauses in publisher licences
• Build knowledge of the transition to open access (OA) and how this informs licensing approaches adopted by publishers, alongside existing OA licensing standard practice, e.g., Creative Commons licences
• Gain confidence in evaluating clauses both internally and with publishers
• Be aware of the legal implications that licence terms have for their institution
• Understand publisher relationship and discussion, and confidence in working with non-educational licences.
• Understand the latest developments and key considerations related to licensing (e.g. partnerships, AI).

Attendee Information

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Accessibility

UKSG wants to provide the best possible experience for all our delegates, making presentations as accessible and inclusive as possible.

Our intention were possible is to strongly encourage our speakers to provide auto generated closed captioning for both live and recorded events as well as to make sure their slides as easy as possible for all people to read. In addition we can provide auto generated transcripts post event for each of the recorded sessions.

If you have particular accessibility needs or questions about this seminar/webinar, we welcome you to contact events@uksg.org

Recording

The sessions will be recorded and available to all registered delegates only after the event, so if you unable to join us live or want to review any presentation this will be available.