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This one-day seminar is designed for librarians involved in e-resource purchasing in academic institutions; librarians in these institutions who are being trained to undertake purchasing roles will also benefit from attending, and for publishers who need to understand the key issues facing them.

When

September 19 2019 - 10:00
to
September 19 2019 - 16:00

Where

Woburn House Conference Centre
20 - 24 Tavistock Square
London, WC1H 9HQ
United Kingdom

About the Event

A course from Jisc Collections

 

Course summary

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

Why you should attend

The course is designed for librarians involved in e-resource purchasing in academic institutions; librarians in these institutions who are being trained to undertake purchasing roles will also benefit from attending, and for publishers who need to understand the key issues facing them.  Participants will gain a good understanding of the key issues surrounding publisher licensing and negotiations, together with practical skills and knowledge which they will be able to use in their professional lives. 

Jisc Collections has an international reputation for expertise in the negotiation and licensing of scholarly online resources.  It currently manages around 200 agreements and its model licence is seen as a ‘gold standard’ across the academic sector.

Learning objectives

At the end of the course participants will:

•    understand the key issues surrounding publisher licensing, and how these impact libraries
•    be familiar with the concept of a Model Licence and the important clauses in publisher licences
•    be familiar with the principles of successful negotiation of terms and conditions in the context of licensing online information resources
•    understand the fundamental dos and don’ts of e-resource licence negotiation
•    be aware of the legal implications that licence terms have for their institution
•    understand the latest issues and concerns related to licensing
•    be aware of the issues around licensing for additional users, including those at partner organisations.

Programme

Time
Programme and Speakers
Programme
Speakers

10:00am

Registration, Tea and Coffee

10:30

Welcome and Introductions

Ben Taplin
Jisc

BEN TAPLIN is the Licensing Portfolio Specialist for Jisc, which procures and licenses digital content on behalf of higher education and research institutions in the UK.  Ben is responsible for drafting, negotiating and managing all of Jisc’s publisher licences.  He joined Jisc in 2008 after more than ten years working with serials and online subscriptions in university and museum libraries. 

10:45

Session 1: Introduction to licenses

Group work and discussion

11:00

Session 2: The Jisc model license

Ben Taplin
Jisc

BEN TAPLIN is the Licensing Portfolio Specialist for Jisc, which procures and licenses digital content on behalf of higher education and research institutions in the UK.  Ben is responsible for drafting, negotiating and managing all of Jisc’s publisher licences.  He joined Jisc in 2008 after more than ten years working with serials and online subscriptions in university and museum libraries. 

11:30

Break

11:45

Session 3: A closer look at licenses

Group exercises and discussion

12:15

Session 4: A librarian's view on managing licenses

Case study highlighting the various types of agreements, users and scenarios involved.

Alex Fenlon
University of Birmingham

Alex leads the Copyright & Licensing Team at Birmingham to oversee activity in this space, working to support researchers, lecturers and students to overcome the myths and challenges they face when encountering copyright related issues. Alex supports University’s strategic objectives contributing to the shape of institutional policy especially in relation to Open Science and Open Education.

Alex currently sits on the Liber Copyright and Legal Affairs working group, engages with RLUK’s Digital Scholarship Network, the Mercian Copyright Network and other related fora to enhance knowledge at a national level, helping individuals overcome copyright concerns.

 

12:45

Lunch

13:30

Session 5: Licensing for Users Abroad

Greg Ince
TNE Licensing Manager Jisc Services Limited

Greg Ince is a Licensing Manager, delivering the optional Jisc service, Transnational education licensing. He is a librarian with 20 years’ experience of working in higher education libraries. Prior to joining Jisc in 2017 to work on the TNE Licensing Pilot, Greg worked for De Montfort University, Royal Holloway, the University of Bath, and most recently, the University of the West of England (UWE), for 10 years. At UWE, he was responsible for content acquisition and subscription, including managing discovery and ongoing access arrangements, with an ongoing focus on licensing for UWE’s onshore and offshore collaborative provision scenarios.

14:10

Session 6: Local and consortium licensing for NHS Trust Users

Vanessa Farrier
King's College London

NADIA CASAGRANDA has worked in the area of eresources access, authentication and management for over a decade.  As the Subscription and Access Manager at King’s College London, she is responsible for all library ejournals, databases and ebook package subscriptions. One of her main roles is to analyse and review existing ejournals deals and new JISC and consortia agreements to inform decision-making at renewals, as well as subscription and licencing terms for new resources

14:40

Session 7: Licensing scenarios

Group exercises and discussion addressing licensing for different types of AAU groups (users at partners abroad, NHS users, alumni)

15:30

Session 8: Open access and licensing

Overview of the impact of new licensing models on the development of the Model Licence

15:45

Summary, questions and conclusion

16:00

Close of seminar

Registration

June 17 2019 - 00:00 - September 02 2019 - 12:00

£ 185.00 + £ 37.00 VAT

UKSG Members

£ 235.00 + £ 47.00 VAT

UKSG Non-Members

Cancellations

By Friday 6th September 2019 - full refund
From Saturday 7th September 2019 - no refund

NB:  UKSG reserves the right to alter or vary the programme due to events or circumstances beyond its reasonable control without being obliged to refund monies.

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